Bayonle Arashi’s Nigerian youth team faced challenges no American coach ever thinks of. In 2010, a year after competing successfully in U-17 tournaments in Germany and Denmark, he looked forward to a repeat visit. But another Nigerian team never returned from an overseas trip. Visa requests were refused.
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