Victory for Wanyama in Canada as Alwyn Tera provides match-winning assist

Harambee Stars players and prospects playing professional football in foreign countries had mixed fortunes on Friday night.

Some of them like Alywn Tera played influential roles for their clubs while others did not have a good game.

Here is a wrap of how the players fared over the weekend in different leagues across the vast European continent.

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Wanyama picks up narrow win with CF Montreal

Former Harambee Stars captain Victor Wanyama played a crucial role in helping his Canadian club CF Montreal pick up a 2-1 win over FC Cincinnati on Sunday in a Major League Soccer match.

Wanyama made a cameo from the bench and played for 27 minutes, ensuring his side did not concede a goal.

CF Montreal’s goals were scored by Josef Martinez and Ariel Lassiter while Yuya Kubo was on the score sheet for the visitors.

Superb Tera helps Ararat-Armenia silence rivals in epic derby

Kenyan midfielder Alwyn Tera played an instrumental role for his side Ararat-Armenia in a hotly contested derby against rivals FC Ararat Yerevan.

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The 27-year-old provided an assist to help Ararat-Armenia secure a 2-1 win over their arch-rivals in the match staged on Friday night at the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium.

The hosts opened the scoring at the stroke of halftime through Artur Grigoryan before Mohamed Yattara equalized in the 59th minute.

Ararat-Armenia’s winner came in the 87th minute when Tera linked up with Alexis Rodriguez, who put the ball into the back of the net to ensure his side picked up the maximum points.

Another Harambee Stars player in Amos Nondi, also featured for Ararat-Armenia as he played for the entire match.

The win helped Ararat-Armenia maintain their third spot on the log with 58 points, four behind league leaders FC Noah.

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Odada on the losing end in Denmark

Harambee Stars' fast-rising midfielder Richard Odada had a game to forget as his Aalborg BK side bottled a one-goal lead as they suffered a 2-1 extra-time defeat to Hobro IK in a Danish first-division match.

Odada was introduced into the game in the 76th minute when the score line read 0-0. His cameo improved Aalborg BK’s overall play and a few minutes later Jubril Adedeji put them ahead.

However, the narrow lead only lasted for three minutes before Mathias Laustrup Kristensen pulled one back for Hobro IK.

Frederik Rasmus Christensen’s 90+6 minute winner ensured the hosts triumphed in the end-to-end match.

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Tyler Onyango beaten with Everton U21

Tyler Onyango’s assist was not enough to help Everton U21 beat Blackburn U21 in an English Premier League 2 encounter staged at the Haig Avenue.

The Toffees, who sit at position 21 at the moment with 16 points, lost the compelling clash 3-2 with Onyango setting up Charlie Jay Whitaker’s goal in the 40th minute before he was substituted with less than half an hour remaining to the end of the match.

Elsewhere, Eric Johanna featured for FC UTA Arad in their 3-1 loss to FC Hermannstadt in the Romanian top-flight league on Friday.

Finally, Harambee Stars right-back Daniel Francis Anyembe featured for the entire 90 minutes in Viborg’s 3-1 win against Odense Boldklub in a Danish Superliga tie. 

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