South Sudan's growing bastion of Australian-based players

Thomas Deng talks about his new role amongst the Melbourne Victory leadership group ahead of the 2019/20 A-League season. The world's most recent sovereign state, South Sudan, will begin its long road to qualify for the 2021 African Cup of Nations on Oct. 7 with a match against the Seychelles. Remarkably, 12 of the 32-man squad will be making the journey of over 7,000 miles from Australia to join coach Ashu Cyprian Besong and the rest of the national team in Khartoum to prepare for the two-legged preliminary round tie. Known as the Bright Stars, South Sudan's football history is a relatively short one -- their first...

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