Sumed Ibrahim (born December 30, 1980, in

Tamale, Ghana Tamale ( Dagbani : ), officially called Tamale Metropolitan Area is the capital city of the Northern Region of Ghana. Tamale is Ghana's third-largest city and an emerging investment hotspot in West Africa. It has a projected population of 950, ...

) is a

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soccer player.

Career

Ibrahim played five years of

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at the

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, playing in a total of 86 games while registering 25 goals and 28 assists. He was twice named an

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first team All-American, and was a leading candidate for the

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his senior season. After graduating from Maryland, Ibrahim was drafted 20th overall in the

2004 MLS SuperDraft The 2004 MLS SuperDraft, held in Charlotte, North Carolina on January 16, 2004, was the fifth incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. The draft was most notable at the time for the selection of one of the youngest athletes in Ame ...

by the Chicago Fire. He did not make much of an impact with the team his rookie season, playing only 82 minutes and garnering just a single start. The Fire released him after the season, and he signed with Harrisburg.The Apprenticeship of Sumed Ibrahim
on www.sunsport.net Ibrahim played two seasons with the City Islanders and also featured for the indoor

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during the 2005–06 winter season.

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Maryland Profile
1980 births Living people Ghanaian men's footballers Chicago Fire FC players Indoor soccer players Major League Soccer players USL Second Division players Maryland Terrapins men's soccer players Penn FC players Chicago Fire FC draft picks All-American college men's soccer players Footballers from Tamale, Ghana Men's association football midfielders Baltimore Blast players Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008) players Ghanaian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States Ghanaian expatriate men's footballers {{Ghana-footy-midfielder-stub