Kei Kamara releases touching video as two-time MLS All-Star announces retirement
After 20 years in professional soccer, MLS icon Kei Kamara has announced his decision to retire at the age of 41, leaving the league as it's second highest goalscorer
Kei Kamara has announced his retirement from soccer, 20 years after making his MLS debut -Credit:Howard Smith/ISI Photos/ISI Photos via Getty Images A true MLS icon, Kei Kamara has decided it's time to hang up his cleats for good, two decades after first joining the league. The 41-year-old former Sierra Leone international spent most of last season with FC Cincinnati, failing to find the back of the net in 22 appearances across all competitions. Regardless, Kamara retires as the MLS’s second leading goal scorer to date with 147 in 461 games for 12 different teams.
He steps aside just 24 goals behind former U. S. Men’s National Team striker Chris Wondolowski.
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S. Open Cups during his storied career -Credit:Melinda Meijer/ISI Photos/Getty Images Kamara announced his decision to retire via a video shared on social media. Captioned “#ThankYou #AmSoBlessed #HeartShapedhands,” the clip sees Kamara at the Kansas City Current’s CPKC Stadium, picking up his cleats and kissing them before being reunited with his family on the field.