McColm Cephas
{{short description|Liberian former footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = McColm Cephas
| fullname = McColm Cephas
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1978|9|30}}
| birth_place = Monrovia, Liberia
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=5}}
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = Forward
| youthyears1 = 2002–2003
| youthclubs1 = VCU Rams
| years1 = 2003
| years2 = 2004–2005
| years3 = 2006
| years4 = 2007
| clubs1 = Richmond Kickers Future
| clubs2 = Richmond Kickers
| clubs3 = Virginia Beach Mariners
| clubs4 = Carolina RailHawks
| caps1 = 11
| caps2 = 47
| caps3 = 12
| caps4 = 14
| goals1 = 8
| goals2 = 11
| goals3 = 0
| goals4 = 1
| totalcaps = 84
| totalgoals = 20
| nationalyears1 = 2004
| nationalteam1 = Liberia
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 0
}}
McColm Cephas (born 30 September 1978) is a Liberian former footballer who played as a forward. He has earned two caps with the Liberia national team.
Career
Cephas attended Virginia Commonwealth University where he played for the men's soccer team in 2002 and 2003.
He played two World Cup 2006 qualifying games for Liberia in 2004.{{cite web|publisher=Our Sports Central|title=Cephas Called Up To Liberia National Team For World Cup Qualifying|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3079382&l_id=&t_id=|date=2004-08-26|accessdate=2009-06-10}}
In 2007, Cephas signed with the Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division.{{cite web|publisher=BBC Sport|author=Kiawu, Hassan|title=Cephas eyes Liberia call-up|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/6360815.stm|date=2007-02-14|accessdate=2009-06-10}} He scored only one goal in fourteen league games, but more significantly, he scored the only goal as Carolina upset the Chicago Fire, holders of the cup, in the 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.{{cite web|publisher=MLS|title=Fire loses to Carolina in U.S. Open Cup|url=http://www.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?content_id=105850&fext=.jsp&team=t100&vkey=pr_chf&ymd=20070715|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070702090035/http://www.mlsnet.com/news/team_news.jsp?content_id=105850&fext=.jsp&team=t100&vkey=pr_chf&ymd=20070715|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-07-02|date=2007-07-15|accessdate=2009-06-10}}
References
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Category:Liberian men's footballers
Category:Liberia men's international footballers
Category:Virginia Beach Mariners players
Category:A-League (1995–2004) players
Category:USL First Division players
Category:Richmond Kickers players
Category:Richmond Kickers Future players
Category:North Carolina FC players
Category:Footballers from Monrovia
Category:VCU Rams men's soccer players
Category:USL League Two players
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
Category:Men's association football forwards
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