LESOTHO have named three foreign-based players in their 20-man squad for a Cosafa Castle Cup first round match against Zimbabwe in Harare on March 5. South African-based Lebajoa Mphongoa and Lehlohonolo Seema of Bloemfontein Celtic and goalkeeper Thabo Khoboli from second division Ria Stars join up with 17 Lesotho-based players in the squad. The team will leave Maseru on Friday for a 4000 km bus journey to Harare, taking in stops in Botswana and Zambia for warm-up internationals before the cup tie. They play Botswana in Gaborone on Sunday and then battle Zambia in Lusaka on March 1.
Squad:
Goalkeepers: Thabo Khoboli (Ria Stars, South Africa), Teboho Maphalo (Lesotho Prisons Service), Tseliso Thite (Lesotho Defence Force)
Defenders: Tsepo Hlojeng (Lesotho Prisons Service), Eric Makara (Lesotho Defence Force), Mpitsa Marai (Arsenal), Lebaka Mofolo (Lesotho Mounted Police), Kutloisiso Nthonyana (Matlama), Moitheri Ntobo (Arsenal)
Midfielders: Libe Letsie (Matlama), Molefe Makhele (Mphatlatfale), Malefetsane Pheko (Lesotho Defence Force), Moses Ramafole (Linare), Thabang Ramochalla (Lesotho Defence Force), Lehlohonolo Seema (Bloemfontein Celtic, South Africa) Strikers: Lebohang Maama (Arsenal), Masupha Majara (Lesotho Defence Force), Paballo Mpakanyane (Arsenal), Lebajoa Mphongoa (Bloemfontein Celtic, South Africa), Motlatsi Shale (Lesotho Prisons Service)