WINIFRED WAFWOYO, who came to this country from Uganda, had big dreams for her son, Tanoh Kpassagnon. Yet they had nothing to do with football. With a doctorate in food science, she is a chemist for a pharmaceutical company. So . . .
"I really wanted him to be the best he can be, in whatever he chooses," she said earlier this week. "But football was never in my plans. For me, it was always academics. I didn't care if he was a scientist or an artist. It didn't matter. I just wanted him to be very good at it.