Sporting KC forward Soony Saad to join Lebanon for AFC Asian Cup qualifier

Sporting Kansas City forward Soony Saad has been named to the Lebanon Men’s National Team for the resumption of 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification.

Saad will join Lebanon for the second time in 2017 as the Cedars travel to face North Korea on Tuesday, Sept. 5 at Kim Il-sung Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. He previously started in a 2-1 qualifying win over Malaysia on June 13, collecting his eighth cap since debuting in 2013.

Lebanon owns a five-point lead atop Group B with four qualifying matches still to play between now and March 2018. The top two finishers will advance to the AFC Asian Cup, a major quadrennial tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Lebanon made…