Kei Kamara is a name that should be familiar with anyone who supports a team in Major League Soccer. If we were in an packed auditorium filled with fans of all the teams in the league, the speaker on stage would ask you to look to your left and your right. Chances are, you or the people on either side of you root for a team that Kei Kamara has called home.
Kamara was born in the eastern part of Sierra Leone, and he began his youth career playing for a local team there. When he was 16, his family was able to move to the United States by way of a refugee program, first settling in Maryland and eventually in greater Los Angeles.