The Tribe Stars 110 Headed to Liberia
Zeta Kromah is a student, an athlete, and a leader. Born in the West Point neighborhood of Monrovia, Libera, Zeta is familiar with hard work and effort to strive to achieve great things. Zeta began playing soccer at the LEAD Monrovia Football Academy in Liberia and spent time playing for the Liberia U-17 national team eventually captaining the squad. She made appearances for the Liberia U-20 national team as well and made an appearance on the Liberia senior team in one match. Her high school playing days saw her play for Fremont High School in Fremont, Nebraska during the 2022-23 school year, posting seven goals and four assists in less than 10 matches. She won the U18/19 Girls Nebraska Youth Soccer League Championship with the Freemont Soccer Club.
Despite Zeta’s soccer success here in the U.S., her homeland of Liberia has never been far from her heart. She founded the youth-led initiative, Tribe Stars, in order to support children and youth in underserved communities in Liberia. Growing up in a community often affected by negative stereotypes, and as a young woman pursuing soccer in a society with limited opportunities and resources, Zeta understands what it means to have big dreams despite the challenges around you. Today, she is a Division I student-athlete at William & Mary playing as a mid-fielder.
She first started Tribe Stars in Liberia in 2025. The beginning saw her hosting three camps for 100+ student-athletes across West Point, Chicken Soup Factory, and Carey’s Burg communities of Monrovia, Liberia’s capital city. The camps were led by 10 volunteer coaches, college students, and football players from Liberia’s first and second leagues. These volunteers served as mentors and shared their experiences, including both the successes and challenges they faced while pursuing higher education and careers in football. Participants also received school supplies, including backpacks, notebooks, and writing utensils, as well as gently used football gear donated through Zeta’s college in the United States.
This first edition inspired community leaders, parents, coaches, students, and athletes to support the continued growth of Tribe Stars. A second edition expanded to eight communities, with eight camps and an additional school outreach in Cape Mount County. The program reached approximately 500 participants and two schools.
Tribe Stars is now preparing for its 2027 edition, with the goal of reaching approximately 500 boys and girls across 10 communities that the program has not previously served. The 2027 edition will take place across two timelines, reaching 200 participants through January camps and another 300 participants during the summer.
Through this work, Tribe Stars hopes to continue using soccer, mentorship, education, and access to resources to encourage young people to work hard, believe in themselves, and pursue opportunities beyond the circumstances they were born into.
I recently took a zoom meeting with Zeta in order to meet her and understand more of her heart for the children of Liberia. She made a request that Soccer Chaplains United help with any soccer gear that we could as the hope to reach out to the 500 or so children during the two different camps.
Zeta worked to find a special patron to help subsidize the shipping costs to get the gear to Virginia where she can fill a container headed for Liberia. Below is a list of the items that we were able to send to her, totaling about 110 lbs of gear.
| Quantity | Item |
| Box 1 – 35.5 lbs | |
| 20 | Youth Small – Uniform sets (jersey, shorts, socks) |
| 10 | Adult Large – Uniform sets (jersey, shorts, socks) |
| 3 | GK glove pairs |
| 4 | GK Yellow tops/shorts |
| 4 | GK Green tops/shorts |
| 5 | GK sock sleeves |
| Box 2 – 39 lbs. | |
| 18 | Burgundy t-shirts |
| 2 | shinguards pairs |
| 40 | Youth Large – Uniform sets (jersey, shorts, socks) |
| 4 | Ball pumps |
| Box 3 – 35 lbs. | |
| 13 | wristbands |
| 3 | 12 mini cone packs |
| 40 | Youth Large – Uniform sets (jersey, shorts, socks) |
| 8 | shinguard pairs and shinguard sleeves |
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