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Kei Kamara on Escaping from Civil War to the Top of MLS

With a looming shot at the MLS Cup, Kei sat down at our Brooklyn bar to determine the long road he's travelled to this point.

Kei Kamara is a child of Sierra Leone's brutal civil war. He nearly became a statistic. But he managed to escape with his family to the U.S. through a refugee resettlement program and is now one of the top scorers on Columbus Crew SC. With a shot at the MLS Cup looming, Kei sat down at our Brooklyn bar to describe the long road he's travelled to this point.