{"id":20175,"date":"2023-03-16T22:03:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T22:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/uchenna-kanu-is-ready-to-bring-her-african-energy-to-racing-louisville-fc-equalizer-soccer\/"},"modified":"2023-03-16T22:03:30","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T22:03:30","slug":"uchenna-kanu-is-ready-to-bring-her-african-energy-to-racing-louisville-fc-equalizer-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/16\/uchenna-kanu-is-ready-to-bring-her-african-energy-to-racing-louisville-fc-equalizer-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"Uchenna Kanu is ready to bring her \u2018African energy\u2019 to Racing Louisville FC \u2013 Equalizer Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Uchenna Kanu may only be 25-years-old, but the spotlight is bright and on her as Racing Louisville\u2019s new signing. The Nigerian international has only been with Racing Louisville for a couple days now, but has high expectations for her first season in the National Women\u2019s Soccer League.<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

Kanu comes to the U.S. with plenty of success to her name, especially from her time in Mexico with Tigres. Kanu scored 20 goals in 30 regular-season matches, finding immediate success with the club and winning the 2022 Apertura title against Club Am\u00e9rica.<\/p>\n

That success was noted by Racing Louisville, who expressed interest in signing the young African striker. Racing paid top-dollar, too. The Equalizer<\/em> broke that Kanu\u2019s transfer fee was $150,000, and included a $30,000 payout, too,<\/a> if Kanu scores more than 12 goals in the 2023 season.<\/p>\n

Kanu said, in an exclusive interview with The Equalizer,<\/em> that there is certainly pressure on her to perform, but she\u2019s ready to do her job.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is my job. I\u2019ve been doing this for a while,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t have any fear. I will believe in myself, and what I can do. I cannot wait to be the best that I can be in this league and make a name for myself, and my family. I want to help this team as much as I can.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Simply put, Kanu said she wants to make a name for herself not just in Louisville, but in the NWSL.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Taylor Vincent\/The Equalizer. Uchenna Kanu may only be 25-years-old, but the spotlight is bright and on her as Racing Louisville\u2019s new signing. The Nigerian international has only been with Racing Louisville for a couple days now, but has high expectations for her first season in the National Women\u2019s Soccer League. Kanu comes to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20175","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}