Manfred is a recent college graduate but has played soccer his entire life. He was born in Ghana, West Africa, and lived there for 12 years, moving to the United States in 2010. He attended Poston Junior High and Mountain View High School in Mesa for primary and secondary education and while there played 2 years of soccer for Poston Junior High and four years of soccer for Mountain View High School, one year for junior varsity and three years were for varsity. He also played one year for Coach Michael Gonzalez’s TFA Barca AZ ‘97 Boy’s and assisted in volunteer coaching for his ‘03 Boys.