Ghana’s Reuben Ayarna joins Vermont Green FC as player-coach

Ghanaian defensive midfielder, Reuben Ayarna has signed for American USL League 2 club Vermont Green FC as a player-coach.

The 36-year-old reunites with Adam Pfeifer, a former Assistant Coach of Boston College, where he played from 2005 to 2008.

After his time at Boston College where he won the 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference Soccer Championship, Ayarna moved to Europe to play professionally.

Ayarna played professionally in Sweden for BK Hacken from 2008 to 2015, and in Finland from 2016 to 2019, scoring 22 goals in 284 appearances as a defensive midfielder. In his final year as a professional, Ayarna won the Finnish top-flight league championship with KuPS from Kuopio, Finland.

“I’m very excited to join Vermont Green FC in their inaugural season. It’s a great opportunity to work with Adam Pfeifer again and also help mentor the young players to be the best that they can be in their football career,” Reuben Ayarna told the club’s website. 

Vermont Green FC was officially announced as a USL League 2 club on October 12, 2021, and will play home games at the University of Vermont’s Virtue Field.