Forgotten Bafana striker making waves in the US

Seemingly forgotten Bafana Bafana attacker Bongokuhle Hlongwane once again proved his worth with valuable goal from his side as Minnesota United defeated Los Angeles.

Robin Lod opened the scoring as early as the 16th minute to put Minnesota ahead and Hlongwane, who came on a second-half substitute added a second to put Angles to the sword in the 88th minute.

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The goal was a second consecutive in two matches for the South African who also scored the match-winner as Minnesota defeated Orlando City 3-2 just a week prior.

Hlongwane’s form puts raises further questions about Bafana head coach Hugo Broos, who has opted against selecting the speedy attacker for the Africa Cup of Nations where South Africa returned with a Bronze medal.

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At the time, Broos attributed the snub to a lack of game-time for Hlongwane and Njabulo Blom who had not been in action since October and added that in Hlongwane’s case, the striker had not impressed enough to be included.

"The league MLS) stopped in October. Okay, they have been training, because Hlongwane is training with Maritzburg United and Blom is training with SuperSport [United] I think, but okay, they don’t play games for two months," Broos said in December.

"Don’t forget that AFCON is a very intense tournament, you need the rhythm of the game. It’s possible, but it’s difficult after two months without a game and it will be two months and a half because we only start