How It All Began
Western United Football Club was founded in 2022 in Freetown, Sierra Leone, born from a simple but powerful belief: football can unite people. A group of passionate community leaders and football enthusiasts came together to create a club that would serve the Western Area—not just as a team, but as a force for bringing communities together.
The club was established to address a gap in organized, community-rooted football in the Western Area. While talent existed in abundance, structured opportunities for young players to develop, compete, and progress were limited. Western United FC was built to change that.
Today, we field three teams—the First Team competing in Division One, along with our U17 and U15 development squads—creating a clear pathway from youth football to senior competition. Our badge, the pink and black, represents our identity: bold, proud, and unmistakably Western United.
“Bringing Communities Under One Football Body”
Club Motto
Our Mission
To build a football family across the Western Area where talent meets opportunity — developing players on and off the pitch, instilling discipline and teamwork, and giving Freetown’s youth a real path from the streets to the top flight.
- Why We Run
Core Values
Unity
Discipline
Respect
Community
Excellence
Development
The Tagline
How The Wild Dogs came to be
Our name isn’t borrowed from a brand — it’s drawn from the streets of Freetown itself. A story every Sierra Leonean knows by heart.
Walk through any neighbourhood in Freetown and you’ll see them: dogs at nearly every gate. In fact, six out of every ten homes keep a dog — mostly for security, some as beloved pets.
And on almost every one of those walls hangs the same warning, painted or posted for anyone passing by: “Beware of Wild Dogs.”
It’s a caution meant for the stranger, the visitor, the commuter. A simple sign that says — tread carefully. You are being watched. Do not assume you’re safe here.
Brought to the Pitch
We took that warning — the one that makes a commuter’s step quicken and a visitor pause at the gate — and gave it new life on the football field.
When opponents face Western United, we want them to feel exactly what that sign was always meant to make a stranger feel. No fear-mongering, no malice — just respect, born from the knowledge that something fierce is waiting inside.
"Beware — the Wild Dogs are here."
The Pack's Leaders
Club Leadership
The people guiding the pack — on and off the pitch.
Sarah Laura Solomom
Chairman / President
Visionary leader guiding the strategic direction of Western United FC.
Arthur E. Pearce
Secretary General
Managing club operations, communications, and administrative affairs.
Benedict Solomon
Team Manager
Overseeing team logistics, player welfare, and matchday coordination.
Hassan Conteh
Head Coach
Leading the technical direction, tactics, and player development.
Emile Domingo
Welfare Officer
Ensuring player wellbeing, safeguarding, and support systems.
Raymond Allie
Public Relations Manager
Managing club communications, social media, and public relations.
