Vanli said he started training with the players because he was in contention to be the coach for Liberia and wanted experience training Africans, but working with them soon became a passion.
Vanli je rekao kako je počeo trenirati igrače zato što je bio kandidat za trenera Liberije i htio steći iskustvo u treniranju Afrikanaca, ali rad s njima ubrzo mu je postala strast.