On Thursday, Ivory Coast and Chelsea Didier Drogba legend will finally retire from playing.

And the 40-year-old could go out on a high if his current team wins a play-off final in the second tier of American football.

Drogba plays for Phoenix Rising in the US, a team he partly owns and has led to the United Soccer League final.

The team is bidding for a spot in Major League Soccer, the top division in the United States.