Owen Finberg’s Football Information Session
The Bermuda Football Association National Academy in partnership with the Bermuda School Sports Federation will host an informational session for students and parents focused on the Prep School and College qualification standards for athletes. The presenter will be Owen Finberg, Director of Athletics and Head Soccer coach of South Kent Prep School in Connecticut.
Coach Owen Finberg of South Kent Prep School in Connecticut will be visiting Bermuda to evaluate and recruit players for the 2013 – 2014 school year and beyond. He will evaluate players in the 1997-2000 national academy program at the BFA field on Sunday, February 10th.
The schedule of activities will include:
- Saturday February 9th – Viewing Players at Youth League Knockout Games / Attending 1st Div. Match BAA vs Eagles
- Sunday February 10th – 11 AM National Academy Boys 2000 vs 1999 / 12:30 PM National Academy Boys 1998 vs 1997 – Both matches at BFA Field
The South Kent Soccer Program has won the New England Championship in five of the last seven seasons. Coach Finberg has won several coaching awards, being recognized by the Connecticut Soccer Coaches Association, the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and Adidas for coaching excellence. Coach Finberg holds his Premier Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America [NSCAA] and an “A” license from the United States Soccer Federation [USSF].
Coach Finberg has coached players from Bermuda for the past 12 years. His Bermudian alumni have gone on to win junior college national championships, several have earned Division I scholarships and Reggie Lambe developed at the school and led the team to its first championship before heading on to his professional career.
Current South Kent players include:
- Shakhai Trott – Committed to Iona College
- Justin Corday – Committed to Franklin Pierce College
- Trey Durham – undecided
- Detre’ Bell – freshman
Those who have previously attended South Kent and represented the school on the Prep Soccer team include:
- Vernon Perinchief – University of Hartford
- Daniel Johnson – Niagara University
- McQuinn Burch – Mercer Junior College
- Reggie Thompson-Lambe – Ipswich Town FC, Toronto FC
- Khimo Harrison – Belmont-Abbey College
- Tahj Bell – Eccleshill United
- Anthony Hunter – DePaul University
- Jalen Harvey – DePaul University
- Shaquille Trott – Thomas College
- Tre Ming – Elmira College
- Jesse Seymour
WHY IS IT THAT BAA YONGSTERS GET A LOOK AT BUT THERE SITTING IN 3RD PLACE IN THE FIRST DIVISION. WHAT ABOUT THE HAMILTON PARISH YOUNGSTERS WHO ARE SITTING IN 2ND PLACE AND THE ST.DAVID’S YOUNGSTERS WHO ARE PLAYING 1ST TEAM FOOTBALL IN A TEAM THAT HAS BEAT BAA IN THE LEAGUE AT BAA 4-1 ALREADY THIS SEASON AND WHO HAVE ONLY LOST 2 GAMES THIS SEASON. WHEN BERMUDA STOPS BEING BIAS TOWARDS TEAMS THE FOOTBALL WILL FINALLY START TO PROSPER AGAIN!!!!!
Simple as schedule – BAA happen to be playing Saturday night, so after watching various club youth matches during the day it’s easy to then move onto this match. BAA are known to have a large number of school age players in their team. Sunday there are matches scheduled for the national academy players as this will allow a direct look at the best school age players together at a single venue. How many players in the HPWC and st David’s 1st team are school age and national academy players?