Football: Bermuda’s Team For French Guiana
Bermuda returns to Caribbean Cup action in French Guiana on Sunday, June 19, with the Bermuda Football Association announcing the island’s team.
The BFA said, “The team will depart Bermuda on Thursday, June 16, with the match to begin at 4.00pm on June 19. A victory would see the Bermuda team move onto the next round of the competition.
“The Gombey Warriors were leading French Guiana by a score of 1 to nil on June 1 when a water-logged pitch necessitated the match being stopped and rescheduled.”
Bermuda’s team will include:
Players
- Dante Leverock – Harisburg City
- Detre Bell – South Kent/North Village
- Jahquil Hill – Ilkenston
- Willie Clemons – BAA/Thomas College
- Roger Lee – Basford
- Jonte Smith – Lewes FC
- Jalen Harvey – Dupaul/North Village
- Osagi Bascome – Levante’s
- Kilian Elkinson – University of Toronto
- Zenawi Bowen – North Village
- Tre Ming – PHC/Thomas College
- Damon Ming – Dandy Town
- Drewonde Bascome – Dandy Town
- Reggie Lambe – Carlisle United
- Shakir Smith – PHC
- Marco Warren – PHC/Flagler
- Zeiko Lewis – Boston College/YMSC
- Justin Donawa – Dartmouth/SCC
Officials
- Andrew Bascome – Head Coach
- Johnny Moreira – Goalkeeper Coach
- Amori Venter – Performance Rehab
- Maurice Lowe – Technical Development Director
- Antoine Augustus – Head of Delegation
Oh, well!!
There is an imbalance in the absence of numbers and quality players from certain clubs.
Who chooses, one wonders????
No need to wonder….
Players can only be looked at for possible selection, once they make themselves available.
People continuously blast the BFA and their Coaching Staff, when in actual fact there are many talented Bermudian Footballers who DO NOT MAKE THESELVES AVAILABLE FOR NATIONAL DUTY, for whatever reasons.
A few examples come to mind:
* Scared
* May fail the drug test
* Unable to travel to or through the US
* Would rather spend time Partying
So rather than being negative about those that have been selected, because of their ability, sacrifice and commitment, let’s rally behind them and give them our love and support for being Ambassadors of our small island we call home!