Keithy Simpson travelling around the football

Jamaica is one of the mainly countries that product great footballers in Caribbean as we saw in Gold Cup 2017 when they arrived at final against United States. Keithy Simpson is na exemple of those players that doesn’t wait and see the opportunites where they are and take them.

He is a player that can counts many stories as he already played in Europe, North and Central America and caribbean with also expierence for his country. The 27 years old is almost a utility player as he can play as wing back and winger as also midfield.

Simpson in CFU Club Championship against Flames United
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Germain Hughes: from Anguilla to play in Barbados

The small island of Anguilla isn't a famous name in football of the CFU (Caribbean Footbll Union) region. Occuping the position of 206th in the last ranking FIFA and as their best position 199th, is hard to imagine how is the football right there and even less that there are a place that can product good footballers.

However, players like Germain Hughes, are showing that the things aren't so like that. Last year the 20 years old midfield got a schoolarship at University of Wast Indies campus of Cave Hill in Barbados and then he joined the club of the university: UWI Blackbirds FC. There he is showing his worth being part of the campaign of the team that won the Barbados Digicel Premier League 2016 in his first year with the team.

Germain Hughes in the middle, with his teammates Aschard Stuart(Left) and Jairo Lombardo(right)
in the win of Digicel Premier League 2016
Photo credit: Germain Hughes

Amal Knight, a possible name as keeper of Jamaica

We all saw how good the Jamaica International goalkeeper Andre Blake did in CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017 and everything he has done before. He is also showing how important a goalkeeper can be for his team. InJamaican local football we can see many of talents goalkeepers and we can mention Amal Knight as one of the team.

The 23 years-old goalkeeper plays for University of West Indies Mona FC that competes in the Red Stripe Premier League since the promotion last season. The team has done well and we can put Amal Knight as one of key players on the featuring.

Amal Knight getting the ball in the area in Red Stripe Premier League
Photo Credit: Sports of Jamaica

I already wrote here once about the Puerto Rico Soccer league when Luiz Lorenzo told us about the league. Today I will apresent to you one of the strikers that have showed their scoring power. Dennis Beltre is a 20-years-old center forward that plays currently for Don Bosco FC. His good appearence at the local football gave him the opportunity of play for his country.

Beltre with the colors of SPDP Spartans
Phto credit: Futbol Boricua

Beltre came from a community called Cantera in San Juan, Puerto Rico, there was his beginnings in soccer at seven years of age always being at the side of Don Bosco FC. However he left the club at 15 years-old to play for other clubs. At 19 years old he rejoined Don Bosco FC last year from SPDP Spartans. In last season of PRSL he scored 18 golas in 12 games being the top scorer of the league.

Leslie Russell much expierence for the 27 years old

Today we will talk about a trinidadian center back that at the age of 27 has much stories to tell in a career that involved some teams, expierences with the national and at international level with the club.

Leslie Joel Russell was involved in the good years of representative clubs in Trinidad and Tobago football history that are W Connection Football Club and San Juan Jabloteh and also Soca Warriors. Russell is among few players that won four times TT PRO League and with two diferentes clubs.

Currently he is playing for Club Sando FC being a leader at defense for the club in the TT PRO League 2017.

Leslie Russel with Club Sando FC colors
Photo credit: TT Daily

Kimaree Rogers, the magican n° 10 that is also a goalscorer

Saint Kitts and Nevis has been at a high level in the past years and a cause of that is the great improvement of the local league have gotten. The SKNFA Premier League have a loto f good Young footballers that have been prodicted well both in the local football and also in International playing against Europens National Teams like Estonia, Armenia, Andorra and Georgia.

One of its sons of the local football is Kimaree Rogers that started playing as attacking midfielder and in the two past seasons proved to be a deadly striker beeing the top scorer twice. He scored 21 gols in the season 2015-2016 and in this past season he went forward scoring impressive 25 goals.

Rogers with St. Kitts and Nevis National Team in the International Frienly agaisnt Armenia
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