AS Samaritaine is champion for third time in Martinique

Photo credit: AS Samaritaine

AS Samaritaine conquered their third title of Champion of Martinique. French Football Federation (FFF) sent the authorization to concession the title of Champion in Martinique, French Guyana, Guadeloupe and Saint Martin. The club from Sainte-Marie was previously champion in 1975 and 1981.

AS Samaritaine broke also the dominance of Club Franciscain that won the Régionale 1 in the three past seasons.

The dominican winger Errol Blaize

Dominica has an amateur league but it doesn’t mean that there aren’t a place when appear many talented players. Recently, the right and left winger Errol Blaize has been a name to remember being involved with the National Team playing the Windward Island Tournament recently.

The 25 years old currently plays for Harlem United FC in Dominica Football Association Premier League before that in 2007 he was with Trafalgar that plays in the First Division of DFA. He was introduced to football by his friends at school to play for fun after classes “I wasn’t good at it so I practiced one summer everyday and the following year I was the Under 15 National team captain, and ever since I’ve been here(National Team)” he told. 

Errol Blaize with harlem United SC speaking with the referee
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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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Larenzo Simmons share his thoughts about the football in PR

We of Inside Caribbean Football return to Puerto Rico. Now to hear what a foreigner have to tak about himself and about what he think about Puerto Rico Soccer League(PRSL). 

Larenzo Paul Simmons is a 22-years-old forward that is having a brillant season with his side Mayaguez FC. Simmons is ranked as second top scorer in the league with 10 goals in PRSL Torneo Clausura 2016. He and Mayaguez FC are so close to reach the play-offs.

Mayaguez Fc isn't his first team in Puerto Rico. previously, he played for also Isabella Fc also a PRSL team.

The PRSL is a League with only two caribbean footballers, two profilic strikers: Jamaican Dwayne Phidd and bermudian Larenzo Simmons. Dwayne Phidd is currently with Club Atlético Fajardo on loan from crillos Fc Caguas and Paul Simmons as we said plays for Mayaguez FC. There are a lot of good caribbean players that could be playing for any PRSL club. However, the clubs prefer to bring south americans players. 

A fast moment with Joash Leader

St. Kitts & Nevis have the small number in population in full Caribbean, In football, it must mean that there aren't footballers enough to keep good footballers every time. However, a good use of the money in the development of the football is showing that the number absolut of the population isn't a matter when there is an effective work.

The high level in the island is SKNFA National Premeir League that is a league that have supported well some players to play pro like DeVaughn Elliot that left Village Superstars to join Directv W Connection and today he is playing in Ascenso MX for Murciélagos FC, Julani Archibald that also left Village Superstars to play for W Connection and last season Ordell Flemming, also a forer Village Superstars' player, that joined Morvant Caledonia United. And ther's much more to come.

Deep in Suriname's Football by Jurmen Vallei

When you think about the football in Suriname maybe you won't know much about it actually. In the past clubs like SV Transvaal and SV Robinhood used to show a great level of the football. However, Holland took the players and then the players of that success went to Holland making the football in the country got unknown for a while.

Despite it the football in the country never stopped and now everyday the players and clubs work hard to get back to the good days.

Actually, the high level in the country is Hoofdklasse that count with 10 teams. Inter Moengo Tapoe, SV Transvaal, SV Robinhood, SV Leo Victor, WBC, SV Nishaan 42, Takdier Boys, SV Botopasie, SV Notch and SV Excelsior. Season 2015-2016 have finished not much time ago and the champions, for the 4th time in row, was Inter Moengo Tapoe. IMT's Romeo Kastiel was the top scorer with 18 goals.

The second level of the football in Suriname is Eerste Klasse that have 12 teams. Acoconut, SV Deva Boys, Santos, SV Voorwaarts, Amardeep, PVV, SNL, Jong Rambaan, SV Boma Stars, West United, Caravan and Papatam. The season for the Eerste Klasse's teams haven't finished yet.SV Deva Boys is leading for now with 48 pts. For now, the top scorer is Delboha Akoela with 23 goals of SV Deva Boys.

A new european invasion

 
Caribbean were discoved in century XV and then were colonizaded by the Europeans. Now, at century XXI, we are seeing a new invasions of the Europeans. Now taking place and the wealth of the local talents in football.

Now is a ritual Caribbean National Teams call players that "have" any relation with the country. However, these players aren't really from the country. The most severius case is Curacao National team that is fearless to ignore the local players to call Holland-based players. Jamaica is also a team with na abusive number of foreigners. Antigua and Barbuda every call up bring up a new English-based face. Puerto Rico that tak

Club, League and National Team by Julian Wade

By Felipe Souza

Since always, for Caribbean players the best way to dream to play out caribbean is to reach a league with more investment. The football leagues with most investiments in caribbean are TT PRO League, that give much opportunites to players from St. Lucia, Dominica, Jamaica and St. Kitts and Nevis and ABFA Premier League is a league with less investment that Trinidad but is very important to caribbean supporting players from St. Vincent. St. Lucia, Dominica, Jamaica, Cuba and Barbados. Jamaicans teams aren't able to support foreign players.

Last year, Guyana get back a National League. The Stag Beer Elite League was created to support local players thinking in the National Team. One of the clubs with more investment, Slingerz FC, was able to bring to improve the roster 4 caribbeans. St. Vincentians Winslow McDowall, Keith Williams and Jolanshoy McDowall and Dominican striker Julian Wade. Alpha United, Guyana giant, had the jamaican Wayne Ellis and Grenadian Keithson Bain.