The Jamaica Football Federation has named two players to participate in the first ever MLS Caribbean Combine which gives players a chance to be assessed by scouts to determine if they have what it takes to play in a professional league like the MLS.
The Jamaica Football Federation has named two players to participate in the first ever MLS Caribbean Combine which gives players a chance to be assessed by scouts to determine if they have what it takes to play in a professional league like the MLS.
The two players selected are Jermaine Woozencroft and Kemar Lawrence.
The Caribbean Football Union (CFU) recently announced a partnership with Major League Soccer (MLS). MLS, in seeking to achieve its goal of being among the best leagues in the world by 2022 has selected the Caribbean region as one of its sources of the next generation of MLS stars.
This partnership is designed to give young talented footballers an opportunity to participate in try-outs for MLS scouts to evaluate and identify the region’s top players that can join MLS teams. This initiative is being called the “MLS Caribbean Combine” and will take place in Antigua & Barbuda from 02 – 05 January 2014.
Consequently, the CFU invited the JFF along with other MA’s in the region to identify and submit the names of two players between the ages of 18 and 22 years. The critieria received stated that the players recommended must be part of the JFF’s elite player programme and one of its national teams.
An independent technical team will review all of the submissions and select the best 24 players to travel to Antigua for the inaugural MLS Caribbean Combine.
The selected players will compete in front of professional scouts for an opportunity to earn an invitation to the annual Adidas MLS Player Combine in Fort Lauderdale, Florida later in January 2014. The format for the MLS Caribbean Combine will include training session and games against local clubs.
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