3 More Jamaicans head to Barcelona: Training & Match Day 1

3 More Jamaicans head to Barcelona: Training & Match Day 1

3 Jamaican players, namely Jamaica College attacker Shadane Lopez (who went to Portugal with HVFC in November), HVFC and Reggae Boyz U17 invitee goalkeeper Denzel Smith, and left-sided midfielder/defender Trevaune McKain from MRC Academy owned by Onaje Bell. L-R:...
U19 Players in Barcelona: Closing Report

U19 Players in Barcelona: Closing Report

Our General Manager’s final day in Barcelona before departure back to Jamaica, as the boys, coaches, managers and administrators get into the daily schedule of activities. It began with 7:30am breakfast, then 9am arrival at the football field complex for the...
U19 Players in Barcelona: Training & Touring

U19 Players in Barcelona: Training & Touring

Yesterday’s 4pm afternoon session was extremely intense as the Coaches turned up the heat; the boys responded positively. Some boys rented bicycles as most walked to and from training sessions for about 20 minutes each way to the 8 styled multi-field Complex. A...
U19 Players in Barcelona: Sightseeing

U19 Players in Barcelona: Sightseeing

A totally new Lank FC staff contingent of 10 persons from Sweden, Canada, Spain, China and Jamaica are now getting fully oriented to working together to complete agreements and organizational fluency. An outstanding group of 17 players under the age of 19 years...
U19 Players in Barcelona: Team Building

U19 Players in Barcelona: Team Building

The weekends are usually rest days in a European Academy Programme, as they mimic the football competition schedules with matches on a Saturday or Sunday. The players go to breakfast, lunch and dinner at the same times daily, except on Saturday due to inclusion of a...
Six U19 Players head to Barcelona

Six U19 Players head to Barcelona

6 under-19 players, namely Jabari Howell, Tyreek Magee, Oquassa Chong, Casseam Priestley, Garth Stewart, and Tafari Chambers, departed the island to train in Barcelona, Spain on January 16th. 4 of them are returnees to the European academy, after last year’s...
Peter-Lee Vassell picked in MLS Superdraft

Peter-Lee Vassell picked in MLS Superdraft

The first two rounds of the 2019 MLS Draft took place on Friday, January 11 in Chicago, and Los Angeles Football Club selected our midfielder Peter-Lee Vassell with the 40th overall pick (16th pick in the second round). Vassell, 19, is one of the few players who is...
Ricardo Gardner resigns as Harbour View head coach

Ricardo Gardner resigns as Harbour View head coach

Ricardo ‘Bibi’ Gardner has resigned as head coach of Harbour View Football Club, administrator Ludlow Bernard confirmed yesterday. Gardner, a former national senior men’s football team captain, has been in charge of the club since last season, but...
Harbour View will make play-offs, insists playmaker Vassell

Harbour View will make play-offs, insists playmaker Vassell

Former champions Harbour View have had a less-than-impressive start to the 2018-19 Red Stripe Premier League and have been stuck in the relegation zone for much of the 15 match days. Their performance against defending champions and leaders Portmore United on Sunday,...