Makenson Cadet
15 year old Makenson Cadet was recently afforded the opportunity to travel to Nottingham, UK to participate in a trial for the Nottingham Forest Football Club (NFFC). His talent was recognized by members of the Coventry University Student Union, who, not long ago, visited the TCIFA to carryout a three week long coaching project. He was further recommended to the NFFC, which resulted in an invitation to be assessed for a position on the NFFC’s Youth Academy Football Team, scheduled to compete in the 2015 Evima Cup – Albena, Bulagria.
Following days of training, the coaches of NFFC expressed a great deal of fascination and interest in the young player’s talent, and decided to take him on as a member of the team for the Evima Cup. These games will give NFFC an opportunity to further view his technical and tactical capabilities as a player.
Makenson is the youngest member of the TCIFA’s Men’s National Beach Soccer Team, which participated in the 2015 CONCACAF Championships of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualifiers, during this year in El Salvador.
President Sonia Bien-Aime stated : “Makenson is a special talent, and one that has progressed through our grassroots program to the Center of Excellence. He was also a part of the winning National Academy team in this past Provo Premier League. This is a very significant occurrence for the TCIFA and for its grassroots and youth development programmes. With the increase in the numbers of players being offered scholarships in colleges abroad, and now the offering of a trial by an established professional football club to one of our youth players, it confirms what we have always believed; and this is that we possess true talent in these islands, and that the TCIFA is moving in the right direction with providing proper coaching and the tools necessary to assist in their development. We are taking critical and definitive steps in the right direction of football development. Makenson’s trial however is a gigantic leap proving our optimism that we will bear fruit in the near future.”
CONGRATULATIONS MACKENSON!
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About the TCIFA:
The TCIFA is a non-profit Organization in the business of football development throughout the Turks & Caicos Islands.
For more information contact the General Secretary, Candia Ewing, at 941-5532
