The SKHY Football Club from Trincity will be travelling to Dallas, Texas from April 13 to 24 to participate in the 2011 Dallas Cup which starts on April 17.
In the fourth consecutive year that SKHY is representing the country in the United States’ most distinguished youth tournament, as many as 36 players of the club’s under-14 and under-18 teams will be participating in the under-14 and under-19 divisions.
Club directors, Joel Hyacenth and Colin Skeene who are both coaches of the under-14 and under-18 teams respectively are preparing their team to face some of the best youth teams from major clubs in the United States, Mexico, Brazil, England, Germany, Czech Republic among other elite footballing countries.
Football powerhouses in Arsenal, Manchester United, Sparta Prague, Santos, Sao Paolo and other household names are regulars at the cup tournament. SKHY’s under-18 team will represent in the under-19s as there is no under-18 division in the Dallas Cup.
The club was represented by the under-14 team in last year’s Dallas Cup. SKHY insists that tournaments such as these do have a strong impact on the development of the young players while exposure to international teams will improve the quality and discipline of the emerging generation of national footballers.
Due to the expense of travel and accommodation that comes with the journey, players wishing to represent SKHY are required to either raise funds or seek sponsorship in order to represent the club.
The cost to fund a single player is amounted to $14,890.10. Interested sponsors can write cheques in the club’s name (SKHY Football Club) and indicate the child/children to whom they are sponsoring.