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Sports => Football => Topic started by: black chinee on November 15, 2009, 01:17:52 PM
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Team got 14 Trinis ;D ;D
Trinidadians guide US college to football title
Sunday, November 15 2009
http://newsday.co.tt/sport/0,110944.html
TEN LONG years it took coach Brent Dukhie to build a champion football team. The Trinidadian joined Concordia College as a player. Then he turned coach of the team with the aim of bringing a championship title to the American college in Selma, Alabama.
And despite great adversity, on Sunday last, ten years later, Concordia College were crowned national champions in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA).
The Hornets as they are nicknamed, did it the hard way. First the student-athletes were forced to raise the finances to attend the championship.
They held fundraisers and suffered great personal financial sacrifice but the effort enabled them to attend the tournament in one week.
But the hardships did not end there as they endured a 31-hour bus ride from Selma, Alabama, to the tournament site in Vermont. Still the problems did not cease as on the first day of their journey they suffered a flat tyre.
This set the Concordia College footballers back seven hours, and according to Dukhie they had to play a 1.30 pm match in the snow on the Friday.
“It was the first time we had ever played in the snow, and as if that was not bad enough, we played at 8.30 pm on Saturday when the temperature was 19 degrees,” Dukhie said.
But, Concordia, seeded sixth in the eight-team tournament gritted it out and beat Penn State York (Philadelphia) 1-0 on a goal by Brent Pierre n Friday and on Saturday with goals from Pierre and Hyron Browne- Baptiste, shut out Rochester College (Minnesota) 2-0.
In the championship match, Browne-Baptiste gave Concordia the lead mid-second half, but Jabneel Springer scored from a corner-kick for Briarcliff to knot up the scores sending the match into two over-time periods. Dukhie said: “It was 30 degrees when the game started and the temperature kept dropping as it went on, then our starters started dropping through injury.”
But after the two over-time periods, Concordia scored with their first four kicks in the penalty shootout while Briarcliffe managed one goal and the Hornets were champions.
Goalkeeper Akil Benjamin of St Kitts was named the tournament “Most Valuable Player”.
And Browne-Baptiste who scored 12 goals in the 15 matches Concordia played and Bryan Constantine were both named to the USCAA All- American first team while Emery Joyeau and Pierre earned honourable mention. Browne-Baptiste, Leandro Subero, Lekol Kordah and Akol Benjamin were named to the All-Tournament team. Concordia had a season record of 15 matches played, 11 won, two drawn and two lost.
Dukhie said their championship title was designed by fate, “We never stopped believing. It is not how the story begins, it’s how it ends,” said an overjoyed Dukhie. “We have written out own stories. This is not about soccer. This is about life.” To add to their success, both Kenjay Simmonds and Brent Pierre were named Academic All Americans.
Dukhie was very proud of his 19-man squad made up of players from Trinidad and Tobago, Senegal, Nigeria, St Kitts and the USA.
One congratulatory e-mail to coach Dukhie and his team pointed out Concordia Colleges’ overall GPA, noting that the school consistently led in grades and graduated every single player that came through the system.
The e-mail said, “This is a testament to the quality of student-athletes and said credit goes to coach Dukhie for recruiting and maintaining those standards that are now National Champions.
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big up Hyron!
former Maple player who buss up the net routine back home.!
we cut all ya tail nuff time but he a baller
well done dan!
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Dukhie .......hmm sounds Indian........Dookie.
But perhaps I am wrong :-)
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Dukhie .......hmm sounds Indian........Dookie.
But perhaps I am wrong :-)
Yuh probably right... I know ah Dukhie and he's Indian.
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Dukhie .......hmm sounds Indian........Dookie.
But perhaps I am wrong :-)
He is...
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Concordia honors its champions
Brent Dukhie tells his players stories.
“The team knows I love to tell stories,” Dukhie told a crowd of Concordia College students and supporters Tuesday during a pep rally and reception.
This weekend’s story is one he’ll be telling for a long time.
Ten years after joining Concordia College as one of the first seven soccer players in school history, Dukhie led his team to the school’s first national championship Sunday in the United States Collegiate Athletic Association men’s tournament.
(continue) (http://www.selmatimesjournal.com/news/2009/nov/11/concordia-honors-its-champions/)
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congrats dukhie even though i never hear bout the school or program before.
the school site - http://www.concordiaselma.edu/
this is the side. some ah dem look trini fuh sure.
(http://www.faithwebsites.com/concordiaselma/text44447_1.jpg)
i sure the school cheerleading sqaud contribute to the conference championship too.
(http://www.faithwebsites.com/concordiaselma/text37969_3.jpg)
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I always wondered what became of the Smurfs...
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Congrats Mr. Dukhie ...
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big up Brent boy...former Trinity old boy...and Kareem..repin d ATL!!! This sqaud had some quality ballers pass thru for the last 5-6 years now. Finally they win something. D1 and D2 teams have always been afraid to play them!! Well done fellas!! :beermug: :beermug:
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Stwppsss!!! SHIT Level of football!!!!!!!!!!
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easy small change.................. any set of trinidadians comin to the US and win a title is a good thing for trinidad football Congrats to concordia
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I have never heard of him, but a hearty congrats to Mr. Duhkie. And yes, the the ball may not be D1 standard, but this is more than football. As a matter of fact in this case comparing D1 and D2 football is irrelavent. The most important thing is, some Caribbean, African and yankee youths getting the opportunity to futher their education. Again, Mr. Duhkie continue your good work. God Bless.
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Stwppsss!!! SHIT Level of football!!!!!!!!!!
What level have you won on?
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Stwppsss!!! SHIT Level of football!!!!!!!!!!
What level have you won on?
PlayStation!
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congrats dukhie even though i never hear bout the school or program before.
the school site - http://www.concordiaselma.edu/
this is the side. some ah dem look trini fuh sure.
(http://www.faithwebsites.com/concordiaselma/text44447_1.jpg)
That pic is not at their school. That pic was taken at another college.
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Stwppsss!!! SHIT Level of football!!!!!!!!!!
What level have you won on?
PlayStation!
Lol... ent!
Or as the Brits would say... innit!
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congrats dukhie even though i never hear bout the school or program before.
the school site - http://www.concordiaselma.edu/
this is the side. some ah dem look trini fuh sure.
(http://www.faithwebsites.com/concordiaselma/text44447_1.jpg)
That pic is not at their school. That pic was taken at another college.
wow...thats at brewton parker college...lol!!!
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Concordia soccer team honored
By Laura Fenton (Selma Times-Journal)
SELMA — The Concordia College men’s soccer team met with Mayor George Evans at city hall on Monday to celebrate naming Nov. 24 “Concordia College Men’s Soccer Day.”
The Hornets won the 2009 United States Collegiate Athletic Association Soccer Men’s National Championship on Nov. 7 in Burlington, Vt.
The tournament was hosted by Vermont Technical College. Concordia finished the season with a record of 13 wins, two draws and two losses.
In 2007 the team paced fourth overall and in 2008 third overall in the tournament.
“This was just a step going further,” said head coach Brent Dukhie. “All of us made changes and believed in our strength as a team.”
Only one member of the team is a senior.
“The senior we’re losing is valuable, but I’m very confident for next year,” Dukhie said. “The main thing is we stayed positive. We didn’t have any bad egos on the team. It was a total team effort.”
Dukhie joined the team in 1999 as student at Concordia College, leaving his home of Trinidad. Then in 2007, he joined the coaching staff as head coach. Spring training will start in February, but until then, Dukhie and team members will enjoy the title of national champions.
“I’m just really happy and proud of them,” Dukhie said.
The road to the championship was not easy for the team. The proclamation states that the team “endured a 31-hour bus ride to Vermont for the tournament, a flat tire on the bus transporting the team on Opening Day, making them seven hours late and having to play under weather conditions never experienced, specifically snow and in 19-degree temperatures.”
The team also will attend a luncheon at the St. James Hotel at noon Tuesday and the City Council meeting Tuesday night.
Members of the team are Akil Benjamin, Derron Maillard, Abdoul Mbengue, Demontinez Hughley, Lekol Kordah, Kurt Newton, Bryant Constantine, Leandro Subero, Kenjay Simmonds, Bryan Arneaud, Vikern Hunte, Kareen James, Troy Bacchus, Emery Joyeau, Brent Pierre, Kareem Chrysostom, Adrian White, Hyron Brown-Baptiste, Matrin Brown and George Chuvalos.
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This is simply brilliant!!
Imagine the people of Selma, Alabama see it fit to honor the achievements of this team... yet some of us can't find it in our hearts to extend a congratulation to Mr. Dukhie and his charges.
Men like Small Change might want to go look up the particular history of Selma, Alabama so that he could better appreciate the significance of the City taking the time to stop and honor a team of black, and largely African and Caribbean footballers.
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The road to the championship was not easy for the team. The proclamation states that the team “endured a 31-hour bus ride to Vermont for the tournament, a flat tire on the bus transporting the team on Opening Day, making them seven hours late and having to play under weather conditions never experienced, specifically snow and in 19-degree temperatures.”
Damn... hopefully next season they can up their travel budget to cover aifare for trips longer than a certain amount of hours....
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Congrats again to Mr. Duhkie and Concordia!!!!!
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Yeh man Duhkie fly the red white an black :wavetowel: :cheers: :applause: :applause: let them know weh yuh from .
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Well done Brent...
Dis school start real hard 10 yrs ago truss mih...dey didnt have no field on campus so players had to train at a nex field a lil bit away...was all kinda 4 and 6 hr drives to games, half d side in one van and d nex half in a nex van. Pressure to get a proper season schedule...is all kinda tenessee and mississippi dey had to go to get a game. Plus d program had no fundin. Selma aint know jack bout football (but Mia Hamm from Selma originally) so ppl watchin dem players like dey mad. But d community was supportive...first year dey had a parade thru d streets...players sign autographs and ing cuz ppl in Selma tinkin if dey in a parade dey hadda be in something...
Really glad to hear fruits bearin.....
Congrats!!!
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how so much ah trinbago man get on one team?...dukhie eh recruit from nowhere else or wha
either way congrats :beermug:....everybody loves an underdog story
btw, yuh think de one in de front does go to the top of the pyramid?
(http://www.faithwebsites.com/concordiaselma/text37969_3.jpg)
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Congrats to the whole Team
dem cheerleaders lookin like Smurfs in trute
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Congrats to Dukhie and Concordia.
If it were that easy to win titles - regardless of level - more coaches would do it.