FIFA/CONCACAF goalkeeper's Instructors course concludes.
By: Shaun Fuentes (TTFF).[/size]
The 2007 FIFA/CONCACAF Goalkeepers Instructors course concluded with a closing ceremony at the Dr Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence on Monday evening. Over the previous five days, Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation Technical Director and FIFA instructor Lincoln Phillips along with assistant Skip Thorpe from Wake Forest University conducted the course which was attended by participants from throughout the region including United States, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama and Guatemala as well as Caribbean islands as Grenada, Aruba and St Vincent and the Grenadines among others.
Phillips expressed satisfaction on the closing day that the course had been well received and United States Soccer Federation coach Tim Mulqueen and Costa Rican Federation coach Luis Conejo both agreed. Conejo played against T&T in the past and was Costa Rica's outstanding goalkeeper at the 1990 World Cup Finals in Italy.
"I think we definitely achieved a great deal with this course as a lot of the participants demonstrated that willingness to increase their knowledge as well as to go back to their respective associations and pass it on," Phillips said.
Mulqueen, who works with US National teams, said he was glad to have attended the course which served as an eye opener to him.
"It showed me that in the Caribbean here and the rest of the region there are really good coaches and if we (USA) don't watch ourselves we will have a tough time competing with these countries in the future in the goalkeeping department. This course served its purpose and was a real eye opener to me," Mulqueen said.
FIFA Development officer for CONCACAF Harold Taylor and Deputy Officer Darryl Warner were in attendance to had out the certificates to the participants. Taylor stressed the need for continuity and said his office was at the disposal of the associations seeking assistance in its development.
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