Palos "What if?" post made me think about something.
Every coach have a few men who does get pick for a game or a couple games and then completely disappear off the National Team Radar. Sometimes, they get pick because they hit a rich vein of form/peak at the right time and then pop back down, sometimes injuries clear out the competition at their position for a particular game or tournament. Sometimes they ware blackmailing the coach (in our untrained opinions)., sometimes they were calledup after they had peaked or close to retirement age. (The only players for whom this rule doesn't apply are goalkeepers, since goalkeeper rotation is extremely limited... ) A few of them were genuine prospects and never get they head fix or just didn't have the discipline, but most of them are destined to be older versions of Maturana's Michael Edwards (no disrespect to the guy)... NB I purposely left out Hardest, Norville, Johnson, Sam etc ...and any of the guys who get pick since Corneal/Mats in charge since we have bout 15 thread about them.
Anyway, I trying to find out how some of these guys made the national team in the last 10 years and what happen to them after. As fars as I could tell, none of them were household names, even on a local level. If anyone have any information on any of them, post it and I will update the initial post. If you think that it is unfair to post anyone, or that I jumping the gun to put them into the "never was" category let me know because I only know most of these guys by name. Any input is welcome.
This is NOT a bashing thread. I genuinely want to know what went on with some of these fellas
Name Caps Pos. Team (Current or X Last) (Coach* and Date of first cap)
Adams, Claude 1 D Defence Force Porters 10/05/2001
Aleong, Rickardo 1 M QPCC ? 04/04/1997 - Local Minor Leagues
Armstrong, Odelle 2 F Defence Force BSC 24/11/2004
Austin, Marlon 1 X ? ? 04/04/1997
Belfon, Addison 9 D Defence Force ? 04/04/1997
Benito, Keeron 1 M Uni. South Florida Wim 12/01/2007
Bailey, Joel 4 F X Carolina Railhawks Wim 15/01/2007
Borde, Marc 1 F St. François ? 04/04/1997 - In activity (SL)
Caseman, Devon 2 M United Petrotrin Wim 31/07/2003 - In activity (PFL)
Cayonne, Marlon 2 M X Defence Force Simoes 03/04/2001
Celestine, Michael7 M Joe Public BSC 13/07/2004 - In activity (PFL)
Clarence, Abiola 1 F Rangers Wim 24/03/2007 - In activity (PFL)
Clement, Kevon 2 M X United Petrotrin Wim 31/07/2003
Cruickshank, S. 3 F Cleveland City Stars BSC 24/11/2004
David, Shawn 1 M X ? ? 23/01/1998
Davids, Kendall 1 F Joe Public Wim 03/07/2003
Dennis, Rodney 2 M X ? ? 09/05/1998
Felicien, Lester 3 F X L.V. Steam ? 09/08/1999 - Retired after injury (05)
Fitzwilliams, H. 5 M Toronto Croatia Najar, BSC 26/03/2003
George, David 1 M X ? Najar 02/01/2003
George, Selwyn 4 GK X Defence Force Najar 29/01/2003
Gorgeon, Marvin 1 X ? ? 04/04/1998
Graham, Kevin 2 GK Defence Force RLF 10/02/2004
Grant, Marlon 1 D X ? ? 04/04/1997
Gray, Ian 4 D SJ Jabloteh Najar/SCF/Wim15/11/2002 - In activity (PFL)
James, Rolston 2 F RIP (26) W Connection Porters 04/07/2000 - Passed Away
John, Addaryl 2 D Joe Public ? 04/04/1997
Knights, I 7 F X Toronto Lynx ? 09/05/1998 - Foreign Minor Leagues
Leacock, Devon 1 M Joe Public ? 06/02/2005
Leggerton, A. 1 F X Tobago United Najar 15/11/2002
Lewis, Bevon 1 F X W Connection SCF 19/11/2003
Lewis, Darin 1 F Wasa ? 04/04/1997 - In activity (SL)
Manswell, H. 1 F Tobago United Najar 29/01/2003
Matthews, O. 1 M X ? Najar 29/01/2003
Mauge, Ronald 8 M X Aldershot Town BSC, Porters 08/01/2000
Mitchell, Devon 3 F Joe Public Najar 28/03/2003
Narine, Adrian 5 M Arima Fire Porters, Simoes15/11/2000
Neaves, Kevon 1 F Univ. South Florida Beenie 28/02/2006 - In activity (Uni)
Nottingham, T 1 GK North East Stars SCF 02/08/2003
Nunez, Adrian 1 F X Starworld Strikers Najar 29/01/2003
Phillip, Sherman 6 F Defence Force Porters, Simoes29/06/2000 - In activity (PFL)
Ramon Fortune, P1 ? ? ? Vranes 30/04/2003
Rique, Addae 1 M Tobago United ? 04/04/1997
Rivers, Corey 1 M Defence Force Morris 25/07/2002 - In activity (PFL)
Seabra, José Luis 6 M W Connection BSC 21/01/2005
Smith, Kwesi 4 M X ? Morris 25/07/2002
Stewart, Ryan 2 M Cleveland City Stars SCF 31/07/2003
Taylor, U 2 D Tobago United Najar 15/11/2002 - In activity (PFL)
Thomas, Sheldon 3 F O.C. Wave (LA Galaxy) ? 22/07/1998
Titus, R. 2 D Tor. Lynx (Toronto FC) Najar 15/11/2002
Webb, Wesley 2 D X Starworld Strikers ? 01/05/1997
Williams, Kurt 6 M Defence Force Najar, SCF 29/01/2003 - In activity (PFL)
Wiltshire, Kwame 5 M Joe Public Wim 12/01/2007
*some were called up by two or more coaches but barely managed 10 caps despite this.
As far as I can tell Najar did a whole heap of experimenting in the 4 months he was last at the helm. Was this during the Blacklist 1 or was he just off his head? He gave about half the team their first caps in a friendly against Finland, and added a couple more for good measure in our gold cup qualifying (we ultimately failed to make it)
You also have a few guys who rack up caps without either really being fixtures per se on the national team or shining lights abroad as well:
Demmin, Craig 13 D X VB Mariners 29/11/1995
Hutchinson, C 10 M X 04/07/1997
King, Derek 33 D X Joe Public 06/05/1999 - Coaching Staff (PFL)
Rahim, Brent 49 M X IF Sylvia 08/01/2000 - Civil Life
Rojas, M. 23 D X Apex 12/10/1999 - Civil Life
Smith, Conrad 18 F Caledonia AIA 03/08/2001 - In activity (PFL)
Away we go.
