The Tribune

WINNER of the Bahamas Football Association’s Beach Soccer Cup in October, the Bahamas men’s national beach soccer team is headed to Santa Marta, Colombia, to compete in the Juegos Centroamericanos y Del Caribe Mar Y Playa (Central American and Caribbean Sea and Beach Games) November 19-26.

BFA technical director Bruce Swan will travel with the team and lauded the hard work of the coaching staff and players over the past few months and is confident they will again dominate the beach soccer landscape in Colombia.

“Our men’s national soccer team is emerging to the top of the Caribbean region for a reason, because they are putting in the hard work to be successful in the sand.

“The Bahamas Football Association is extremely proud of all the players and thanks the coaching staff and association leadership.

For this tournament, the head coach will be Nesly Jean, assistant coach Julian Gardner and manager Larry Minns.

“We are excited to see our Beach Boys compete in Colombia and hope they score big during the tournament,” said Swan.

The Bahamas men’s national beach soccer team for this tournament will include:

Michael Butler, Evens Julmis, Ian Winder, Jean Francois, Dwayne Forbes, Gary Joseph, Jamie Thompson, Evelt Julmis, Brandon Adderley, Lesly St Fleur, Gavin Christie and Ian Rolle

Matches will be played November 20-25 at the Estadio Futbol Playa – Parque | Multideportivo, Cancha in Santa Marta.

The schedule is as follows:

November 20

Bahamas vs. Colombia

4:30pm COT (UTC-5)

November 21

Bahamas vs El Salvador

1:30pm - COT (UTC-5)

November 22

Bahamas vs Mexico

3pm - COT (UTC-5)

November 24

Bahamas vs Venezuela

1:30pm - COT (UTC-5)

November 25

Bahamas vs Trinidad

and Tobago

1:30pm - COT (UTC-5)