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with whom they                    Of the teams                      to form strong
               shared group                      mentioned above,                  partnerships with
               supremacy with seven              each of the coaches               social agencies.
               points.                           has come through the
                                                 grades of the football            More sponsors are on
               Our U20 men's team is             association and                   board now than ever
               on course to making               Concacaf coaching                 before, which assists
               history as they have              programs, proudly                 the clubs and
               entered the Round of              applying their                    subsequently the
               16 in the Concacaf                practices.
               qualifiers for the Youth
               World Cup.                        There has been more
                                                 empirical evidence to
               One may ask, where is             suggest that things
               the silverware? And               have more of a
               how is this different             purpose than they did             players which can
               from what our                     before.                           only lead to a more
               forefathers achieved?                                               productive brand.
                                                 From the operation of
               Where we once vied                youth club                        One of the most
               for Caribbean                     tournaments, social               significant partnerships
               supremacy and                     and commercial                    has been with
               respect. These teams              partnerships,                     television production
               and players are                   governance of clubs               company Trident 10,
               competing, not just               and national team                 which allows the BFA
               participating with the            exposure.                         to share their content
               confederation's best.                                               while at the same
                                                 In the last four years,
               To be ranked in the               there have been two               time allowing players
               top 16 or 20 of a                 youth club                        the chance to be
               confederation of 41               competitions                      exposed to
               countries, that is a              organized by the BFA,             opportunities that
               significant feat.                 which encourages                  await across the
               Something unheard of              more structured play              globe.
               in years gone by.                 and opportunities for             Club infrastructure has

               These recent                      the player and                    improved, where
               successes have been               coaches to develop                there are now persons
               the result of our                 their abilities.                  who possess selective
               coaching education                The popularity of the             and necessary roles
               programs and the                  sport, as well as its             for effective club
               quality of coaches                influence, has finally            operations; no more
               who have graduated                been recognized.                  "chief cook and bottle
               throughout the ranks.                                               washer" scenarios.
                                                 Allowing, not only the
                                                 BFA but their members
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