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Wednesday, December 03, 2008
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FIFA Consultant Approves Field
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 Harrison at the BFA Field IslandStats.com
Harrison told www.islandstats.com, “The project is in it’s 3rd stage and should be completed before Christmas, as you have seen the Turf is being laid and the next step is the stitching”.
“FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter has a clear idea when it comes to raising the standards of the beautiful game. "As football's world governing body, we have a responsibility to support any move to improve football equipment," he said. "In raising the standards of footballs and football turf surfaces, the FIFA Quality Concept will also help improve the level of the game", said Harrison
“I wrote the standard for the usage of the Artificial Surfaces used by FIFA, so they have contracted me as a consultant to survey the fields as the process is going on to make sure that the standard is kept”, continued Harrison.
Harrison went on to say, “With this surface the BFA Field can be used multiple times and the players will be able to do all the things they are accustomed to do on a natural surface”.
“This 3 Generation Field Turf has a 8 year warranty and with a low maintenance we see is as a positive step for the Bermuda Football Association”, concluded Harrison.
General Secretary of the Bermuda Football Association David Sabir said, “We are pleased with the progress and are very happy that we have a green light thus far, we are hoping to have activity on the surface as soon as possible as this is what we have the facility for”.
“Mr. Harrison will be back the 1st week in January to officially Sign the documents and hand over the field to the Bermuda Football Association and we are looking forward to that”, concluded Sabir.
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008
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BFA Field Turf Going Down
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 Work at the BFA Field IslandStats.com
A FIFA Inspector came to Bermuda to inspect those works recently for the signoff, but due to some concerned that he had the signoff was delayed.
Since which the synthetic surface is in the process of going down a process that will take 2 -3 weeks by a FieldTurf installation team.
Mussenden said back then, “This new facility will become the associations new Technical Centre for football throughout Bermuda paving the way as it will supplement existing facilities, allowing the BFA to run its development programmes yearly and providing a valuable training resource for all national teams whenever required. This also includes clubs who would like to train/practice. The facility will have floodlights as well. This will be an historical moment for the BFA because this will be the first ever field facility they can house its own training and development programmes”.
The overall cost is $1.3million, funded through the FIFA Goal program, and the BFA.
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008
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Smith & Seattle Season Opener
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Khano Smith’s and the Seattle Sounders FC inaugural game will be featured as Major League Soccer’s opening date for the 2009 season, it was announced today.
Sounders FC will host the New York Red Bulls on Thursday night, March 19, in a match nationally televised by ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes.
Kickoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. Pacific Time at Qwest Field. Sounders FC will be making its debut as the 15th team in MLS. New York is the 2008 MLS Cup runner-up.
“By being selected for the first match of the 2009 MLS season, this presents an opportunity to show a national audience what all the excitement is about in Seattle,” said Sounders FC majority owner Joe Roth. “Our supporters will be in full voice and, along with our players, wearing green. It promises to be quite a spectacle.”
The balance of the First Kick (MLS Opening Weekend) schedule features five matches on March 21 and another on March 22.
It was also announced that Seattle will be the guest for the Toronto FC home opener April 4. That match is scheduled for a 12 noon Pacific kickoff.
The complete MLS schedule will be released in early February. Each team will play a 30-game regular season. Each team will play every other MLS team home and away, for a base of 28 games. Two additional games against intra-conference rivals will complete each team’s league schedule. The regular season ends on Oct. 25.
Since the franchise was awarded in November of 2007, over 18,000 season tickets have been purchased. Over 14,500 votes were cast in naming the team and results will be announced later this week regarding the recently concluded votes for naming both the marching band and members association.
Season tickets are available by calling 1-877-MLS-GOAL or by visiting www.SoundersFC.com.
The Sounders FC kit, including home and away uniforms, will be unveiled Thursday, Dec. 4, during a fashion show which will raise funds for the Seattle Children’s Hospital Research Institute and the Quest for the Cure. Guild
Sounders FC added 10 players to the roster following the Nov. 26 expansion draft. Altogether, there are now 14 Seattle players, including midfielder Freddie Ljungberg and goalkeeper Kasey Keller, both played for English Premier League clubs during the 2007-08 season and Smith from the New England Revolution.
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Monday, December 01, 2008
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Women's, First & Premier Stats
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Following league play in two Division’s yesterday, www.islandstats.com now brings you the stats and standings for the Women’s & First Division after reporting all 7 games played. In a bid to clear up some confusion over the standings that we have and the standings on the BFA website www.islandstats.com has been informed by officials at the Bermuda Football Association that the points from the scheduled X’Road’s vs Somerset Eagles 10 weeks ago have not been decided..
Lady Cougars are the current League Leaders in the Women‘s Division with 9 points. The Lady Cougars have a better goal average then Lady Rams and Prospect United Females who also have 9 points. Stacey Babb leads the league in goalscoring with 5 goals.
Women’s Division Standings
6 Lady Cougars
9 Lady Rams
9 Prospect United Females
3 Somerset Hurricanes
0 Dandy Stars
Women's Division Leading Goal Scorers
5 Stacey Babb - Prospect United Females
3 Akilah Berkeley-Bremar - Lady Cougars
3 Jessica Furtado - Lady Cougars
2 Shaunte Todd - Dandy Stars
2 Shabena Crockwell - Lady Cougars
In the First Division, St. George’s Colts are the leaders of the First Division with 21 points, St. David’s and Somerset Eagles have 19 points. Young Men Social Club’s striker Clay Darrell has found the net 9 times to lead the league in the goalscoring department. Allan Douglas Jr. from St. George's Colts and Henry Santucci from Ireland Rangers have 7 goals.
First Division
18 St. David's
18 St. George's Colts
14 Ireland Rangers
13 Somerset Eagles
12 Young Men Social Club
12 Somerset Trojans
09 Prospect United
04 Wolves
04 Paget Lions
03 BAA
02 X'Road's
First Division Leading Goal Scorers
9 Clay Darrell - Young Men Social Club
9 Darren Dowling - Somerset Eagles
8 Allan Douglas Jr. - St. George's Colts
7 Henry Santucci - Ireland Rangers
6 Jonathan Bean - Ireland Rangers
5 Adrian Burrows - Somerset Trojans
5 Angelo Cannonier - St. David's
Click Here to see the Full BFA 2008/09 Women’s, First & Premier Division Standings & Goalscorers
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Monday, December 01, 2008
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BFA Schedule Change Announced
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The Bermuda Football Association have announced matches scheduled for Friday, December 5th have been moved to Thursday, December 4th due to Devonshire Recreation Club Field being unavailable.
Thursday – December 4th
First Division
7:00pm Wolves vs. Somerset Trojans
Premier Division
9:00pm Devonshire Cougars vs. PHC Zebras
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