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Caribbean Stars signed an
affiliate agreement with
North Scarborough Soccer
Club (NSSC) in 2005 to
provide leadership and
support to the young NSSC
team entering the
Multi-Jurisdictional (MJ)
Division of the Ontario
Soccer League (OSL).
Byron McCormack was the
President at the time and as
former teammates with Mello
Strikers we decided to give
the MJ division a go.
NSSC had their nucleus of
players but it was important
for me to get the right mix.
The MJ posed a problem to
recruit players who thought
they were dropping their
standard to play there, so, I
had to go to my reliable well
of players and sold the idea
and Carlos Redman, Dixon
Modeste, James and John
Lewis, Paul Okumu and
Tyrell McGill bought in.
The one area we had some
problems with from time to
time was at the goalkeeper
position. However, Carlos
and Dixon stepped in and
helped out with that and any
area of the team where help
was needed. Over my career
I’ve always had players in
the well who I treated with
respect for what they offered
in the line of winning and
Carlos and Dixon are just a few of
my loyal soldiers who I respected.
Under the Caribbean Stars affiliation
NSSC won the prestigious Iere
tournament to start the season and
reached the final of the MJ
Knock-out to end the season.
The moral of this story is sometimes
people think that they can win when
they see how it’s done but little do
they know what it takes to get the
right mix of players, who have to
trust in the leadership, make the
commitment and have the right
attitude to accomplish the objective.
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By Aldwyn McGill
Stars takes NSSC to podium
Back: Chris Pereira, Vereen Marcano Benedict Wallace (coach) A. McGill Tyrone Pereira, John
Lewis, Front: Sean McCormack, Kevin Sukinan, Dixon Modeste, Mike Rose, J. Chan
Back: V. Marcano, (Coach) Aldwyn. McGill, T. McGill, K. Lewis, J. Lewis, J. Lewis, N. Bolton, C. Pereira
Front: B. Wallace, T. Pereira, K. Sukinan, D. Modeste, M. Rose, S. McCormack, J. Chan and S. Lawrence
BackV. Marcano, B. Wallace, ??, B. McCormack, N. Bolton, (Coach) A.. McGill, T. McGill, D. Raymond,
C. Redman, J. Lewis, J. Chan, Front: S. Bridlewood , S. McCormack, S. Lawrence, M. Rose, , T. Pereira