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Back (L-R) Coach W. Constance, B. Smith, C. Redman, D. Modeste, S. Critchlow,
T. McGill, A, McGill. Middle: B. Smith, K. Golindo, I. Henry, G. Wickham, C. Collins,
F. Rignault, Front: S, Casquero, M. Raeburn, A. Fanis, P. Bradley, B. Williams,
Winner of BWIA free trip
Joel Ali (right) receives
Ticket from CISL
President John Jolic at
Stars Home Opener
Edwin Ferdinand
Eric Ande Fanis
Marvin Raeburn
Elvis Thomas
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Stars lost several players to
career opportunities during
the ‘CISL 96 outdoor srason
St Lucian national player
Edwin Ferdinand received a
scholarship to North
Carolina while his St Lucian
teammate Eric Andre Fanis
was signed by a Romanian
team.
Eric was a player with
deceptive speed and
immense balance while
Edwin had a deadly left foot
to go with a relentless
determination
Marvin Raeburn, acquired
from the Trinidad & Tobago
national team was a lethal
weapon in combination with
Fanis. He also left to pursue
a career in England.
Elvis Thomas from the
indoor championship team
was picked up and signed
by the Toronto Lynx club of
the A-League.
Amazingly Caribbean Stars
lost these important players
over the two (Indoor/
Outdoor) CISL seasons and
was still capable of securing
a second place finish in the
CISL outdoor season and
won the indoor
championship.
In spite of the setbacks
Caribbean Stars promoted
the game at both the
amateur and professional
level within the community.
The achievements however,
did not occur without
challenging situations.
The CISL and the CNSL
merged for the ‘97 season
and a merged CNSL meant
that the club would have had
to travel to places like
London, Hamilton and St
Catharines to play.
It was an almost impossible
task without a major sponsor
and with the erosion of the
tampering clauses and
ethnicity structure our
players would have been
opened to the option of
signing to the highest bidder,
making it near impossible to
maintain membership and
rise to the level of the
competition.
Subsequent to the merge,
Caribbean Stars withdrew
from the CNSL and
continued with our Sports
and Family Day and Annual
Indoor soccer tournaments
before creating an electronic
presence with our website
in 2005.