Barbados FA using own website to search for players

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http://barbadossoccer.com/

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Ferguson climbing ladder in Maryland and Barbados

Most Washington, D.C.-area soccer fans have probably never heard of Daryl Ferguson, the tall center back who became one of the first players to sign with new USL-2 club Real Maryland this month.

But then, as of mid-summer, the coaching staff of the Barbados national team had never heard of him either. Yet by September the Lanham, Md. resident was a central cog in the small Caribbean nation’s under-23/Olympic team, and now Ferguson looks likely to challenge for a starting spot on the senior squad when the “Bajan Braves” open their World Cup 2010 qualifying campaign in February.

And if the Bajans can get past tiny Dominica in their two-legged home and away series, they’ll have earned a date with the heaviest of heavyweights in the CONCACAF region: the United States.

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Barbados recruits foreign-born soccer players for World Cup bid

Desperate to qualify for its first World Cup, Barbados is advertising in Europe and North America for players to compete for the small Caribbean island.

The former British colony, ranked 142 out of 201 countries by FIFA, is allowed only to recruit first-generation Barbadians born overseas. But Ronald Jones, president of the Barbados Football Association, said officials have requested permission to pursue the second generation as well.

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[JaMekAn]

Laaawd ah massy!! Look wah Jamaica start eeh?!!

[Gamma]

every jackman in the caribbean knows that we are the trendsetters, for good or for bad!!!!

[Hortical]

What can we do to help Barbados beat the USA in the next round?

[JaMekAn]

Deny dem USA players Visa(s)!! juss like how dem can deny entry to who dem feel or target!! If oonu tink sey if any ah we players haff ah "shady" pass dem naaaw goh get fe play inna de US!! Truss me!!