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GORDON WILLIAMS, Contributor
Another Jamaican foot-baller is attempting to kick start his professional career with Miami F.C. in the United States.
Former national under-20 player Sean Barrett survived the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">United</SPAN> Soccer League (USL) club's open tryout last month and has been in preseason training with the team's regulars, including former Brazilian World Cup star Zinho, since March 1.
Barrett, 27, a resident of Miramar, Florida in the U.S., was among 10 players selected from about 300 who tried to impress the Miami F.C. coaching staff. The former Kingston College Manning Cup player, who migrated from <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Jamaica</SPAN> at age 16, is hoping to earn a contract that will place him in the club's squad alongside midfielder Sean Fraser, a fellow Jamaican and Barrett's former youth level teammate at Harbour View F.C.
Fraser had a successful stint at Miami F.C. in the club's debut USL season last year and is currently on <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">loan</SPAN> with Brazilian club Boavista in Rio de Janiero. He recently signed a new contract with Miami F.C. Barrett said he has not spoken to Fraser since last year, but he is looking forward to linking up with him on the field during the upcoming USL season.
"We grew up together," said Barrett recently. "We should have a good connection."
Barrett attended universities in the U.S., graduating with a degree in mechanical en-gineering. After college, he found a regular job and played in various amateur leagues across the country before being encouraged by friends to accept Miami F.C.'s tryout invitation.
"People were telling me I was wasting my talent," he explained. "People were saying I should be playing at the next level."
Barrett said he finally relented, setting aside his job to focus on a possible career on the field. Yet even when he was working "7 a.m. to 7 p.m.," he claimed, Barrett said he never abandoned his <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false
GORDON WILLIAMS, Contributor
Another Jamaican foot-baller is attempting to kick start his professional career with Miami F.C. in the United States.
Former national under-20 player Sean Barrett survived the <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">United</SPAN> Soccer League (USL) club's open tryout last month and has been in preseason training with the team's regulars, including former Brazilian World Cup star Zinho, since March 1.
Barrett, 27, a resident of Miramar, Florida in the U.S., was among 10 players selected from about 300 who tried to impress the Miami F.C. coaching staff. The former Kingston College Manning Cup player, who migrated from <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Jamaica</SPAN> at age 16, is hoping to earn a contract that will place him in the club's squad alongside midfielder Sean Fraser, a fellow Jamaican and Barrett's former youth level teammate at Harbour View F.C.
Fraser had a successful stint at Miami F.C. in the club's debut USL season last year and is currently on <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: blue! important; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">loan</SPAN> with Brazilian club Boavista in Rio de Janiero. He recently signed a new contract with Miami F.C. Barrett said he has not spoken to Fraser since last year, but he is looking forward to linking up with him on the field during the upcoming USL season.
"We grew up together," said Barrett recently. "We should have a good connection."
Barrett attended universities in the U.S., graduating with a degree in mechanical en-gineering. After college, he found a regular job and played in various amateur leagues across the country before being encouraged by friends to accept Miami F.C.'s tryout invitation.
"People were telling me I was wasting my talent," he explained. "People were saying I should be playing at the next level."
Barrett said he finally relented, setting aside his job to focus on a possible career on the field. Yet even when he was working "7 a.m. to 7 p.m.," he claimed, Barrett said he never abandoned his <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false
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