Inter Miami CF midfi elder Gregore, left, fi ghts for the ball with forward Edison Azcona during MLS soccer
practice, Wednesday, April 21, 2021 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. David Santiago/Miami Herald via Associated Press, fi le
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By Nelson A. King
For Edison Azcona, 2021 will be a
year that he will always remember,
according to CONCACAF.
It said that, on Sunday, May 2, the
17-year-old made his first team debut
with MLS side Inter Miami, coming
on as a substitute in the second half
of the team’s 0-0 draw with Nashville
SC.“
In some ways, it was the completion
of a journey that started in 2007
when his parents arrived to the US
from the Dominican Republic when
Azcona was just four years old,” CONCACAF
said.
“Since then, football (soccer) has
been his life, and it reached the first of
many peaks in 2021,” it added.
CONCACAF said not only did Azcona
make his MLS debut, but, earlier
this year, he played in the 2020
CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualify-
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West Indies’ Roston Chase. Jon Super/
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Top Bajan
players axed
By Azad Ali
Three top Barbadian players have
axed from the list of contracted West
Indies cricketers.
Roston Chase, Shane Dowrich
and Shamarh Brooks were not retained
in the list which was published last
week.
Sacked Test captain Jason Holder
has retained his contract while his successor,
Kraigg Brathwaite, who was previously
stripped of his red ball central
contract, has been reinstated.
One-day International wicket/bats-
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Haitian soccer
official banned
By Azad Ali
A female soccer official in Haiti was
banned for 10 years for her part in the
systematic sexual abuse of women’s
national players.
FIFA ethics judges ruled Nella Joseph,
former supervisor of the Haiti Under-19
women’s team was guilty of “actively
coercing and threatening players into
engaging in sexual relationships” with
the then president of the Haitian Football
Association.
FIFA expelled the long-time former
Haitian FA president, Yves Jean Bart,
from soccer for life last year.
A FIFA judgment in Jean-Bart’s case
said he raped girls as young as 14 and
took “habitual mistresses” among players
starting in 2014.
Joseph was also fined $22,000.
RISING STAR
DR’s Azcona shine in CONCACAF
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