La Clery Football League, the winners of the inaugural Saint Lucia Semi-Professional Football League (SPFL), is fully prepared to compete in the Caribbean Football Union Club Shield in Trinidad & Tobago from July 26 to August 3.
Under the strategic guidance of Coach Zaine Pierre, the team is undergoing intensive training to ensure an impressive performance. With the skilled Andrus “T Pry” Remy leading the lineup, the team is determined to make Saint Lucia proud.
La Clery will be the first league to represent Saint Lucia at this prestigious regional tournament.
League Secretary John Sealy asserts that the players are confident and eager for the challenge ahead. He highlights that the squad features a promising group of young talents, averaging just 21 years of age and younger , ready to seize this opportunity.
This tournament is a significant platform for these young players to showcase their skills on the senior regional stage early in their careers, according to Sealy.
La Clery is drawn in Group A, where they will play two mandatory games among six competing teams under a Swiss Format. The top-performing team in each group will advance.
La Clery kicks off its tournament on July 26 against SV Rincon of Bonaire ; and then faces AS Capoise of Haiti on July 28.
The traveling contingent is led by Manager Dwight Baptiste Haynes, Coach Zaine Pierre, and Team Captain Devone St. Prix.