Samuel Figueroa competes with the Belize National U20 Selection in Honduras.

San Pedro Resident and Athlete, Samuel Figueroa has joined the ranks of the professionals as a member of the Belize National under 20 Selection Football team. According to president of the Football Federation of Belize, Dr. Chimilio, coaches have been scouting players across the country through the year.

Samuel caught the eye of a scout for the national selection in September when he was competing in an inter-district tournament in Belize City, and was drafted immediately. According to Mr. Chimilio, Mr. Figueroa exhibited much talent and lots of potential. He has since been vigorously practicing with the national selection team, in Belmopan.

The Belize National under 20 Selection; comprised of 18 players will travel to El Salvador for two games in the qualifying games, leading up to the finals to be held in Guatemala in March of 2011. The team will be in Honduras for a week, where they will square off against El Salvador’s Selection on December 1st and Honduras’ selection on December 5th; both games will be played in La Ceiba Honduras.

The San Pedro Sun congratulates Samuel Figueroa and the Belize National under 20 Selection and wish them well in the up coming games.

San Pedro FC says THANKS

The San Pedro Under-19 Club would like to extend gratitude to everyone who supported them through their Belize District Under-19 competitions and we are proud to announce that you are a big part of our success in coming sub-champion 2010 of the Belize District.

Belize District under the name of Belize Rising Start (Champion Brown Boomers) together with the best two teams of the Belize District (San Pedro FC and Bwel Flames) is representing the Belize District association in the National Inter-District Competition. Five of our young talented players (San Pedro FC) were given the opportunity to represent in Belize Rising Star FC.

We are seeking your kind support for travelling expenses for the young players representing San Pedro FC. Let’s support our young players so that they could become more professional and you never know they may end up representing San Pedro in the Belize National Team.

Please assist us and help in keeping a healthy and safe community by keeping sports alive on the island. Contact Fulgencio Hoare at 604-8015.

The San Pedro team players are: Samuel Figueroa, Jesse Guerrero, George Barrera, Steven Arnold, Travis Eiley and Gorvani Chavez.

Last weeks results: Belize Rising Star FC - 3 VS Cristo Rey Corozal – 0. Goals by Samuel Figueroa – 1, Ernin Flores – 1, John Valerios – 1. Next weeks game will be held in Belize City against Plamar from Orange Walk.

Thanks in advance
/s/ Fulgencio Hoare