A conversation with soccer player Dane Richards
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- South Florida soccer fans can welcome a new Yardie on the local circuit, as regular Jamaican Reggae Boy (and fromer Cornwall College baller) Dane Richards heads to South Florida to join the upcoming Miami FC.
- Then 31-year-old Jamaican and former New York Red Bulls and Indy Eleven player will bring extensive national and international experience to the new team.
- Following a successful career at Cornwall College in Montego Bay, the Jamaican winger made a name for himself on the U.S.
- soccer circuit after coming out of Clemson University in 2007.
- Richards also made 45 appearances for the Jamaican Men’s National Team and helped Jamaica to back-to-back Caribbean Championship titles in 2008 and 2010, scoring three goals and winning the tournament’s golden boot in 2010.
South Florida soccer fans can welcome a new Yardie on the local circuit, as regular Jamaican Reggae Boy (and fromer Cornwall College baller) Dane Richards heads to South Florida to join the upcoming Miami FC.
Then 31-year-old Jamaican and former New York Red Bulls and Indy Eleven player will bring extensive national and international experience to the new team. Following a successful career at Cornwall College in Montego Bay, the Jamaican winger made a name for himself on the U.S. soccer circuit after coming out of Clemson University in 2007. Richards also made 45 appearances for the Jamaican Men’s National Team and helped Jamaica to back-to-back Caribbean Championship titles in 2008 and 2010, scoring three goals and winning the tournament’s golden boot in 2010. He will be hitting the pitch as Miami FC premieres in April 2016.
The National Weekly had a quick chat with Miami FC’s latest recruit, talking about his Jamaican football past and his future in Miami.
NW: We're looking forward to your move to South Florida! What are you most looking forward to playing for Miami FC?
DR: I am most looking forward to playing among such a great fan base and making something good happen in Miami.
NW: How did you get into football in Jamaica? Any particularly idols?
DR: I was always watching games from a tender age, especially the local team Seba United team. I just wanted to be like them, players such as Theodore Whitmore, Hector Wright and Tegat Davis. I wouldn't say I had a mentor but I looked up to numerous players who were very talented.
NW: You were also a schoolboy football legend at Cornwall College. What was your most memorable moment playing for CC?
DR: Definitely in 2001, when we won the triple crown of the Dacosta Cup, the Ben FRANCIS Cup and the Oliver Shield.
NW: You've also represented Reggae Boyz in the past. Would you still represent your home country if called again?
DR: At this moment my main focus is with Miami FC!
