Editor’s note: In April Dominica News Online featured 9-year-old soccer player Jafi Alexis, whose parents are from Portsmouth but living in the US, as creating waves in the sport. Jafi has continued impressing everyone who sees him play.
Brazilian Soccer School (BSS) player Jafi Alexis recently returned from a summer soccer camp with the Bundesliga Eintracht Frankfurt FC club, in Germany. Eintracht Frankfurt is one of the top clubs in Germany.
After one week of intense soccer training Jafi received several awards: the first award he received was for achieving a score of 136/140 for his overall performance on the field.
The second was an MVP award at the end of the week that was received for being the most talented player among a field of kids at the camp. The group included fifteen year olds! The coaches were highly impressed with his individual skills and he was invited back to the club for a two week academy training camp to be held in the summer of 2012. There he will be training with more gifted players.
According to BSS coaching director Horace McFarlane Sr, “Jafi’s talent: speed, dribbling skills, coordination and soccer IQ is exceptional and will take him to great heights. Everyone who has seen Jafi play understands that he is a talented player and always leaves an impression. Next year both he and his dad are looking to expand his international soccer experience.”
The Germany trip caps a tremendous year so far for the diminutive player from the Bronx, New York. In April, he attended the Mundialito tournament in Portugal, which included teams from Real Madrid, Barcelona, Sporting Lisbon, Rangers, Everton, and Valencia, to name a few and Jafi left his mark.
McFarlane Sr. who is also Jafi’s trainer, said he ran into coach Daniel Goncalves, Academy Coach at Sporting Lisbon, at a conference in New York and asked if he recalled seeing Jafi at the tournament. Coach Gonzalez said that all of the participating team coaches who saw Jafi play spoke very highly of him. The Real Madrid coaches were also impressed by the “Morenito’s performance.”
Jafi is currently looking forward to going back to the BSS fall program starting in September.
My idea for playing soccer is as follows: players move in attack, while the one who has the ball, decides what to do with it. If he decides to pass the ball, then he would move as the other guys in attack. You just have to know how to move.
good job my boi keep doing your thing and much luv towards your parent
jafiiiiii, jafiiiii, jafiiiiii, goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllll goalllllllllllllll gooooooooooooaaaaaaaaallllll and manchester united is 2 goals up gooalllllllllllll
DOMINICA is swimming in such negativites, that this news of such potential should be supported and raved about, rally around and continue to be encouraged.it is sad that the piper/rolle syndrome, would try to rain on this talented youte parade. but no way we go let this happen in DA.GOALLLLLLL jafi ALEXIS, what a brillent play by this young jafi alexis, the commentator in 2017 , hope the piper/rolles will be around to hear.
Congratulations from the manhattan soccer club, and we wish you success in the future
Lets motivate him to reach higher hights in the sport, congrats,i am proud of him
did you know that the only man who went dancing with OPRAH wearing her pants was a DOMINICAN?
i am so glad for this young man.i remember i was nine when i had exceptional soccer and mathematical skills but no breaks.i can see myself in this young boy.my son who was born in the us was asked by his italian girlfriends grand mother which part of italy was he from. his answer was dominica.
BUT MR. IS A LITTLE MARADONA MAN OR RONALDO? GO YOUNG MAN DO YOUR THING NEVER LOOK BACK.MAKE YOUR DOMINICAN PARENTS PROUD AND YEAH PACK YOUR DA FLAG
Congrats baby boy!!!!!!!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!
Who from Portsmouth are this talented individual parents.
And by the way Rolle, I heard this kid loves DA so much, I heard he packed both his DA and US flag with him to Portugal. No one can tell him he is not from DA too, NO ONE!
reading some of the comments it clearly shows that we in this Dominica of ours have a problem with success. What about a story like that is negative? Go Jafi the sky is the limit Cocotown and Santos possie are in your counter. Ani pa chteway zafant moon la…..
God Bless my little cousin,congrats and stay focus.
dont forget DOMINICA on your way up
Good luck young , God’s blessings. Proud of you
Good for the young man but he is not from Dominica, so why was this story even featured? Are we trying to make ourselves feel good on the back of other countries nationals?
His parents are from Dominica? What does that say? When we have a born and raised talent like this young man please run a story and I will be happy for Dominica.
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reggae boys in the world cup was predominantly Jamaican who were not born in Jamaica- jamaican parentage. The Barbados team that played Dominica in D/ca was also made up of barbadians who were not born and bred in B’dos.
DNO we can only pray that we can get rid of the high level of ignorance among our people- No offense just speaking the truth
Well said Admin.
Some People are just too dam negative. Whether he is a Dominican or not, he’s a young child who seem to have some direction in life unlike so many around the world who are like sheep without a compass/GPS. So just be happy for him, if not then just shut the hell up.
I chinese and haitians with our passport are considered Dominicans where they are even allowed to vote, then he is just as Dominican
The first word should be if
SANTOS AND COCOTOWN MIXTURE EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!! ROLLE YOU WON’T UNDERSTAND. IT’S A POSSIE PRODUCTION. DIG THAT. HATER
i have two kids that was born in the u.s.a don’t tell them they are not dominican there is no place in the world they love like dominica they have photo,flags posters,and more in there rooms,so it dose’ent matter where our kid born if they want to adopt dominica as there home land they are free to do so
ROLLE U BIG DUMMY!!
Piper, you are so much of a pessimist. I bet that is how you look at life in general. Truly tragic. If you do have kids, please do the world a favor and don’t share your pessimism with them.
Excellent stuff!
Come back in 6 years with a follow up. Many kids show promise in their early years but never make anything out of it. It is much too early to judge whether this kid will go anywhere.
What you are crazy piper. Don’t you hear of how this kid is excelling? Go on young man, continue to excell, stay focus and grounded, listen to your father and trainer and I will be seeing you in the UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE!
This kid will make also the US National Soccer team!
Your fool – easy to see you did not get anywhere. Why can’t you be happy for the kid!!!
LOL I cannot believe people made suce negative comments about an article of a young man with Dominican parents who is excelling in sports outside of the US! MY MY MY!
Anyway, It appears that rolle and piper got nowhere in life. Just look at their level of education.