On Tuesday, April 19, The St. Maarten Soccer Association (SMSA), represented by President Sudesh Singh along with SMSA representative Sandro Garcia presented Minister Jacobs with a certificate of gratitude and a report of the 2016 CFU Futsal Qualifier Tournament in Cuba.
SMSA received an official invitation to participate in the Men’s CFU Futsal Qualifier in November 2015. As an effort to improve the level of soccer in St. Maarten, the SMSA accepted this invitation believing it to be necessary for St. Maarten to participate in as many international accreditation tournaments as possible. Five weeks of training were held in order to determine the 10 most suitable players eligible to compete Futsal Qualifier, held at the Sala Polivalente Kid Chocolate stadium is Havana, Cuba.
SMSA expressed their gratitude to the Government of St. Maarten for receiving subsidy to take part in the Futsal tournament, especially the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sport.
SMSA were invited to host upcoming International tournaments in June and November of 2016, which they hope to accomplish with the assistance of the community and government as well.