History in Corozal; M.O.U. Signed to Advance a Football Academy

Today, at the Civic Centre in Corozal Town, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Corozal Town Council, the National Sports Council in that municipality and the Corozal Football Association. The new partnership, a first of its kind, will see the development of the sport at all levels, including engagement in youth athletes who want to learn the fundamentals of football. Chairman of Corozal Football Academy, Jose Mai and General Secretary of association, Martin Vasquez speak more on this venture.

Martin Vasquez

Martin Vasquez, General Secretary, Corozal Football Association

“This is a partnership where each entity will be doing its best to ensure that we provide the best services and if there is the need that the Corozal Town Council might need some assistance in training, C.F.A. will be available and so it will be vice versa benefit. This memorandum also enacts for the launching of our football academy of Corozal that will be happening on the twenty-sixth of June 2021.”

Jose Mai

Jose Mai, Chairman, Corozal Football Academy

“It is designed to provide a training programme for kids between the ages of five and ten or ten and under. And it seems to provide a platform for these kids to have fun and to learn the wonderful game of football. And so we have designed the programme in such a way that there will be an emphasis on the individual development of the player – not so much team development, but individual player development where we want to make sure that the priority is going to be the building and reinforcing of technical skills.”

Martin Vasquez

“It’s a twelve week programme that is targeting players or kids ages five to ten. This will be both male and female and the intention is to teach them some football drills, skills. On a weekly basis, there will be one specific drill, but at the same time, it will be incorporating some values so in the next five ten years, we could have some more discipline players.”