SVGSPN Presents--My Soccer Life with Oronde Ash

SVGSPN S3E1--Election Time For The SVGFF Conversation with 4 candidates in the SVGFF general election on Jan 27, 2024. Renson Haynes (President), Debson Cruickshank (2nd VP), Leslie Millington (1st VP), Tamara Barrow (Committee Member). PODCAST CHAPTERS 03:45 Renson-Reasons why the 4 joined forces 07:40 Renson-Experience as player in SVG 12:30 Debson--Why he started his Sparta Football Club, Socia...

SVGSPN S2E9: Team SVG vs Curacao, World Cup Qualifying  01:00 Volcano update  02:30 Game reactions from public, pundits, coaches  05:00 Realistic expectations for senior team  11:00 Clubs taking responsibility for sustaining player development  13:00 One definition of leadership  18:45 Defend your pickney dem  23:00 No pyar pyar football vs lesser opponents  25:00 Good luck message  26:00 DL, Sand...

SVGSPN, S2E8--Coach Dale Mercury: The List, The Life  There's high controversy in SVG footballing circles today following Saturday night's (Feb. 13th) publication of the 24-man World Cup qualifying roster. The list of players invited to camp for the March 25 game was ubiquitous for the absence of notable names. In the hours since publication, Coach Mercury and the SVGFF have been under heavy...

SVGSPN, S2E7--Statistical Analysis Rounds 1-4, Patterns & Trends   1. Where are goals/assists coming from?  2. Who scores mostly set pieces?  3. Which team is all left foot?  4. Which team looks balanced on offense and defense?

SVGSPN, S2E6-- 2020-21, Volcano & Pandemic Suspends Season Indefinitely  St. Vincent is dealing with a record spike in Covid-19 cases as well as the eminent explosive eruption of the nation's volcano.

SVGSPN, S2E5--2020-21 Round 4 Review: Sion Hill Still Staunch, Avenues Keeps Scoring, Awesome Upsets Jebelle  1. Raheem Westfield of Avenues scores 6 goals in the 2nd half v L. Height  2. Sion Hill has not allowed a goal in 308 mins  3. Zamaro Mofford scores a Golazo! vs Jebelle  4. La Soufriere volcano eruption looming

SVGSPN, S2E4--Round 3 Review: Layou Belongs, Sion Hill Solid, System3 Needs Results Jebelle/Hope Can Play Better  1. Trivis Fraser scores a brace for Layou vs defending champs  2. Sion Hill quietly league leading defense... Shhhhh  3. Jebelle underwhelming in the final 3rd  4. More freekick magic

SVGSPN, S2E3--Round 2 Review, Hope Lackluster, Old Teams New Goals, Predators Still Reeling Video available on the SVGSPN YouTube page As a nation that qualified for the Gold Cup 25 years ago, making FIFA history in the process, if I'm judging the teams in the Premier League, SVG football has to get better. Coach Debson Cruickshank and I offer observations, analysis, critiques of the main game eac...

SVGSPN, S2E2--2020-21 Round 1 Review, Surprising Results, Conversation with Predators Coach Bishon Williams 1. What teams are performing well early? Who's not? 2. Will there be more parity this season?  3. Is Layou FC for real? 4. Why are Predators winless thus far?   Videos available on the SVGSPN YouTube page As a nation that qualified for the Gold Cup 25 years ago, making FIFA history...

SVGSPN, S2E1-- 2020-21 Pre-Season Top 5, Transfer News, Players to Watch, Support SVG Grassroots Football   VIDEO available SVGSPN Youtube page .   PRE-SEASON PREVIEW. Who Will Win The 2020-21 Premier League, Top 5 Teams,  Relegation Candidates, Players Making Impacts, **Support Grassroots Soccer.   I look at the roster of numerous SVGPL teams and see players from Barroual...

SVGSPN, S1E6-- 2019-20 Season Wrap-up, Awards, Top goal, Top 11 Coach Debson and I rate our TOP 11 players from the 2019-20 SVGPL, award our TOP GOAL and Most Outstanding Player (MOP). We also highlight the Top 5 improvements we want to see on the field for 2020-21. Watch the VIDEO of this episode here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DY_UvE05EnU&feature=youtu.be As a nation that qualified for the...

SVGSPN, S1E4, Round 21--System3 v Jebelle, Sion Hill v Hope Hope Int'l has won the SVGPL. CONGRATULATIONS! Jebelle and System 3 are fighting for 2nd place. Sion Hill, Avenues, Awesome FC and Besco Pastures are playing to stay in the top division.    As a nation that qualified for the Gold Cup 25 years ago, making FIFA history in the process, if I'm judging the teams in the Premier League...

SVGSPN, S1E3 (Analyzing SVG Football)--Round 20, Jebelle v Hope, System3 v Avenues--The Battle for 1st Place Hope is still leading the Premier League. Jebelle is in 2nd, place, 4 pts behind. A win gets them ever closer to the league title. System3 is 5 pts behind Hope still in striking distance.  As a nation that qualified for the Gold Cup 25 years ago, making FIFA history in the process, if...

SVGSPN S1E2, Round 19--Hope v Predators, System3 v Sion Hill  Hope is leading the Premier League. Predators are in 4th place coming off a 4-5 loss to System3 where the were leading 4-0 at the half. Sion Hill is playing with only 10 men... No More Long Balls Plz. After watching my first SVG Premier League games, the individual talent on the field, the level and organization of play, overall un...

SVGSPN (Analyzing SVG Football) Round 18, Premier League, System3 v North Leeward, 08.17.20  Host Oronde Ash, Coach Joel Bristol and Coach Debson Cruickshank the match of the day from the SVG Premier League. System3 v North Leeward Predators -- Score 4-5  Man of the Match: System3 CMD Jerron Dopwell

TAYLOR MADE (Part 5 of 5): The 1995 St. Vincent & the Grenadines Mens Nat'l Team's Improbable... The Gold Cup  & All That Glitters 01:00.....Marlon's first time in the US, Logistical nightmares, Prepping for MEX in a public park, Jack being Jack 06:55....If Ian Sardine could do it over again, Small fish in a big pond, No training facility, The bright lights 11:34......15,000 Mexicans...

TAYLOR MADE (Part 4 of 5): The 1995 St. Vincent & the Grenadines Mens Nat'l Team's... Ep #4--Richmond December 16, 1995, 8pm, I land in St. Vincent and get driven directly to team camp in Richmond. 12 hrs in transit, 10 yrs away from home and I can't see  the country in the dark. 25 days until we play Mexico in San Diego, CA, everyone hungry to prove they belong on the Gold Cup roster, es...

TAYLOR MADE (Part 3 of 5): The 1995 St. Vincent & the Grenadines Mens Nat'l Team's Improbable Run to the 1996 Gold Cup (And Why It Hasn't Been Done Since) --No Weapons Formed ... Coach Lenny Taylor returns to St. Vincent after making history with his young team. But instead of praise there's more pressure, more rumors and accusations laid against him and a grab for power from forces within the...

TAYLOR MADE (Part 2 of 5): The 1995 St. Vincent & the Grenadines Mens Nat'l Team's Improbable Run to the 1996 Gold Cup (And Why It Hasn't Been Done Since)--A Pass Back  Following a successful Shell Cup tournament in the Cayman Islands, July 1995, the team returns to SVG. Before they get started on final preparations for the Gold Cup, we take a look some of the issues that plagued the fede...

TAYLOR MADE (Part 1 of 5): The 1995 St. Vincent & the Grenadines Mens Nat'l Team's Improbable Run to the 1996 Gold Cup (And Why It Hasn't Been Done Since)--1995  In 1995, St. Vincent & the Grenadines became the smallest nation to ever qualify for a major FIFA tournament when they upset Cuba to claim a spot in the 1996 Gold Cup in the USA. In December 1995, SVG was also the smallest na...