Montego Bay club chairman wants every parish with proper football facility

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Montego Bay United Chairman Yoni Epstein is calling for every parish in Jamaica to have a properly equipped sporting facility to nurture young football talent, arguing that the redevelopment of the Montego Bay Sports Complex should become a model for sporting infrastructure across the island.

Epstein, chairman of Montego Bay Multi Sports Development Limited, the umbrella company under which the Premier League club operates, said young footballers must have access to quality playing surfaces and training facilities if Jamaica is to develop players capable of competing internationally.

“The work is not finished yet, but the plans are first world, the kind of facility young players in Europe and America take for granted. Every child in Jamaica who dreams of playing this game should be able to train on a proper pitch, because good surfaces build good habits, good touch and good footballers,” Epstein said.