Bermuda Football Association (BFA) President Mark Wade, recently elected onto the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Executive Committee, will be a special guest on the Islandstats.com Sports Show at 3:30 pm.
Lyndon Cooper, President of the St. Lucia Football Association (SLFA), was elected president of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) when the organization held its 48th Ordinary Congress at Royalton Hotel in Cap Estate, St. Lucia, on Sunday.
Copper, who has served as vice president of the CFU Executive Committee since 2012, was unopposed and, therefore, elected by acclamation in accordance with the CFU Statutes.
All positions on the Executive Committee were up for election, and all the candidates were unopposed. The officers are Vice Presidents Michael Ricketts (Jamaica), John Krishnadath (Suriname), Jean Dartron (Guadeloupe), and Ivan Rivera (Puerto Rico).
The Members are Glen Etienne (Dominica), Anya James (Bahamas), Girdon Connor (Anguilla), and Wade (Bermuda).
Cooper pledged to find consensus among the 31 members of the CFU and committed to continued collegiality with FIFA and the One Concacaf philosophy.
"We have—and will continue—to add value to the membership with our initiatives and by working with Concacaf, FIFA, and all our stakeholders. This spirit of continued collaboration will be one of the hallmarks of my leadership. I trust that you understand that by doing so, we are pooling our power rather than ceding it," he said during his acceptance remarks.
He called for sustained harmony and for the membership to use football to unite across the English, Dutch, French, and Spanish-speaking union.
"As I accept this presidency, I charge all of us to use football as a tool to unite, dismantle barriers to development, and build bridges and alliances," he said.
