By Delvon McEwan
Since the Steven Jacobs-led side won the Regional under-19 tournament in St Kitts in 2007, the national youth teams (U-15, U-17 and U-19) have not won a Regional title and are plagued by financial and other encumbrances as well as the perception that they are less competent than their peers abroad.
From 2008 to date and with young talents like Eugene La Fleur, Seon and Shimron Hetmyer, Gudakesh Motie-Kanhai, Brian Sattaur, Ronsford Beaton, Trevon Griffith, Amir Khan, Andre Stoll, Kwame Kross, Chanderpaul Hemraj, Seion Daniels, Shaquille Williams, Ricardo Adams, Delon Heyliger, Norwayne Fredericks,