The CONCACAF Nations League competition is upon us and that means an exciting away day for several Berkshire footballers from Reading FC right through to Burghfield.
Much like the UEFA Nations League, the CONCACAF version takes a little to wrap your head around but essentially, there are three levels of competition – A, B and C, and within those teams are grouped together in fours at League B and threes at League C.
In League’s B and C those teams play home and away ties between 7th September and 21st November with the winners promoted and in League B, the bottom side relegated to League C.
League A is a bit more complicated in that 12 teams are split into two groups with the top two in each group moving on to a Quarter Final stage where Mexico, USA, Costa Rica and Canada lie in wait.
If that is a bit much, this Wikipedia page proved incredibly helpful at explaining it all.
There’s plenty of Berkshire representation across the competition, here’s a little breakdown for you. Football in Berkshire’s adopted country is always Anguilla thanks to the number of players the island is able to call upon from the Royal County.
CONCACAF Nations League A
Jamaica
Coniah Boyce-Clark – Reading FC – Goalkeeper
Games against Haiti, Honduras, Cuba, Suriname and Grenada.
CONCACAF Nations League B
Antigua and Barbuda
Ashley Nathaniel-George – Maidenhead United
Games against Guyana, Puerto Rico and Bahamas.
Montserrat
Adrian Clifton – Dulwich Hamlet (ex-Maidenhead United)
Games against Nicaragua, Dominican Republic and Barbados.
CONCACAF Nations League C
Anguilla
Rasham McDonald-Baptiste – Reading Youth FC
Kian Duncan – Sandhurst Town
Calvin Morgan – Burghfield
Luke Paris – Uxbridge (ex Windsor)
Games against Bonaire and Saint Martin.
- Brent Sancho on why the Anguillan FA are holding open trials for Berkshire footballers
- Windsor host Anguillan National Team in midweek friendly
Cayman Islands
Cameron Gray – Ascot United
Games against Aruba and US Virgin Islands.
Related: The Hellenic League players who’ve represented England
How to watch the CONCACAF Nations League matches
According to the CONCACAF website, the competition will be available to watch on Concacaf Go (link here) and the federation’s YouTube channel here.
It is also suggested the games will be available via the broadcaster Viaplay in the UK.
