Liverpool U-18 takes on SVG U-20 in football friendly encounter

A special friendly match between the Liverpool Football Club Under-18 Academy team and the St Vincent Under-20 national side will take place next week.{{more}}

The match will take place on Wednesday, May 9 at the Arnos Vale Sporting Complex and will be sponsored by Buccament Bay Resort, which is owned by Harlequin Hotels and Resorts.

Kick-off time is 4:00 p.m. and entry to the event is free.

Whilst they are in St Vincent, the talented Liverpool FC U18 squad and their coach, former Liverpool star Mike Marsh, will also visit several schools on the island for fun lessons and hold coaching for local children at Buccament Bay Resort’s Liverpool FC International Academy Soccer School – the first Liverpool FC Soccer School in the Caribbean. This will be the second time Liverpool FC has visited St Vincent and Buccament Bay Resort in two years.

“Harlequin Hotels and Resorts is dedicated to having a positive social and economic impact on St Vincent and The Grenadines, and the Caribbean as a whole. In line with this mission, the company’s resort, Buccament Bay Resort, will be working with the St Vincent and The Grenadines Football Federation and many teenagers island wide, with hopes of developing sporting and educational opportunities, as well as professional soccer training for the youths of St Vincent and The Grenadines,” a release from Harlequin Hotels and Resorts said.