National coach Bertille St Clair will have the services of Scott Sealy for the return second round Digicel Cup return match against British Virgin Islands (BVI) on Sunday at Marvin Lee Stadium in Macoya, Tunapuna.
Sealy returned home on Monday and will train with the squad today and tomorrow at Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva.
Also training and likely to be included in Sunday’s match against BVI are Anthony Rougier and Gary Glasgow, both of whom are based in China.
Also expected to train over the next two days are Arnold Dwarika, another China-based player, who returned home on Sunday.
Sealy was named the most valuable player at the Wake Forest University men’s soccer banquet last week at the Twin City Chop House.
The 23 year-old striker, a Petit Valley resident and ex-St Mary’s College striker in the Secondary Schools Football League, closed off his Wake Forest collegiate career as one of the most prolific scorers in Demon Deacon history. He finished second on the career chart for goals (43) and points (108).
Sealy also finished in a tie for fourth place on the all-time assists chart with 22, while he led Wake Forest in 2004 with 17 goals, 10 assists and 44 points.
For his efforts, he was named 2004 Atlantic Coast Conference “Offensive Player of the Year” and first team All-ACC. Sealy was named All-ACC second team in 2003.
An All-American candidate, Sealy was named ACC Player of the Week and Soccer America Team of the Week on two occasions this season.
Sealy was also one of the eight Wake Forest seniors who were honored in a video tribute.
Sealy and teammates Michael Parkhurst and Justin Moose were each selected to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Adidas All-South first team by the coaches in the region that stretches from Florida to North Carolina. The Demon Deacons were the only school to have three players chosen to the first team.
Meanwhile, coach St Clair said yesterday that his team played reasonably well in the 4-0 win over BVI on Sunday in Tortola, although a lot more should have been scored.
“The opposition wasn’t that strong but the our players showed marked improvement,” he said.
At training today and tomorrow, trainer Zeph Nicholas will continue from where he left off with his specialised fitness training programme aim at raising the level of fitness of the players.