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#By RENALDO DORSETT

#Tribune Sports Reporter

#rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

#THE Bahamas Football Association’s senior men’s national team returns to the pitch this weekend to kickoff the second edition of the CONCACAF Nations League.

#Team Bahamas will open League B play when they face St Vincent and the Grenadines at 3pm in the Thomas A Robinson Stadium in the first of its four Nations League matches this month.

#In match two, The Bahamas will travel to Trinidad and Tobago to take on the hosts at Hadley Crawford Stadium on June 6 at 8pm.

#On June 10, the venue shifts back to the Thomas A Robinson Stadium when The Bahamas hosts Nicaragua at 5pm.

#They complete the home and away series against Nicaragua on June 13 at 8pm at the Nicaraguan National Stadium.

#Saint Vincent and the Grenadines has the 1-0 upper-hand in the all-time series with the Bahamas, after a Shandel Samuel double helped pace the team to a 3-2 victory at the 2007 Caribbean Cup.

#In the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2019, The Bahamas earned promotion when they won Group C.

#They finished 3-0-1 against Bonaire and The British Virgin Islands to total 10 points.

#Suiting up for The Bahamas on the defensive line are Lesly St. Fleur, Jean Francois, Troy Pinder, Evelt Julmis, Kenaz Swain, Derrick Ferguson and Quinton Carey. Playing the midfield positions are Alexiou Cartwright, Roen Davis, Michael Massey, Nathan Wells, Christopher Rahming, William Bayles, Marcel Joseph, Logan Russell and Nicolas Lopez.

#Looking to put the ball in the back of the net in the forward positions are Wood Julmis, Jordin Wilson and Omari Bain.

#The custodians between the goal posts are Julio Jemison, Ian Lowe, and Vance Wheaton. Nesly Jean is the head coach.

#Jean will be assisted by Kevin Davies and Avery Kemp, and Larry Minns is team manager.

#In preparation for the Nations League, The Bahamas hosted a pair of friendly matches with the Turks and Caicos Islands.

#“Over the two days, it was really good,” said Bahamas head coach Nesly Jean.

#“We really put on the match to see how the team would look going into the games on June 3.

#“We tried new players just coming on the team and using some different formations. They’re buying into what we’re trying to do and hopefully by June 3, we will be ready to go.”

#The Bahamas will also be represented on the pitch by Evens Julmis who received his first Nations League appointment as a referee.

#Julmis has been appointed by CONCACAF to the 4th referee position for the League B, Group B match Haiti vs Bermuda in Bermuda on June 4.

#A product of the Bahamas Referee Academy and having attended the CONCACAF Referee Academy, Julmis has five years of refereeing experience.

MIAMI Marlins’ Jazz Chisholm Jr gestures to Avisail Garcia after he hit an RBI-single off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela in the fourth inning of the first game of a baseball doubleheader yesterday in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

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MARLINS’ Jazz Chisholm Jr. follows the flight of his three-run home run off Colorado Rockies starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela.

#By RENALDO DORSETT

#Tribune Sports Reporter

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#After two hitless games since his return from a hamstring injury, Jasrado “Jazz” Chisholm Jr was the catalyst of a Miami Marlins offensive explosion in the first game of yesterday’s double header.

#Chisholm drove in the first four runs of the Marlins 14-1 win over the Colorado Rockies in game one yesterday at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado.

#He finished 2-5 with four RBI. Chisholm got the scoring going with his RBI single in the second inning. He followed with his eighth home run of the season in the fourth inning to give the Marlins a 4-0 lead.

#After missing four games with a hamstring injury, Chisholm returned on May 29 in a 6-3 loss to the Atlanta Braves in the series finale at Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia.

#On May 30 the Marlins’ offence again struggled in a 7-1 loss to the Rockies in the opening game of the series.

#Chisholm still leads the Marlins in several categories with a .276 average, 31 RBI, 22 runs, four triples and seven stolen bases. He ranks second on the team with eight home runs and is third with 38 hits and seven doubles.

#Chisholm also missed 16 games of his rookie season with a left hamstring strain.

#The Marlins travel to San Francisco to open their three game series against the Giants at Oracle Park. First pitch is set for 6:40pm local time.

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Teams ready for Nations League showdown today

Simba FrenchSend an emailJune 3, 2022 161 2 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email

The Bahamas and St. Vincent and the Grenadines senior men’s national teams held their final practice yesterday afternoon and are set to get their 2022 CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) Nations League campaign underway today at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium.

The game is set to begin at 5 p.m. and can set the tone for both teams, which will look to get to League A. Both teams were on hand for a press conference that was held before their respective practice sessions.

Bahamas Head Coach, Nesly Jean said he is focused on his side.

“It’s good as a coach to analyze and look at videos and see what other teams are doing, but the most important thing is focusing on ourselves and trying to achieve what we want to and, on the reason why we’re there. Yes, you need to look at videos, but I’m not too worried. I want to try focus on my team and trying to make sure they get the job done. So, that’s what I’m here for,” Jean said.

Likewise, for the St. Vincent Head Coach, Bishon Williams, he is also focused on his team.

“Our focus will be on how we play,” Williams said. “Whatever little studies we could have done to educate ourselves about The Bahamas, we’ll keep that in mind, but our main focus is make sure we execute our plan.”

The Bahamas was promoted from League C to League B of the CONCACAF region after winning its group in the 2019 edition of the competition. They are in a tough group with St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and Nicaragua. St. Vincent and the Grenadines remained in League B.

This will be the first time that the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium will see local fans come out to support their ‘Junkanoo Boys’ since the 2019 Nations League competition. For Logan Russell, he is looking forward to the fans.

“I think it feels great to play at home. I haven’t played at home in a while. To have the fans too is going to be awesome so talk about home support, I think we’re all looking forward to it,” Russell said.

Playing away does not put any pressure on the ‘Vincy Heat’ side according to captain, Cornelius Stewart.

“I think for me, over the years we are better on the road than at home and I think we are ready for any challenge and that’s a good mentality that we have as ‘Vincy Heat’ and we are just focused on one game at assignment tomorrow. It is the beginning of the tournament, so we want to start strong,” Stewart said.

The Bahamian captain, Lesly St. Fleur has been a staple on the senior national team especially with his scoring prowess. Now, as the captain, he is tasked with helping to manage a young squad.

“We wanted some young players to cover for the other players that left. The young players came in and brought the same energy we had and possibly even more energy to the team. We are building and it is a new team,” St. Fleur said.

Tickets are on sale at the box office for the match at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium. The single game tickets cost $20 for adults and $10 for youth. There is a special package for today’s game and the Nicaragua game set for Friday, June 10, which is $30 for adults and $15 for youth.