This Bradley soccer player won a spot on the Guyana national team for the Gold Cup
PEORIA — Bradley men's soccer forward Yohance Douglas will be on the national stage for the 2023 Gold Cup.
The sophomore midfielder/forward earned a place on the Guyana senior national team Tuesday. He will play in a friendly match against Ethiopia at 7 p.m. Wednesday on Segra Field in Leesburg, Va.
Douglas is part of an 18-man roster for the Guyana Football Federation team.
The 5-foot-11, 152-pounder played at Ossining High School in New York, where he earned all-league and all-section honors and helped Ossining to the state semifinals in 2019.
He spent two years at Marist, played briefly twice for Guyana's under-20 national team, and transferred to Bradley.
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Dave Eminian is the Journal Star sports columnist, and covers Bradley men's basketball, the Rivermen and Chiefs. He writes the Cleve In The Eve sports column for pjstar.com. He can be reached at 686-3206 or deminian@pjstar.com. Follow him on Twitter @icetimecleve.
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