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HE AUSPICIOUS BEGINNING OF OUR SOCCER CLUB WAS THE BRAIN CHILD OF MR TAMBA DAVIS, A LIBERIAN AND MR. CLYDE LOCHIN A TRINIDIAN HENCE THE NAME AFRICARI. THE FIRST OF FOUR TEAMS WAS FORMED IN 1989 WITH ITS HOME GROUNDS AT VALLEJO MIDDLE SCHOOL. THIS COMBINATION OF AFRICAN AND CARRIBBEAN SOON STRUCK ITS GOAL OF SUCCESS, NOT ONLY TO BE RECKONED IN THE C –DIVISION, BUT TO ENBODIED THE SPIRIT OF INCLUSION THRU SOCCER AND COMMNITY PARTICIPATION. WHILST THE TEAM WAS IN VALLEJO, THE VALLEJO NEWS MONDAY EDITION COVERED AND REPORTED THE RESULTS OF ALL OF THE SUNDAYS MATCHES OF AFRICARI, ONCE EVEN MEETING WITH THE THEN CITY MAYOR, AS A TEAM, BEFORE A MATCH IN 1990.

IN 1992 MR. CLYDE LOCHIN RELOCATED LEAVING MR. DAVIS TO KEEP THE TEAM GOING STRONG THRU THE C- DIVISION ADVANCING TO THE B- DIVISION WITH MANY VICTORIES AND SOME DEFEATS, CAPSTONED WITH A GLORIOUS CHAMPSIONSHIP. DURING 1996 MR DAVIS HANDED THE CLUBS MENTORING  TO MR. CAREY THOMAS, IN 2000 HE TEAMED UP WITH MR. MANU KEITA IN MANAGING THE TEAM SOON TO BE JOINED BY AN ORIGINAL MENBER WHO REMAINS  A CORNER STONE OF THE CLUB, MR. ROGER ALPHONSO. SINCE THEN, MR. THOMAS AND HE HAVE KEPT THE LEADERSHIP AND TRADITIONS OF SUCCESS WITH ONE LOVE AND DIGNITY ALIVE.

AFRIACRI SOON FOUND ITS WAY TO MANY CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE B-DIVISION, FINALLY ADVANCING TO A COMFORTABLE HOME IN THE TOP TIER OF DIVISION –A IN THE EBSSL. UNDER THIS LEARDERSHIP WITH THE COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS OF MANY ALONG THE WAY, AFRICARI HAS GROWN TO 4 TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE.

#1
AFRICARI ORIGINAL
A DIVISION
#2
AFRICARI INTERNATIONAL
B DIVISION
#3
AFRICARI BIGTIME
E DIVISION OVER 40
#4
AFRICARI WALIA
D DIVISION

 

AFRICARI FOOTBALL CLUB IS MADE UP FROM MANY CULTURES FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD. HOLDING TRUE TO OUR MOTTO "ONE LOVE", WE EMBRACE FOOTBALL PLAYERS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE.

Belize
Brazil
Cameroon
Chile
Congo
Ethiopia
France
Gabon
Germany
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
Liberia
Madagascar
Mexico
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Peru
Philippines
Portugal
Saint Lucia
Senegal
Suriname
Taiwan
Trinidad and Tobago
United Kingdom
United States
Yemen

 

IN 20002 – 2004 AFRICARI ORIGINAL WENT UNDEFEATED CAPTURING ALL THREE TROPHIES. DIVISION A LEAGUE AND THE MUCH COVETED ASSOCIATIONS OPENED CUP, CHAMPIONSHIP. THE COMPOSITION OF THE TEAM IS REPRESENTED BY PLAYERS FROM FIVE CONTINENTS AND SOME 24 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. TODAY THE 2006 – 2007 A-DIVISION AND LEAGUE CHAMPSIONS, CONTINUES TO STRIVE WITH EXCELLENCE UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. NIGEL JONES AND ROGER ALPHONSO. ALL FOUR TEAMS SHARE OUR HOME FACILITY AT RICHMOND KENNENDY HIGH SCHOOL. THE CURRENT 2007-2008 SEASON FINDS ALL FOUR TEAMS IN GOOD STANDING, WITH ORIGINAL CAPTURING 2ND IN THE A- DIVISION, FOLLOWED BY INTERNATIONAL, AS # 2 IN THE B-DIVISION, AND BIGTIME JUST FINISHING FOURTH OUT OF TWELVE TEAMS IN THE OVER 4O. OUR NEWEST ADDITION AFRICARI WALLIA HAS SHOCKED THE LEAGUE BY STRINGING A SERIES OF DECISIVE VICTORIES ITS FIRST YEAR IN THE LEAGUE, TO WIN THE DIVISION D CHAMPSIONSHIP.

GO AFRICARI AND “RUN THEM DOWN” IN THE SPIRIT OF PEACE AND LOVE FOR ALL MANKIND.