Diel Spring

Diel Reon Spring (born December 26, 2000) is a Vincentian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Vincentian side Fitz Hughes Predators and the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national team.

Diel Spring
Personal information
Full name Diel Reon Spring
Date of birth (2000-12-26) 26 December 2000
Place of birth Chateaubelair, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[1][2]
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Fitz Hughes Predators
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017– Fitz Hughes Predators
National team‡
2018 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines U20 5 (0)
2018– Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:06, 18 October 2016 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 5:13, 26 June 2019 (UTC)

Playing career

Club career

During the 2017 season in the second-tier SVGFF First Division, Spring helped the Predators finish the regular season undefeated and reach the championship final,[3] where he scored the opening goal of the match as they defeated Largo Height via penalty shoot-out.[4] He was nominated for Youth Male Player of the Year at the 2017 National Football Awards.[5] That same year, he and future international teammate Joel Quashie were chosen as the winners of a Caribbean Football Union- and Manchester United-backed skills-based competition for young talents, earning invitations to a talent development camp in Trinidad and Tobago.[2][6]

The next season, in the SVGFF Premier Division, Spring scored four goals as the Predators finished as league runner-ups.[7] He recorded a brace against Bequia United in week 10,[8] and repeated the feat against System 3 in week 17.

International career

Youth team

In November 2018, he represented the national under-20 team at the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship, playing in all five matches.[1][9]

Senior team

On 8 September 2018, Spring made his debut for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the qualifying rounds of the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League against Nicaragua. He came on as a halftime substitution for Wendell Cuffy in the 2–0 defeat. He was called up again later that month, earning his second international cap three weeks later during a friendly against a Barbados XI made up mostly of under-20 players preparing for the 2018 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. He came on after halftime yet again, this time for Brad Richards, in the 1–1 draw.[10] He made two further appearances in CONCACAF Nations League qualifying to finish the year.

In February 2019, Spring was named to the 20-man squad selected to play at the 2019 Windward Islands Tournament on home soil.[11] He played in all four matches as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won their fifth title.[12]

Career statistics

International
As of matches played 2 August 2019.[13]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 201840
201950
Total90

Honours

Club
Fitz Hughes Predators

International
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

References
  1. Diel Spring at Global Sports Archive
  2. "FLOW puts Vincy youth footballers in play for ManU trip". iWitness News. April 24, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  3. "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2017". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  4. "North Leeward Predators: National First Division Football Champs". The Vincentian. June 30, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  5. "2017 National Football Awards set for Wednesday". Sport Caraibe. May 8, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  6. "Leeward youths win FLOW skills-based competition". Searchlight. April 25, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  7. "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2018". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  8. "Premier Division Football Heating Up". The Vincentian. January 25, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  9. "Things Looking Up For U-20 Footballers". The Vincentian. November 16, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  10. "SVG draw with Barbados XI". Caribbean Football Database. September 30, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  11. "Vincy Heat ready for WIFA challenges". searchlight.vc. February 26, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  12. "Vincy Heat Takes Windwards Title". The Vincentian. March 15, 2019. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  13. Diel Spring at National-Football-Teams.com
  14. "North Leeward Predators take national First Division football title". searchlight.vc. June 30, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
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