Portmore United F.C.

Portmore United was founded in the late 20th century in Hazard as Hazard United. In the early 21st century, the club moved to Clarendon and renamed itself to honor its Clarendon home. JFF regulations stipulated that each club have stands with seating capacity of at least 1,500 persons, which Clarendon did not have. In order to honor this requirement, the team subsequently moved to St. Catherine and began to use the Ferdi Neita Sports Complex. Initially, Clarendon and the St. Catherine football club agreed to share the same stadium. However, in 2002, St. Catherine suggested Clarendon change its affiliation to become a St. Catherine team. However, due to an anemic growth rate in support due to a club name which was not locally identifiable, Clarendon instead chose to move to Portmore and rebrand itself as Portmore United. [2] The club has won four (4) Premier League titles since it relocated to the Portmore community.

The club also has teams in youth divisions, including Under 20, Under 17, Under 15, and Under 13. A number of players from these teams have been capped with their respective Jamaican national teams.

In October 2008, Portmore were stunned as technical director Donovan Duckie quit the club for personal reasons. Duckie had only recently succeeded Horace Reid in August 2008 after Portmore won the league title.[3] The team’s current management staff includes Andre Waugh as technical director and joint head coaches Geoffrey Hewitt and Linval Dixon.

2019/20 season[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Shaven Paul 2 MF Jehvonte Hoquee 4 DF Damano Solomon 5 DF Ryan Wellington 6 MF Lamar Walker 7 MF Seigel Knight 8 MF Ricardo Morris 9 FW Chavany Willis 11 MF Shande James 12 MF Raffique Bryan 13 GK Kemar Foster 14 DF Osani Ricketts 15 MF Cleon Pryce

No. Position Player 16 DF Roberto Johnson 17 MF Tevin Shaw 18 DF Romaine Brackenridge 19 DF Rosario Harriott 20 FW Rondee Smith 21 FW J'havier Lynch 23 DF Emelio Rousseau 24 MF Romaine Bowers 25 FW Shai Smith 26 FW Revaldo Mitchell 27 MF Kevon Farquharson 29 MF Noel Walker 32 GK Benjamin Williams

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player FW Sue-Lae McCalla (to Mount Pleasant Football Academy)

• Leebert Halliman
• Horace Reid
• Bradley Stewart
• Lenworth Hyde sr.
• Donovan Duckie
• Neville Bell
• Calvin Lewis
• Andre Waugh
• Paul Young (2005–07)
• Linval Dixon (2007–09), (2010)
• Shavar Thomas (2017–19)

• Team profile at Golocaljamaica
• Portmore captures End-of-Round final – Jamaica Observer
• Portmore ready for more in RPL – Jamaica Gleaner