TWENTY-three-year-old Canadian-born Emery Welshman, according to head coach Jamaal Shabazz, will be making his way to Guyana in an attempt to play for the Golden Jaguars, Guyana’s senior national football team.

Born to Guyanese parents, Sherwyn and Margaret Welshman, who migrated to Canada 27 years ago, Emery is the youngest of three children. He has been playing the sport since age five.
He spent three seasons with Erin Mills Soccer Club and six years with Brampton East before joining the Sigma Elite Training Centre programme.
A 2009 graduate of Loyola Catholic Secondary School, where he was the team’s Most Valuable Player in his junior and senior seasons and the Student Athlete-of-the-Year in his final year, Welshman split the last four years at Siena College and Oregon State University.
Welshman was drafted sixteenth overall in the 2013 MLS Super Draft by Toronto FC on January 17, 2013. He made his debut for Toronto as a second half sub for Robert Earnshaw on March 2, 2013 in a 1-0 away defeat to Vancouver Whitecaps FC.
Welshman started and played the full 90 in Toronto’s 2-0 home leg victory against Montreal Impact in the Amway Canadian Championship on April 24, 2013 and after failing to make another senior team appearance he was released by Toronto in February 2014.
The former NCAA standout has since moved back to Sigma FC, who plays in League 1 Ontario and made his debut for the team against Durham United FC on June 1, 2014.
Shabazz stated at a recent Press Conference Welshman will be paying his own way to Guyana where he will be assessed by the technical team before making a decision on his future with the Golden Jaguars.

(By Rawle Toney)