Although no Fatima College footballers were among a Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) team to tour Jamaica, five players were originally selected, but unable to make the trip due to other commitments.
According to Fatima principal Anthony Garcia, eight of the Fatima players from the 2005 RBTT National Intercol winning team were selected for a week-long tour of Barbados beginning Wednesday, where they will be screened by foreign coaches for entry into colleges in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Garcia also disclosed five players had originally been chosen on the SSFL squad for Jamaica-strikers Chad De Freitas and Makesi Lewis, winger Kevon Villaroel, skipper Machel James and goalkeeper Adrian Foncette.