Last night, we showed you an excerpt of our interview with Belize's premier striker Deon McCaulay in which he discussed why the offer to play football in Honduras isn't what he's looking for at this point in his career.
In his conversation with football commentator Freddy Cantiliano about what made the difference in the way Team Belize played with in Round 2 as compared to their performance in Round 1. McCaulay made no apologies in noting that his presence was a huge factor:
Reporter
"What did Deon do to the National Team? Because we saw a different National Team after you came to team. What type of thing you would say Deon brought into this National Selection?"
Deon McCaulay
"Well, Deon brought goals, Deon brought composer, and Deon brought his ability to play at a high level. That's what's lacking in most teams. If you can't score goals you can't win games."
Reporter
"What did your colleagues in the National Team told you the first day that you went to the training?"
Deon McCaulay
"Well, everybody was happy to see me. For me, it was business as usual being professional on the first day of training. Showing everybody why I deserve to be there and why I think that the Belizean people wanted me there."
Reporter
"What's the mood like inside the National Team now? Would we, the National team want any particular country to play against? Or do you think at this point in time, do you have the capabilities, I mean we saw a different team at the FFB Stadium? Do you think that facing the Costa Rican Team, would you think that we have all the chances to overcome them?"
Deon McCaulay
"Well, we just have to continue working as a team and as a country. Everybody have to put in their one cents in the barrel and help out the team as best as they can. We are progressing in the football world but we are far from the top teams in the world. Whenever the draw is, we hope that we get teams that we know we can match against. And now we can match up against any team in the world but at this point in time we are looking for the luck in the drawing. We are trying to play against more Caribbean teams before we get to real test, By then maybe going through some other Caribbean teams, maybe that will boost our confidence and the team will be more united and more together so that when we reach the 5th round, if we reach the 5th round, the team will be better off. We will be far more composed and more relaxed and we will try to play the best football that we can."
McCaulay now has 20 international goals in matches played for Team Belize.
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