Happy Hall
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Happy McNair Hall | ||
| Date of birth | October 15, 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | Nassau, Bahamas | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Lyford Cay | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005–2006 | Appalachian State Mountaineers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2005 | Bradenton Academics | 5 | (1) |
| 2007 | Bradenton Academics | 4 | (0) |
| 2008 | North York Astros | 12 | (0) |
| 2009 | Gosport Borough | 5 | (0) |
| 2009 | Bradenton Academics | 13 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Ma Pau SC | 12 | (0) |
| 2011 | Dayton Dutch Lions | 19 | (1) |
| 2014– | Lyford Cay | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| Bahamas U20[1] | |||
| Bahamas U23[2] | |||
| 2006– | Bahamas | 15 | (3) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 16, 2011 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20:29, 25 October 2019 (UTC) | |||
Happy McNair Hall (born October 15, 1987) is a Bahamian international footballer who plays for local side Lyford Cay as a defender.[3][4][5][6]
Career
College and amateur
Born in Nassau, Hall played college soccer at Appalachian State University, and had three stints with the Bradenton Academics[7] in the USL Premier Development League in 2005, 2007 and 2009.
Professional
Upon graduating, Hall had a trial with Romanian outfit Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț in February 2008[8] and briefly played with North York Astros in the Canadian Soccer League in 2008,[9] before joining English side Gosport Borough in February 2009, on a deal until the end of the 2008–09 season.[10]
Following the conclusion of the English football season, Hall returned to North America, and signed to play a third stint for Bradenton Academics in 2009, alongside his national teammate Cameron Hepple. Towards the end of the 2009 PDL season Hall went on trials and secured a deal with Ma Pau SC in the TT Pro League in Trinidad and Tobago.
On March 7, 2011, Hall signed a two-year contract with Dayton Dutch Lions of the American USL Pro league.[11]
International
Hall made his debut for the Bahamas in a September 2006 Caribbean Cup qualification match against the Cayman Islands.[12] He had earned 10 caps by November 2008,[13] four of them in World Cup qualification games.[14] Hall captained the side in the 2010 World Cup qualification matches.
International goals
- Scores and results list the Bahamas' goal tally first.[13]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 6 September 2006 | Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
2–1 | 3–2 | 2007 Caribbean Cup qualification |
| 2. | 9 September 2019 | Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas |  Bonaire |
1–0 | 2–1 | 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C |
| 3. | 10 October 2019 | Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis |  British Virgin Islands |
3–0 | 4–0 |
Personal life
Hall is founder of the YESI Soccer and Skillz Soccer Schools in the Bahamas.[15]
References
- ^ "CONCACAF 2007 Under-20 Tournament Recap". Issuu. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying 2008". Issuu. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
- ^ "thebahamasweekly.com - CFL Football and USL Soccer Players meet Bahamas Minister of Youth, Sports & Culture". www.thebahamasweekly.com.
- ^ "Happy Hall named to USL Pro Team of the Week | The Bahamas, Bahamas | Bahamas Local News - The Bahamas, Bahamas". www.bahamaslocal.com.
- ^ "Rare chance for 'budding' soccer stars". www.tribune242.com.
- ^ "Rising Soccer stars get the chance of a lifetime". www.tribune242.com.
- ^ Soccer Outlook Part II – Nassau Guardian
- ^ Happy Hall in teste la Ceahlaul – Onlinesport (in Romanian)
- ^ "North York Astros profile".[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Pike Happy to trial Hall". Gosport Borough F.C. official website. 23 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009. [dead link]
- ^ Dutch Lions Sign Hall, Leerdam Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Caribbean Football Database profile". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2008-11-28.
- ^ a b Happy Hall at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Happy Hall – FIFA competition record (archived)
- ^ Our coaching staff Archived 2016-04-12 at the Wayback Machine – Skillz Soccer Bahamas
External links
- Dayton Dutch Lions profile
- Happy Hall at National-Football-Teams.com
- Happy Hall at WorldFootball.net