3/23/10By: Salomao Afonseca
When Carlos Amado took office as NELASA’s President, there were a lot of doubts of how well he was going to perform and if in fact he was the right person for the job. It was a no-brainer, it has only been two months since he took office and already we have seen NELASA moving in the right directions and with signs of a better future for its clubs and as a league. He has surround him self with personnel that understand this league and the sport, that are willing to work so each day this league is better then it was the day before.
In such a short period of time we have seen so many positive changes done by the Board Members to improve NELASA, to bring more competitions such as the addition of an all Brazilian team Safira FC whom were just affiliated into the league March 21. Safira FC is the first non Capeverdean club to join NELASA since 2001 when NELASA was founded. We have also seen the league going to an all versus all format for the first time ever, witch is a change that every club wanted for so long and it was finally brought to the table this off-season under Carlos Amado.
In the last General Assembly Carlos Amado also brought some new ideas to the table when he asked the Delegates to approve a suggestion he had to honor a Capeverdean leader Jorge Fidalgo in every NELASA All-Star game from now on, the idea was welcome by the Delegates and it was approved, but some Delegates wanted NELASA to honor other people that has done more to the game and the league such as Ze Badio. Carlos Amodo said that he founded Tabanka together with Ze Badio that he respect what Ze Badio did for the league, and he could’ve think of a lot of other people to can be honored but because the tradition of honoring Jorge Fidalgo on All-Start week was something that had had been done in the past so the league felt it was important to keep that tradition going. NELASA will honor Jorge Fidalgo in every All-Star game form now on staring this season when the NELASA All-Stars take on Vermont Voltage July 10, and also form now on the Iter-Ilhas Tournament will take place on the first weekend of July to celebrate Cape Verde’s Independence.
These are all the new changes that Carlos Amado has brought to NELASA to make the league better for all of us, and to feel proud to be a part of, to have a league that is our own, that represent who we are and one day we can reflect back and be proud of the work that these great individuals are doing for the name of all Capeverdean and soccer fans around the world.
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