| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Happy McNair Hall | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-10-15) October 15, 1987 (age 37) | ||
| 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 | |||
| Bahamas U23 | |||
| 2006– | Bahamas | 15 | (3) |
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*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.
Career
College and amateur
Born in Nassau, Hall played college soccer at Appalachian State University, and had three stints with the Bradenton Academics 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 and briefly played with North York Astros in the Canadian Soccer League in 2008, before joining English side Gosport Borough in February 2009, on a deal until the end of the 2008–09 season.
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.
International
Hall made his debut for the Bahamas in a September 2006 Caribbean Cup qualification match against the Cayman Islands. He had earned 10 caps by November 2008, four of them in World Cup qualification games. Hall captained the side in the 2010 World Cup qualification matches.
International goals
- Scores and results list the Bahamas' goal tally first.
| 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.
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".
- "Pike Happy to trial Hall". Gosport Borough F.C. official website. 23 February 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- 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.
- ^ 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
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