For the second time this season, midfielder Devon “Speedy” Williams has been called-up to the Jamaican International squad.
Williams is among 20 of the players named to play a friendly against Saudi Arabia on Saturday, Oct. 7th in Riyadh.
He joins Louisville City FC team-mates, Greg Ranjitsingh (Trinidad & Tobago) and Mark-Anthony Kaye (Canada) in being called up for International duty this week.
Williams, a Kingston, Jamaican Native, got his first call-up seven years ago when he was still in high school. Back on Aug. 10, 2010 he earned his cap during a 3-1 win over Trinidad and Tobago. A little over a month ago, the 25-year-old Williams, got his second call-up to play a friendly against Canada and his teammate Kaye.
The former New York Red Bulls II player won the regular-season and USL Cup Playoffs last year before signing with LouCity for the 2017 season. Proving to be a major asset on the pitch, Williams leads the team in passing accuracy with 86.8% of his 1,024 passes. Since his last call-up he was able to get on the score sheet by knocking in a penalty kick in the 54th minute against Pittsburgh Riverhounds on Sept. 7th.
Williams will be joining his squad Wednesday and will be out for this Lou City’s October 7 match this Saturday against Charlotte Independence at Slugger Field.
Along with Williams, Charleston’s Romario Williams, second highest scorer in the USL Eastern Conference, also got his call-up for Jamaica.
Full squad: Michael Seaton, Ricardo Morris, Ewan Grandison, Ladel Richie, Alex Marshall, Oniel Fisher, Damion Lowe, Dwayne Miller, Damion Hyatt, Romario Williams, Jermaine Taylor, JeVaughn Watson, Shaun Francis, Kemar Lawrence, Marvin Morgan, Jamiel Hardware, Devon Williams, Fabian Reid, Rosario Harriott, and Chevone Marsh.
