Former national coach, and Technical Director Winston Chung Fah is dead.

He died this morning in a hospital in Miami …….he was 78 years old.

The former coach of Santos and clarendon college who resided in the Cayman island received the order of distinction (od) in the rank of commander in 2013 for 50 years of nurturing, inspiring and directing some of Jamaica’s most talented and successful players at the schoolboy, club and national levels.

In 2012 Chung-Fah received the FIFA Order of Merit at the opening of the 62nd FIFA congress in Budapest, Hungary for his contribution to football  .

He founded Santos football club and helped the team book a place in the 1970 Concacaf Champions cup.  In 1991 as national technical director he guided Jamaica to the shell Caribbean cup title.

Besides coaching division 1, under-14, under-17 and senior league players since the late 1970s, Chung-Fah has also been activist for the sport in the united states, where he has worked with the American youth soccer organization, licensing coaches, organizing soccer clinics and staging seminars and workshops.

More to Follow……….