00:002006 Trinidad and Tobago vs Paraguay. Kelvin Jack in goal. All the pressure on his shoulders and he pulled off a few memorable saves before the Soca Warriors eventually lost to 2-0. By going to the World Cup as a goalkeeper, Jack says he did what others thought was impossible.
00:17Yeah, that was the dream, yeah, from since I was 8 years old. Since I was 8 years old, that was always the dream, to be a goalkeeper, to try to play to the highest level. And needless to say, back then, it appeared fantasy to some people.
00:34It's a big achievement, considering that those that followed could not replicate what he has done. However, he still holds their work in high regard.
00:42Yeah, I would say for the most part, you know, after me there was Marvin Phillip, I think people like John Michael, Williams and what have you. Now you have Denzel Smith who is in goal and what have you, you know, good young goalkeepers. And yeah, I would say that they've flown the fly quite high and yeah, they've done well for the country.
01:04It was no easy role to earn the number one goalkeeper spot for TNT, with Soca Hislop in his prime, keeping a clean sheet against the Sweden. It was a duel then, but now it's all fun memories.
01:16Yeah, Soca, you know, of course we were rivals, you know, we were trying to fight for the same jersey. But the main thing is that we had one common goal, which was to do as well as possible for Trinidad and Tobago.
01:26So, I spoke to Shaka yesterday, as a matter of fact, you know, so now he, you know, he's done well as well for Trinidad and Tobago and, you know, it was a pleasure to work with him.
01:38They each would have blocked some difficult shots, but Jack has a few from some strikers that remained with him.
01:43I don't have a clue. I'll tell you who have a good strike. I'll tell you. Let me see. With the national team, I would say some, somebody like Stern John, he could strike the ball clean.
01:59And I mean, really clean. Anthony Wolf, Anthony Wolf, he, he, he had a clean strike. Who else? I could go back in a day, you know, and, you know, the real football players will probably know him.
02:16Sean Boney, you know, big guys, about six foot seven, six foot eight. Oh my goodness. He could strike a ball.
02:23Jack may no longer be between the uprights, but he has a son, Mikel Jack, who plays as a goalkeeper for Tottenham's youth team.
02:30He says he's growing up to be equal to the task. It's left to be seen if the 15-year-old will play for TNT or England in the future.
02:37Sergio Dufour, TV's Export.
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