GIS partner Mount Pleasant FA wins historic first Concacaf Caribbean Cup trophy

Global Institute of Sport extends a huge congratulations to our partner, Mount Pleasant Football Academy, on claiming their first-ever CONCACAF Caribbean Cup trophy after a dramatic 3–2 aggregate victory over Universidad O&M FC. 

In a fiercely contested final that saw Mount Pleasant come from behind twice, Reggae Boyz international Tyreek Magee delivered the decisive moment with a dramatic 87th-minute equaliser to secure a 2–2 draw on the night and the historic aggregate win. Earlier, fellow Jamaican international Warner Brown struck to level the match at 1–1. 

The victory also sees Mount Pleasant FA qualify for the CONCACAF Champions Cup Round of 16 in 2026, where they could face elite opposition from Major League Soccer and Liga MX. 

The long-term partnership between Global Institute of Sport and Mount Pleasant FA continues to provide students with the opportunity to apply their university learning in real time within a world-class professional football academy environment in Jamaica. We are proud to have supported the club’s success through scouting, performance analysis and coaching, business and media elements of the club, with numerous GIS students spending time at our Live Lab in Jamaica working closely alongside the players and staff over the past 12 months. 

Sharona Friedman, President & CEO of the Global Institute of Sport, commented, “For our students and the wider GIS community, this is more than a headline, it is a real-world case study in what vision, perseverance, and community investment truly look like.” 

She added that “GIS is proud to have played a small role in the success of Mount Pleasant and looks forward to continuing to support the club while championing the growth of Caribbean football.” 

Founder and owner of Mount Pleasant FA, Peter Gould, said: “This is the culmination of years of hard work from everyone at the club to take us to the top table of CONCACAF football. I’m proud of what we’ve built so far at Mount Pleasant and the impact that our home-grown talent is having.  

He added: “The support of GIS students and staff at our GIS Live Lab in Jamaica has been massive in making us the leading Centre of Excellence in the Caribbean.”