Kerry “Arab” Skepple (born 25 November 1980) is an Antiguan and Barbudan

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, currently playing for

Antigua Barracuda FC Antigua Barracuda were an Antiguan professional football team based in St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda. Founded in 2010, the team played in USL Pro, the third tier of the United States soccer league system from 2011 to 2013. The team played it ...

Club career

Skepple was born in New Winthropes,

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, and played for several teams in Antigua before attending college at Indiana Wesleyan University, United States, where he played from 2004 to 2007. In 2005 he was, along with compatriot Troy Mellanson, member of the MCC All-Conference 2nd Team In 2008, he spent some time in the Finnish second division with

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for whom he scored a decisive goal to avoid relegation in October 2008. He returned to Antigua and debuted for All Saints United F.C. against Villa Lions on 23 November 2008.

International career

Skepple made his debut for

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in a February 2001 friendly match against

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and has earned nearly 20 caps since. He played in 5 World Cup qualification games. On November 11, 2011, Skepple scored the winning goal against Haiti to qualify for the third round of CONCACAF qualifying for

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National team statistics

:''Scores and results list Antigua and Barbuda's goal tally first.''

References

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