Diel Spring

Diel Reon Spring (born December 26, 2000) is a Vincentian footballer who plays as a midfielder for North Leeward Predators and the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines national team.

Early years Spring hails from the village of Chateaubelair. His mother is a chef and his father is a construction worker while his grandparents were farmers.

Spring led St Martin’s Secondary School to a junior division title in the 2015 Secondary Schools’ Football Competition, scoring a brace in the final. The following year he was named best midfielder of the Barrouallie Football League under-17 division as a member of the North Leeward Predators youth set-up.

He also participated in sports such as athletics and cricket. where he scored the opening goal of the match as they defeated Largo Height via penalty shoot-out. He was nominated for Youth Male Player of the Year at the 2017 National Football Awards. That same year, he and future international teammate Joel Quashie were chosen as the winners of a Caribbean Football Union- and Manchester United-backed skills-based competition for young talents, earning invitations to a talent development camp in Trinidad and Tobago.

The next season, Spring captained the Predators to a runner-up league finish in the SVGFF Premier Division and a Knock Out Cup title. He recorded a brace against Bequia United in week 10, and repeated the feat against System 3 in week 17. He finished the season with a hat-trick in a 4–1 win against Largo Height on the final match-day. At the end of the year he was named Best Midfielder at the National Football Awards.

In the summer of 2020, he signed a deal with in the Polish III liga. He admits his time at the club was not ideal, having only played a few matches due to injuries and other problems. Here he was coached by Rafał Borysiuk, brother of Ariel Borysiuk.

Senior team On 8 September 2018, Spring made his debut for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the qualifying rounds of the 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League against Nicaragua. He made two further appearances in CONCACAF Nations League qualifying to finish the year.

In February 2019, Spring was named to the 20-man squad selected to play at the 2019 Windward Islands Tournament on home soil. He played in all four matches as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines won their fifth title.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Club Fitz Hughes Predators Knock Out Cup: 2019

Individual SVGFF Best Midfielder: 2019 SVGFF Youth Male Player of the Year: 2017

International Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Windward Islands Tournament: 2019