The Puerto Rico Soccer Federation, after a week-long tryouts and evaluating process in January, selected Island Trees own Stephan Barea to the Puerto Rico U21 National Team Pool. The selected players from this pool will compete in the Central American and Caribbean Games in July 2010 in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.

Stephan Barea graduated Island Trees in 2009 after excelling on the soccer field for the Bulldogs. He left with numerous awards and accomplishments: 4 year starter, All County, Team MVP, 2008 Conference player of the year, and two goal scoring records.

He was recruited by Hofstra University. He joined a team that has won 3 Colonial Athletic Championships in the past 5 years and attained a National Division ranking of 13. As a freshman Stephan made an immediate impact. He scored just 62 seconds into his College career giving Hofstra a 1-0 win over Stony Brook. Stephan started all 17 games and tallied team high 6 goals. He was also named to the All-Rookie team for the CAA conference.

Barea tied for team-high honors with six goals during his freshman season in 2009, and was named to the Colonial Athletic Association All-Rookie team. He scored just 1:02 into his college career when he tallied the only goal in a 1-0 win over Stony Brook on Sept. 1. He was one of five players to start every game for Hofstra last year.

Coach Radcliffe and the Island Trees soccer program are proud of Stephan and wish him good luck this summer.