Kerr looks to make life in the MLS

With his taste for success ignited, St Elizabeth Technical High School's (STETHS) Michael Kerr is eyeing a scholarship and ultimately a professional contract in the US Major League Soccer or in Europe.

Kerr scored a competition-high 33 goals for the 2015 daCosta Cup and Ben Francis Cup champions, and he told STAR Sports that he has learnt to appreciate hard work and has matured both as a footballer and as a person since donning the gold and blue of Santa Cruz-based STETHS.

Kerr, who suffered an ankle injury that required surgery, is now on the mend, but noted that the injury he picked up in the daCosta Cup final against Dinthill Technical could not have happened at a more inappropriate time.

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"It was not to be, and I was disappointed, but I am strong and the team did well although we did not win," he said.

The 18-year-old striker said his efforts in attack for STETHS have been the highlight of his relatively young football life so far.

However, his love for the game actually began a lot earlier.

The past student of the Sir Clifford Campbell Primary School, Mount Grace All-Age School, and Godfrey Stewart High in Westmoreland was spotted after a year in the daCosta Cup and invited to STETHS.

"It is at STETHS that I truly began to blossom as a striker," Kerr said.

"With the help of my coaches and teammates, I have become a more lethal striker."

"I know my ability ... scoring goals. I hope to continue doing so, after schoolboy football," he added.

Kerr said his aim is to gain a scholarship to a university or college in the United States.

"That is my dream; I am trying to sort out a scholarship and to keep playing football," he said.