Happy Hall

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Happy Hall

| image =

| fullname = Happy McNair Hall

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|10|15}}

| birth_place = Nassau, Bahamas

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}

| position = Defender

| currentclub = Lyford Cay

| clubnumber =

| collegeyears1 = 2005–2006

| college1 = Appalachian State Mountaineers

| collegecaps1 =

| collegegoals1 =

| years1 = 2005

| clubs1 = Bradenton Academics

| caps1 = 5

| goals1 = 1

| years2 = 2007

| clubs2 = Bradenton Academics

| caps2 = 4

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2008

| clubs3 = North York Astros

| caps3 = 12

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2009

| clubs4 = Gosport Borough

| caps4 = 5

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 2009

| clubs5 = Bradenton Academics

| caps5 = 13

| goals5 = 2

| years6 = 2009–2010

| clubs6 = Ma Pau SC

| caps6 = 12

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2011

| clubs7 = Dayton Dutch Lions

| caps7 = 19

| goals7 = 1

| years8 = 2014–

| clubs8 = Lyford Cay

| caps8 =

| goals8 =

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Bahamas U20{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/concacaf2013/docs/concacaf-u20-men-2007_tsg|title=CONCACAF 2007 Under-20 Tournament Recap|publisher=Issuu|access-date=23 March 2021}}

| nationalyears2 =

| nationalteam2 = Bahamas U23{{cite web|url=https://issuu.com/concacaf2013/docs/concacaf_olympic_qualifying_men_200|title=CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying 2008

|publisher=Issuu|access-date=23 March 2021}}

| nationalyears3 = 2006–

| nationalteam3 = Bahamas

| nationalcaps3 = 15

| nationalgoals3 = 3

| club-update = September 16, 2011

| ntupdate = 20:29, 25 October 2019 (UTC)

}}

Happy McNair Hall (born October 15, 1987) is a Bahamian international footballer who plays for local side Lyford Cay as a defender.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/sports/CFL_Football_and_English_Soccer_Players_meet_Bahamas_Minister_of_Youth_Sports_Culture25733.shtml|title=thebahamasweekly.com - CFL Football and USL Soccer Players meet Bahamas Minister of Youth, Sports & Culture|website=www.thebahamasweekly.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bahamaslocal.com/newsitem/27871/Happy_Hall_named_to_USL_Pro_Team_of_the_Week.html|title=Happy Hall named to USL Pro Team of the Week | The Bahamas, Bahamas | Bahamas Local News - The Bahamas, Bahamas|website=www.bahamaslocal.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2012/apr/19/rare-chance-for-budding-soccer-stars/|title=Rare chance for 'budding' soccer stars|website=www.tribune242.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribune242.com/news/2012/may/14/rising-soccer-stars-get-chance-lifetime/|title=Rising Soccer stars get the chance of a lifetime|website=www.tribune242.com}}

Career

=College and amateur=

Born in Nassau, Hall played college soccer at Appalachian State University, and had three stints with the Bradenton Academics[http://www.thenassauguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7640:soccer-outlook-part-ii&catid=41:sports&Itemid=50 Soccer Outlook Part II] – Nassau Guardian in the USL Premier Development League in 2005, 2007 and 2009.

=Professional=

Upon graduating, Hall had a trial with Romanian outfit Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț in February 2008[http://www.onlinesport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/ceahlaul-piatra-neamt/happy-hall-in-teste-la-ceahlaul-nid-29957/ Happy Hall in teste la Ceahlaul] – Onlinesport {{in lang|ro}} and briefly played with North York Astros in the Canadian Soccer League in 2008,{{Cite web|url=http://www.northyorkastros.ca/player_profile.php?player_id=212738&team_id=49957|title=North York Astros profile}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} before joining English side Gosport Borough in February 2009, on a deal until the end of the 2008–09 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.gosportboroughfc.com/news/n230209.htm|title=Pike Happy to trial Hall|date=23 February 2009|access-date=23 February 2009|publisher=Gosport Borough F.C. official website}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

Following the conclusion of the English football season, Hall returned to North America, and signed to play a third stint for Bradenton Academics in 2009, alongside his national teammate Cameron Hepple. Towards the end of the 2009 PDL season Hall went on trials and secured a deal with Ma Pau SC in the TT Pro League in Trinidad and Tobago.

On March 7, 2011, Hall signed a two-year contract with Dayton Dutch Lions of the American USL Pro league.[http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/506019.html Dutch Lions Sign Hall, Leerdam] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717175829/http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/506019.html |date=2011-07-17 }}

=International=

Hall made his debut for the Bahamas in a September 2006 Caribbean Cup qualification match against the Cayman Islands.{{Cite web |url=http://www.caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/bahamas/players/happyhall.html |title=Caribbean Football Database profile |access-date=2008-11-28 |archive-date=2011-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708120727/http://www.caribbeanfootballdatabase.com/bahamas/players/happyhall.html |url-status=dead }} He had earned 10 caps by November 2008,{{NFT player|pid=16193}} four of them in World Cup qualification games.{{FIFA player|211130}} Hall captained the side in the 2010 World Cup qualification matches.

=International goals=

:Scores and results list the Bahamas' goal tally first.

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
1.	6 September 2006	Estadio Pedro Marrero, Havana, Cuba	{{fb\|Turks and Caicos Islands}}	align=center \| 2–1	align=center \| 3–2	2007 Caribbean Cup qualification
2.	9 September 2019	Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas	{{fb\|BON}}	align=center \| 1–0	align=center \| 2–1	rowspan=2 \| 2019–20 CONCACAF Nations League C
3.	10 October 2019	Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	{{fb\|BVI}}	align=center \| 3–0	align=center \| 4–0

Personal life

Hall is founder of the YESI Soccer and Skillz Soccer Schools in the Bahamas.[http://www.skillzsoccerbahamas.com/board-of-directors/ Our coaching staff] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412104343/http://www.skillzsoccerbahamas.com/board-of-directors/ |date=2016-04-12 }} – Skillz Soccer Bahamas

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20110423203619/http://www.dutchlionsfc.com/cms/index.php/dayton-dutch-lions-fc/ddl-fc-men/roster-2011/414-profile-player-template Dayton Dutch Lions profile]
{{NFT|16193}}
{{Worldfootball.net|happy-hall}}

Category:1987 births

Category:Living people

Category:Footballers from Nassau, Bahamas

Category:Men's association football defenders

Category:Bahamian men's footballers

Category:21st-century Bahamian sportsmen

Category:Bahamas men's international footballers

Category:Bahamas men's under-20 international footballers

Category:Appalachian State Mountaineers men's soccer players

Category:IMG Academy Bradenton players

Category:North York Astros players

Category:Gosport Borough F.C. players