JUST because he was one of the only three senior players in camp before the final football squad was named did not mean a free ride for 28-year-old national football star Alvin Singh.

He had to fight for one of those spots too.

Despite the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) rule on a maximum of three over-aged players to join the U23 team, Singh knew this did not mean a free visa to the squad.

With coach Frank Farina having the final say on the number of over-aged players he’d take ? could be one or two or all, the home-grown Ba boy challenged himself to prove himself worthy to be in the squad.