It has been a year since Michael Findlay succeeded Kyle Lightbourne as Bermuda football team coach.

The Canadian has in the 12 months since he took over presided over ten matches. Bermuda have won three times, drawn the same number of matches and come out second-best on four occasions.

Wins have come against Belize, St Vincent & the Grenadines and Brunei. The notable defeats were by Guinea (5-1) and Honduras (6-1).

Reflecting on his one year in charge, the former Canada and Grenada coach believes there have been positives.

“I think it’s been a very positive period, that’s the feedback I’ve received,’’ Findlay said.

“If you look at the overall position and organisation, the Bermuda Football Association’s point of view has increased dramatically.

“We look at the culture of the team. I think we’ve positioned ourselves that we want to be a group that has a future, which means that we have to embrace youth.

“We also want to have someone there to help lead them, so we've combined some of the veteran players in there.

“I’m very pleased with how we performed, given the amount of time we have together, and the way we've applied ourselves within our game model.

“I think those are incredibly three positives that we need to build from that set the foundation and the idea that players want to aspire to be there.

“These types of cycles take a number of years to really set in motion. We’ve made great strides during the first year, given the challenges we had early into the journey.

“I believe we've done well and the support has been 100 per cent positive from the BFA, the fanbase and from the media.”

Against Guinea and Honduras, Bermuda went to the break level 1-1 with their higher-ranked opponents before things fell apart in the second half.

“If you look at countries like Guinea and Honduras that we've lost to, both of those teams are ranked very highly on the Fifa rankings,’’ the coach said.

“For 45 minutes in those matches, we played football and we were very competitive, but in the second 45 minutes you could see some of the gaps.

“The reality of where our players play, the level of competition our players are at versus those teams. We’re talking players who are playing full time in the top leagues in Europe; that’s the difference and the reality.

“We need to take those opportunities to learn to make sure that when it happens again, we’re well prepared in terms of understanding what we need to do.

“We also need to understand that when we dominate against opposition closer to our level of rankings and competition, we’re much more competitive from a result point of view. The players have been very committed.”