San­gre Grande-based Dig­i­cel T&T Pro League club, North East Stars has signed for­mer T&T mid­field­er Leslie "Tiger" Fitz­patrick and Ja­maican strik­er Sean Fras­er for the up­com­ing 2010/2011 sea­son. The 31-year-old Fitz­patrick is no stranger to the San­gre Grande com­mu­ni­ty hav­ing had a stint with the club in 2008, the last year of its par­tic­i­pa­tion in the league due to fi­nan­cial prob­lems and lack of a play­ing fa­cil­i­ty. How­ev­er, with those prob­lems re­solved and new Chief Ex­ec­u­tive Of­fi­cer in­stalled in for­mer na­tion­al de­fend­er and Stars' play­er, Brent San­cho, Fitz­patrick has de­cid­ed to re­turn to the club

"I have known Tiger for a long time and played both along­side him and against him," said San­cho. "He has a great first touch and su­perb work rate and I ex­pect him to be a good ad­di­tion to the team."

Fitz­patrick, a for­mer St Mary's Col­lege and Co­lum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty stand­out, have the ex­pe­ri­ence of 26 na­tion­al ap­pear­ances, at the se­nior lev­el from 2004 to 2007. He had stints for a num­ber of clubs, lo­cal­ly and in the Unit­ed States, in­clud­ing A-League teams Cincin­nati River­hawks (2002), Colum­bus Shoot­ing Stars (2003) and At­lanta Sil­ver­backs (2004), MLS squad Re­al Salt Lake (2005-2006), Unit­ed Soc­cer League (USL) team Puer­to Ri­co Is­landers (2006), W Con­nec­tion (in the 2007 Pro League) and USL First Di­vi­sion team Rochester Rhi­nos (2008-2009).

Fras­er is a 27-year-old free agent who pre­vi­ous­ly played for his na­tive clubs Har­bour View (2000-2004) and Haz­ard Unit­ed (2004-2006) be­fore mov­ing to Mi­a­mi FC in the USL First Di­vi­sion from 2006-2008 where he net­ted 11 goals in 68 games. He had a brief loan stint in Boav­ista, Brazil, be­fore mov­ing to the Puer­to Ri­co Is­landers in Jan­u­ary 2009–he net­ted three goals in 23 ap­pear­ances. Fras­er has al­so played in the 1999 Fi­fa Un­der-17 World Cham­pi­onships in New Zealand and the 2001 Fi­fa World Youth (Un­der-20) Cham­pi­onships. How­ev­er, he has strug­gled at the se­nior lev­el hav­ing on­ly earned three in­ter­na­tion­al caps.