West Ham goalkeeper eyes first-team boost at Soccer Sevens in Hong Kong

South China Morning Post

18-05-2025

West Ham United goalkeeper Mason Terry said it was impossible to resist the lure of returning to Hong Kong for the HKFC Standard Chartered Soccer Sevens, after last year's edition delivered a career-enhancing learning experience.
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On Saturday, the Premier League team emerged unbeaten from their group to secure a Sunday morning quarter-final meeting with Football Club.
Since he was part of the West Ham team knocked out by Fulham at that stage 12 months ago, Terry has spent a successful season on loan with non-league Hornchurch, and agreed a new West Ham contract.
Terry said the January appointment of head coach Graham Potter had given everyone a fresh start. 'He is giving opportunities to young players, we want to impress him and have a chance of reaching the first team,' Terry said.
The 20-year-old, whose West Ham under-18s thumped an Arsenal side featuring current first-teamers Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri 5-1 at Emirates Stadium in the 2023 FA Youth Cup final, has divided playing for Hornchurch with training back at his parent club.
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'It's the best of both worlds, getting to play men's football, but also training with the first team and being around the under-21s for matches, as a big figure in the dressing room,' Terry said. He acknowledged, nonetheless, that the Soccer Sevens was providing a welcome chance to impress his club's coaches and supporters.