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Jamaica Reggae Boyz vs USA in Gold Cup Semi Today

Reggae Boy Michael Hector believes Jamaica must be fearlesss in their CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final match against the United States at Georgia Dome today, kicking off at 6 p.m. (5 p.m. Jamaica time).

“We’ve got to come man to man and battle against them and win the personal battles first and then we can play,” Hector said after yesterday’s training at Emory University here.

“Obviously, if we give them time, they’re a good side and they can play; if we don’t give them time, I’ve seen them struggle a bit against Haiti,” he added.

The Americans beat Haiti in group play and came under a lot of pressure. It was the same, for Jamaica, which outlasted the Haitians in Saturday’s semi-final in Baltimore.

The United States have slammed in 10 goals while conceding two in four matches, with Clint Dempsey scoring six. Jamaica’s record of 13 losses, eight draws and one win isn’t encouraging either, but Hector said they should neither fear the striker nor his team.

“He’s a key member, but they’ve got a couple other players that can create chances. But he’s been scoring most of the goals for them, so we’ve got to keep an eye on him.”

The 23-year-old added: “We should not fear him. He’s a good player and if you give him space, he’ll hurt us, but if we shut out the space for him, he can’t do much to hurt us, so we have to make sure we’re on our toes and keep him quiet.

“We should not fear them. Obviously, they’re a good side. They’re in their backyard, they’re doing well, we’ve got respect, but sometimes it goes out the window when it comes to the game. We’ve got a lot of positives to take into the game and we feel that we can do well in this tournament.

“If we play well, I don’t see why we can’t beat them. If we keep a clean sheet and we do our work defensively, then it takes only one goal to win the game. That’s a key part of us, to soak up the pressure and then hit teams on the counter-attack. We’ve been doing that really well,” said

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Reggae Boyz in good form... Beats Cuba 3-0

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz made it five wins in a row after cruising to an easy 3-0 win over Caribbean neighbours Cuba in a friendly international at the Montego Bay Sports Complex on Monday night.

After a tough 2-1 win over Venezuela on Friday at the same venue, the Reggae Boyz quickly opened up a 2-0 in the first four minutes with goals from Romeo Parkes and Daniel Gordon, before tDarren Mattocks made it 3-0 in the 30th minute.

Parkes powered home from a rebound past Cuba’s goalkeeper Alejandro Guerra then Gordon nodded home from close range and Mattocks also scored from a header.

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Jamaica created a number of other chances, the best of which was a diving headers by Mattocks early in the second half.

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Jamaicas Reggae Boyz came from behind to score a 2-1 win over Venezuela here inside the Montego Bay Sports Complex ‎earlier this evening.

Wing defender Gabriel Cichero gave the visitors the lead with a well taken goal on 13 minutes only for debutante Giles Barnes to pull the hosts level two minutes later.

Darren Mattocks then hit the winner on the hour mark after midfielder Je-Vaugh Watson had done great work to force an error in defence.

The win was only the second for Jamaica against the South Americans in six meetings, having suffered three losses.

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Jamaica will now turn their attention to Monday next when they take on Caribbean neighbours Cuba in another international friendly as they prepare for the Copa America in Chile in June, as well as the CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States in July.

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3 Jamaicans drafted into MLS

Jamaicans Romario Williams, Sergio Campbell and Oneil Fisher have all been drafted by teams in Major League Soccer from the MLS SuperDraft.

From Round 1, former Kingston College and Jamaica U-17 international Romario Williams was signed by the Montreal Impact from the University of Central Florida as the number 3 draft pick. Williams is a robust box to box midfielder who played for Jamaica in the U-17 World Cup in 2011 in Mexico. The 20 year old is known for his long range shooting, creativity and dribbling ability.

“I am truly grateful for this opportunity and I would like to thank my Mom, my coaches and most importantly God for giving me this opportunity to play football professionally. I would also like to say to the Montreal Impact that I am ready to work hard.”

Pick number 19 of the first round of the SuperDraft was Jamaican International Sergio Campbell. Campbell was drafted by the Columbus Crew from the University of Connecticut. The 6’3 inch 23 year old defender was a member of Jamaica’s winning Caribbean Cup team in 2010 and he is also the nephew of Jamaican skipper Rudolph Austin. Campbell is known for his heading ability, clean tackling and passing skill.

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In the 40th pick of the 2nd round of the draft, Jamaican international Oneil Fisher was drafted by the Seattle Sounders and he will now join fellow Jamaican Damion Lowe at the Western Conference Team. On August 11, 2010, Fisher made his international debut for Jamaica in a 3-1 victory over Trinidad and Tobago. He also played for the under-20 national team in the 2011 CONCACAF U-20 Championship in Guatemala. The 5’10 inch 23 year old utility player can play anywhere in the midfield or defence as he offers flexibility and mobility to the team.

3 Jamaicans drafted into MLS

Young Reggae Boyz faces uphill task to qualify for FIFA u20 World Cup

Jamaica’s young Reggae Boyz are facing a must win scenario in their final two games of the group stages of the CONCACAF Championships if they are to harbour any hopes of advancing to the FIFA Under 20 World Cup in New Zealand.

The Jamaicans saw their hopes of finishing among the top three teams in Group A receiving a blow after going down to a 2-0 defeat to Panama at the National Stadium in Kingston on Wednesday – a result that left the tournament host second from bottom on the 6 team table with just a point from 3 games.

In a tightly-contested encounter that produced no first-half goals, Panama took the lead in the 56th minute through the dangerous Edson Samms and went further ahead 4 minutes from time courtesy of an Ismael Diaz strike.

An ordinary exchange of passes in the defensive side saw Fidel Escobar burst into action and deliver a superb pass with the outside of his right foot down the middle of the field. Out on the left, the intelligent Samms got behind defender Roberto Johnson and raced towards the ball. He got to the edge of the penalty area and snapped a shot past goalkeeper Nicholas Nelson for a 1-0 lead.

Only two minutes earlier, Jamaica had an effort from a similar spot on the other end but Donja Smith sailed an attempt high as goalkeeper Jaime De Gracia charged off his line.

Diaz netted an insurance tally with four minutes left in normal time. After an exchange with the right-sided Jhamal Rodriguez, Diaz received a return pass and fired the ball into the lower left corner from 17-yards out.

Assistant coach Lenny Hyde while acknowledging the uphill nature of Jamaica’s task says a lack of discipline at key moments caused his team the game and also said the aim was now to get a result against the United States on Sunday

The Panamanians with the result moved to maximum 9 points from 3 games, 2 points ahead of Guatemala who had a 2-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago. The Trinidadians with the loss remain on 4 points but dropped to 4th on goal difference behind the United States who ran out comfortable 8-0 winners over Aruba.

Group A next moves to Montego Bay and will resume play on Sunday with a tripleheader: Panama-Trinidad & Tobago (3:00 p.m.), Guatemala-Aruba (5:30 p.m.) and Jamaica-USA (8:00 p.m.).

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The tournament continues on Thursday afternoon with El Salvador facing Canada at 3:00 p.m. after which two times defending champions Mexico (9 points) take on second place Honduras (4 points) at 5:30pm. Action on the day ends with the bottom of the table clash between Haiti and Cuba at 8:00 p.m.

Day 7 – Thursday, January 15

15:00 El Salvador vs. Canada

17:30 Mexico vs. Honduras

20:00 Haiti vs. Cuba

Young Reggae Boyz faces uphill task to qualify for FIFA u20 World Cup

Reggae Boys Ranked 75th

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz will begin the year as the 75thranked team in the world according to the first official release of the 2015 FIFA/Coca Cola Rankings.

The Jamaicans are maintaining their position from the year ending release in December that saw them dropping 4 places from the release in November.

Arch-rivals Trinidad and Tobago meanwhile continue to be the highest ranked Caribbean team and joint 4th in CONCACAF overall after maintaining their position from the previous ranking at number 55 while Haiti fell one place to 73.

Cuba, who was the worst affected Caribbean team from the last ranking in December, remained at 113.

Brazil 2014 quarterfinalists Costa Rica 16, Mexico 20 and the United States 27 are the top three teams from CONCACAF.

World champions Germany continues to lead the rankings ahead of beaten finalist Argentina with Colombia, Belgium and the Netherlands completing the top 5 places.

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The rest of the top 10 includes Brazil, Portugal and France who are joint 7th as well as Spain and South American champions Uruguay.

Algeria is the highest placed African team at 18.

Reggae Boys Ranked 75th

Reggae Boyz beat Antigua and Barbuda 3-0

Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz put Wednesday’s lukewarm results behind them and put in one of their most impressive performances in recent history to beat Antigua and Barbuda 3-0 in the Caribbean Cup at the Montego Bay Sports Complex last night.

The win moves the host to 4 points, the same as Haiti, who drubbed Martinique by an identical 3-0 margin to lead Group B. Tied on goal difference, Haiti lead, having scored more goals than the Reggae Boyz. The teams will meet on Sunday.

The team played with more purpose and a willingness to go forward against the Antiguans, who were more intent on keeping the Jamaican attackers at bay.

That plan was shattered in the 30th minute, when midfielder Kemar Lawrence collected a pass inside the Antiguan penalty area and fired low past the outstretched hand of Brentton Muhammad in goal.

powerful header

Darren Mattocks then fired the Boyz further ahead when he beat Muhammad with another low shot in the 43rd minute, the Boyz waltzing into the half with a 2-0 lead and looking a completely different team than the one which drew 1-1 with Martinique earlier this week.

Captain Rodolph Austin capped off a good night with a powerful header in the 83rd minute.

Head coach Winfried Schäfer told journalists in his post-match interview that he was under no pressure to deliver a victory to keep the team with a chance of winning a sixth title and a second on home turf.

“I was under no pressure,” he said in response to a question.

“I believe in this team, and we believe in each other,” he added.

“The good thing is to see how we fight for this country. All the players gave their all for this country and we won, which is a good thing,” Schäfer said.

Prior to last night’s win, the Reggae Boyz were winless in six outings, but now turn their attention to tomorrow’s big final Group B match against leaders Haiti at 8:00 p.m., to determine who will advance to the final.

Meanwhile, Antigua coach Ralston Williams said his team was beaten by a more organised and determined Jamaican side, but is looking forward to their final match, also on Sunday, against Martinique in the day’s opener at 5:30 p.m.

Reggae Boyz beat Antigua and Barbuda 3-0

Reggae Boyz vs Martinique in the 2014 Carib Cup today

Jamaica reggae boyz will go into action this evening in a battle of former cham-pions when they take on Marti-nique in the feature match of a Group B double-header at the Montego Bay Sports Complex in the 2014 Caribbean Cup.

The opening game will see another former winner, 2007 champions Haiti, taking aim at the rapidly improving Antigua & Barbuda.

Jamaica’s under-pressure coach, Winfried Schäfer, needs a win in order to stave off calls for his sacking, and starting with victory this afternoon is paramount for the coach.

“We need to win,” he said.

Schäfer, whose tenure as the Reggae Boyz head coach has come in for scrutiny as a result of a series of poor results, told The Gleaner that the team has been training well and is ready to take on Martinique.

slight favourites

“A couple of our players came in late, including midfielder Rudolph Austin and the other England-based players, but they have settled in already and are with the team in training,” Schäfer said.

The Reggae Boyz no doubt will start as slight favourites, but they know well that only a victory will appease local supporters.

Schäfer thinks the team strength is in attack, where they boast the likes of Vancouver Whitecaps’ Darren Mattocks, Craig Foster (Reno FC), Deshorn Brown (Colorado Rapids) and Michael Seaton (DC United).

“Our strength is in the forward line. We have some good quality all round, but I think that it is where we are strongest because they all are skilful also,” said Schäfer.

“We cannot afford to lose the first match; that would be disastrous, so we are going to be positive and play good football. Hopefully, we take the three points,” Schäfer added.

The last time these two countries met in the Caribbean Cup, it ended in a 0-0 draw, but that was back in 2012. Since then, the Boyz have seen their luck fluctuate and more recently have slumped in the FIFA Coca-Cola word rankings, plummeting to 113th.

Martinique’s head coach, Louis Marie’ann, believes his squad can get the job done, admitting that he is cautiously optimistic of his team’s chances against the hosts.

“It is very important not to start on the wrong foot,” he said. “A number of our players were born in France and we brought them in to augment our local-based players.

“The downside to this is that we have not played a competitive match with this mix before, so going up against Jamaica will be an important test of our readiness,” said Marie’ann, who predicts a 2-2 draw.

“We are expecting a good game and I hope at least that if we do not win, we draw,” reasoned Marie’ann.

Martinique have appeared in 12 Caribbean Cups, winning their first and only title in 1993. In that tournament, which, ironically, was staged in Jamaica, Martinique defeated the hosts 6-5 on penalties in the final at the National Stadium.

Today’s matches

Haiti vs Antigua and Barbuda at 5:30 p.m.

Jamaica vs Martinique at 8 p.m.

Players Profile

Name: Deshorn Brown

Age: 23

Position played: Forward

Club: Colorado Rapids FC

School: STETHS

Prediction against Martinique: 2-0 win for Jamaica

Personal target: Four goals or more.

Reggae Boyz forward and former high-school standout, Deshorn Brown has laid down some personal markers for this year’s Caribbean Football Union Caribbean Cup in Montego Bay.

Brown has had a good season for his club team, Colorado Rapids FC of Major League Soccer and is now ready to light up Montego Bay with goals for the Reggae Boyz.

“I think it will be a successful championship for us, both on and off the field. We need a win in our first match, and that is what as a team we are going about doing,” Brown said.

“We want to take it all from training and the experience we have and package it just right for this tournament,” he added.

Name: Hughan Gray

Age: 27

Position: Right wing back

Club: Waterhouse FC

School: Denbigh High

Prediction against Martinique: 3-0 win for Jamaica.

Personal target: Stop the opponents’ forwards going forward.

Hughan Gray is the first player from Denbigh High School in Clarendon to play for the national senior team.

The powerfully built wing back is seeking to make the position his own and has looked the part primarily for his club, team Waterhouse FC, in the local Red Stripe Premier League.

His aspirations are inexplicably linked to the success of this current Reggae Boyz squad.

“Once we put in the right amount of work, I think we will win and I am sure the other players are of the same mindset,” Gray said.

“It’s a tight squad; we want to play for each other and succeed together, and in training, it’s a good feel .”

Reggae Boyz vs Martinique in the 2014 Carib Cup today