Jamaica capped a unprecedented marketing campaign with a flawless report, securing the Concacaf Boys’ U15 Championships League B crown on Saturday after a decisive 2–0 victory over Puerto Rico on the Guillermo Prospero Trinidad Stadium in Aruba.
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Fast-strike specialist Tevin Savage opened the scoring in simply the second minute, whereas tireless ahead Kelvin Brown sealed the end result within the seventieth. The triumph means Jamaica now reigns supreme within the second tier of Concacaf’s U15 competitors — a division that sits just under League A, which options the area’s eight highest-ranked nations: Mexico, america, Canada, Costa Rica, Panama, Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.
Quick begin, fierce battle
In a event the place that they had made a behavior of early breakthroughs, the younger Boyz wasted no time. Brown held off defenders with sensible energy and imaginative and prescient earlier than threading a cross to Savage, who clinically beat the Puerto Rican goalkeeper at his close to publish with a one-time, low-driven strike.
Savage practically doubled his tally halfway via the primary half, once more combining with Brown contained in the field, however his effort skewed vast. On the different finish, Jamaican goalkeeper Jaheime Grey was known as into motion, stretching full size to maintain out a pointy drive from Luis Rodriguez.
Shut calls on each ends
Puerto Rico’s resilience stored the match tense, and Jamaica continued to check the opposition’s protection. Davion Clarke unleashed a knuckleball within the forty fifth minute that skimmed inches over the bar. Later, within the 68th minute, Puerto Rican goalkeeper Martin Perez vacated his line, leaving the aim open, however substitute Carlondo Morris was unable to transform underneath heavy defensive stress.
A minute later, Kevaughn Halloway struck a thundering volley from outdoors the field, just for Perez to tip it across the publish with a spectacular diving save.
Brown delivers the knockout blow
Persistence lastly paid off within the closing levels. Brown, who had tormented Puerto Rico’s backline all match, met Kyle Hussey’s pinpoint supply with a commanding header, placing the sport past attain and confirming Jamaica’s place on the high of League B.
The championship is one other milestone for head coach Andrew Peart and his squad, a number of of whom had been a part of the Jamaican workforce that captured the Caribbean Soccer Union (CFU) U15 Boyz Problem Sequence title final yr. Trinidad and Tobago secured third place earlier within the day, edging 10-man Guatemala 1-0 within the playoff match.
For Jamaica, the unbeaten run in Aruba is not only a trophy-winning achievement — it’s an announcement of intent, an indication that the subsequent era is able to tackle the area’s elite.
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