Jamaica’s Below-20 males’s staff faces a frightening activity to qualify for the FIFA Below-20 World Cup following a crushing 9-0 defeat to a dominant United States staff on Friday.
The younger Reggae Boyz struggled of their opening Group A recreation of the CONCACAF Championships on the Miguel Aleman Valdez Stadium in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Disorganization in defence plagued the Jamaican facet, which was gradual to react to the swift American assaults. The staff’s makes an attempt to comprise the onslaught included making three first-half substitutions, however these efforts proved futile.
On the again foot from the outset
With the highest two groups from the group advancing to the semi-finals, Jamaica’s path to progression looks challenging. Within the group’s different match, Costa Rica and Cuba drew 1-1. The Jerome Waite-coached Jamaica will face Costa Rica on Monday and Cuba on Thursday on the identical venue.
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The younger Reggae Boyz have been on the again foot from the outset, conceding two objectives inside the first three minutes. David Vasquez scored within the second and third minutes, adopted by Pedro Soma, who netted within the sixteenth and twentieth minutes, placing the USA firmly forward at 4-0 inside 20 minutes. Cruz Medina added a fifth within the thirty ninth minute, resulting in a 5-0 scoreline at halftime.
The second half noticed no respite for Jamaica as Marcos Zambrano scored within the 54th minute, Ruben Ramos added one other within the 67th minute, and substitutes Nimfasha Berchimas and Nikolas Tsakiris accomplished the rout within the 77th minute and added time, respectively.