You've got to hand it to those guys. Except for one or two lapses, they marked incredibly tight on our forwards -- especially in the second half. A weaker team would have gotten lazy in the second half, but Jamaica just grinded it out. If Jamaica had marked that tight during WC qualification, they would be the ones in the World Cup, not Trinidad. I can see several of those young Jamaican players getting on MLS rosters this year or next year. Dave The Soccer Video Archive: www.DaveBrett.com
I am a fan of the Raggae Boyz ( after the USA).They should challenge for a spot at the WC every cycle.Jamaica has like 6 million people, it is a very popular sport there, and J is not a poor country.Oh, and I think Jamaicans are about the most athletic people in the world.
They do produce some great athletes, but i gotta give the nod to Nigeria. Poor infrstructure and yet they continue to produce footballers, boxers, b-ballers as well as track and field athletes.
The make-up speed on their 2 outside backs was incredible...the center 2 were strong in the air and on the tackle... Overall, if they can keep some shape in the midfield, this young group of Jamaicans will be a force in qualies for 2010... Oh, and they need a keeper who can catch a ball...(although his save on the header probably made up for the soft goal)
I agree the Jamaicans played great last night. Its safe to say our guys underestimated the team they brought. But that keeper's gotta go. I became a fan of the Jamaican team after encountering their fans at the WCQ in Columbus in '04. Some of the classiest fans in CONCACAF for sure.
even on the street in Jamaica, you notice how fit and strong the guys look. They are descended from slaves who were brought there to cut cane, and they live on a pretty good diet of fish and fruit. Have a pretty good health care system. It is considered 3rd world, but it is the top of the 3rd world. I love the place, love the music, love the people.
I agree with you whole heartedly The Charleston Battery just signed one of those outside backs, Omar Daley, (#16) along with another Jamaican international Shane Crawford(didn't play last night) I was at the match and watched Daley alot to see what kind of product we were getting, I have to say I'm well chuffed the Battery will be playing a Jamaician club, Village United, Sat. night here in charleston and the jamaican goal scorer in the match is from Village, so it should be interesting to see him again. mikey
Yep, mos def gotta tip the hat for them dudes... The US actually got away with some fouls which could have been nice free kicks, and a what-looked-like penalty [right inside the box]...I think they played far better than their past kung-fu ninja games. Well done Jamrock.
lol, if i were playing in goal for jamaica, they'd have won. both saves from the headers are saves any solid keeper should make. dont get me wrong, they looked great, but they really arent very difficult saves to perform.
With the exception of Ricketts bounder after bounder with the goalkeeping, Jamaica was very solid defensively. Thankfully through, there are USA fans that understand that not all CONCACAF teams are going to lay down to us and all.
Is more like USA had a weak evening than Jamaica really doing something outstanding.... And about having too many foreing players in our league... I hope not It will weak our league.....
The Jamaicans had a roster of an English League One side ... before they began to make substitutions. They were athletic - as all Jamaican teams are - but they couldn't pass the ball if their lives depended on it. (actually, they do... with any skills, they'd be in the UK raking in a fortune like Jason Euell, Ricardo Gardner and soon to be Marlon King)
Dude, someone is more high than Donovan Ricketts!! They have 1 export of note, bauxite, which for years they exported to UK at less than $1 a ton. Their per capita GNP is a little over $4000, and even that is very unequally distributed--most people who make $ do so because they are catering to American and European tourists. They are indeed, sadly, POOR (ever look at their stadium and field when we play there?). I agree they are just about the most athletic people in the world, although some of the other Caribbean islands could also be justified in trying to claim that title. If they had anywhere near the $ and resources of the US, there's no telling how dominant they could be at soccer, cricket, and other team sports to match their already unassailable talent at track and field.