Concacaf U17 World Cup Qualifiers

The future of Caribbean football is bright. I’ve been impressed by the performances of St Lucia, Guyana, Trinidad and Jamaica…

Guyana just drew 2-2 against a well oiled Costa Rica team…coming from behind both times. St Lucia gave both Jamaica and El Salvador a run for their money….

Unfortunately both Guyana and T&T are in the same group and only the group winner will advance to the World Cup to be held in Qatar…
Jamaica will play El Salvador in their final group game on Saturday with the Reggae Boyz ahead on goal difference and needing only a draw to qualify. It wont be easy but they have a good chance. If Trinidad and Tobago beat Costa Rica they will qualify as well…

Guyana could still qualify but they will have to win their final match by about 13 clear goals and hope for a Costa Rica v T&T draw….

By the way Costa Rica has a gem of a left winger by the name of Marcus Brown…remember that name..he will definitely go places….excellent skills and a dangerous left foot…best player on the pitch by some distance..apparently he plays for a Costa Rica premier league team…

In reply to FanAttick

Guyana could still qualify but they will have to win their final match by about 13 clear goals: and hope for a Costa Rica v T&T draw….

In reply to camos

Anything is possible..the USA dropped 22 pon the US Virgin Islands

In reply to FanAttick

I think Jamaica will qualify,the only hope is that we beat CR,all i can say is it's possible,we really should have beaten Guyana.BTW did you see TTs top goalscorer...Josiah Kallicharan dreadlocks and all.

In reply to granite

Kallicharan was very impressive….bright future….

In reply to granite

I am looking forward to both Jamaica & T&T going to the world cup. It will be a great weekend!

In reply to nitro

In reply to nitro

what time is the game?

In reply to nitro

I was hoping for that but CR have always had our number, TBH we should have beaten Guyana but since Guyana came from behind twice to get a draw we may just be able to get over the line.FanAttick is right and Caribbean football is in good hands,when you check the performances of many of the smaller teams.I'll hope for Yard and TT making it,the young Reggaeboyz haven't put one foot wrong to reach where they are,we didn't do as well.

In reply to camos

8pm Jamaica time.

In reply to nitro

In reply to nitro

thanks!

El Salvador 2-1 up after 80 minutes

In reply to hubert

Reggae Boyz lose 1-2. Another JFF failure..

Good luck to T&T or Guyana

In reply to FanAttick

Seems like they ran out of steam/ideas in 2nd half...Stats says they had only 2 shots on Target all game with El Salvador 6.
Although the Boyz had more possession and passes 57 per cent vs 43 and 279 against 216.
Had 11 corners to 5 and 17 shots to 15 overall..
Got threaten the opposing goal and it seems they did not.
Back to the drawing board...big disappointment tho. Being down in the 22nd minute was not helpful either even with the
equalizer in the 48th.

In reply to hubert

Poor coaching….not sure what the game plan was…

In reply to FanAttick

A draw would have taken Jamaica through,Yard should just "park de bus"in the last 10 minutes or so.I honestly feel we in the Caribbean need foreign coaches at times like this.Hard luck.

In reply to granite

Poor tactics by the coach. A major failure this given the long time this team was in preparation.

In reply to nitro

Three words: Fire the coach!

In reply to XDFIX

Yeah but let us give the guy credit. Butler was doing this as a volunteer, giving back to his country. He just got it wrong on the night playing for a draw than playing to the team's strength.

In fact I have seen this coward approach from the senior national team to the junior teams. We are afraid to lose and that mindset sets us up for failure.

In reply to granite

El Salvador closed out the game masterfully…dont think we got more than 5 minutes of football in the last 20 minutes as they faked injuries, cramps and fouls to run the clock out…hats off to them…Reggae Boyz had more quality but El Salvador had more desire and better coaching…

In reply to FanAttick

They know how to spoil a game,stop the flow,fake injuries etc,we must learn that kind of professionalism,those fellas know things from likkle chile, we don't play like that.We must be taught those tactics and use them when needed.Let's wish the bigger boyz all the best.

Costa Rica 1 vs TT 0, a goal in the 45th min.CR has had 66% of the game.

CR 2 goals in the 45th & 89 mins.
TT 0 few mins to go.

In reply to granite

Tough results for the Caribbean teams…I still think the future is bright if managed properly

Congrats to Haiti who has qualified for the U17 World Cup!!!!!

In reply to nitro

Jamaica have talent but no discernible style of play