Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz and Trinidad and Tobago’s Soca Warriors performed to a goalless end result within the second of their two-game Pleasant Worldwide collection inside Kingston’s Nationwide Stadium on Tuesday night.
Trinidad and Tobago had edged Jamaica 1-0 via a Reon Moore second-half strike within the first recreation contained in the Montego Bay Sports activities Complicated at Catherine Corridor in St James final Saturday night.
Each groups made a variety of adjustments from the primary recreation in a real effort to make the competition a observe recreation, however it largely adopted the sample of the primary recreation with Jamaica attempting to impose itself in an attacking risk with Trinidad and Tobago content material to play on the counter-attack.
Matthew Woo Ling curled a left-footer huge of Jahmali White’s far publish on the half-hour mark, which gave the house facet a scare.
Nevertheless, Jamaica responded shortly and will have opened the scoring when Jamoi Topey picked out Demario Phillips, the diminutive midfielder, who ran past the Trinidadian defence line and into the penalty space.
The Mount Nice FA ace acquired the ball tangled beneath his legs and the prospect went begging because the retreating defenders cleared their line.
In a part of dominance, Jamaica’s Lamar Walker slipped within the ever-running Collin Anderson with a defence-splitting go behind the line of defense, however the Cavalier entrance man didn’t take the ball cleanly in his stride and Marvin Phillip superior effectively to avert the hazard.
Simply shy of the interval, Anderson turned supplier when he relayed a go to teenager Dujuan Richards on the prime of the penalty space, and the Kingston School schoolboy dropped his shoulders to evade a defender earlier than driving into the penalty space to unleash a shot which was blocked at Phillip’s close to publish for a nook.
There was nonetheless time within the opening half for Anderson to spurn one other likelihood by failing to regulate a ball excessive which had crushed the guests’ backline.
Early within the second half, Jamaica had an honest likelihood to open the scoring on a counter-attack involving Walker and Phillips, who discovered Anderson contained in the penalty space, however he watched in disbelief as a retreating defender put his physique on the road to dam his effort on purpose.
For the remainder of the sport, it was extra nip and tuck, although the guests noticed extra counter-attacks opening up for them.
The dual-isle republic is right down to face The Bahamas in Nassau on March 24 and Nicaragua three days later on the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago, on March 27 within the Nations League, whereas Jamaica has an essential go to to Mexico Metropolis to face the regional powerhouses on March 26 earlier than internet hosting Guatemala on April 15.
Groups: Jamaica – Jahmali White (Kemar Foster 57th), Ricardo Thomas, Adrian Mariappa (Richard King 46th), Jamoi Topey, Dexter Lembikisa, Lamar Walker (Tyler Roberts 67th), Demario Phillips, Jahshaun Anglin (Ravel Morrison 46th), Dujuan Richards (Trivante Stewart 82nd), Omari Hutchinson, Collin Anderson (Jourdain Fletcher 82nd)
Booked: none
Subs not used: Asher Hutchinson, Alwayne Harvey, Dwayne Atkinson, Sue-Lae McCalla, Oshane Staple, Delano Splatt, Fitzroy Cummings
Trinidad and Tobago – Marvin Phillip, Josiah Trimmingham, Kareem Riley (Michael Poon Anderon 72nd), Noah Powder (Justin Sadoo 72nd), Kadeem Corbin (Quesi Weston 64th), Jameel Neptune, Reon Moore, Alvin Jones, Justin Garvia, Matthew Woo Mild (Joevin Jones 72nd), Jonal Williams (64th)
Booked: None
Subs not used: Jelani Felix, Andre Raymond, Nathaniel James, Jomoul Francis, John-Paul Lochfors, Kaile Auvray, Denzil Smith, Adrian Foncaffe, Jesse Williams
Referee: Victor Vergara (Panama)
Assistant Referee 1: Wasnah Barnarde (Antigua)
Assistant Referee 2: Clenton Daniel (Guyana)
Fourth Official: Ken Pennyfeather