Put this loss at doorstep of one Rudolph Austin

[Jangle]

Well I see that Audley needs his eyes checked also, because here he is almost quoting me word for word and I posted my observations from last night.





Reggae Boyz hanging by a string

Published: Wednesday | July 8, 2009


Audley Boyd, Assistant Sport - Editor
COLUMBUS, Ohio:
JAMAICA'S chances of moving into the quarter-final phase of the CONCACAF Gold [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]Cup[/color][/color] got slimmer as the team suffered its second consecutive loss, 0-1 to [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]Costa [COLOR=orange! important]Rica[/color][/color][/color], at the Columbus Crew Stadium last night.
"I'm very disappointed," Jamaica's coach, Theodore Whitmore, said. "We still created a number of chances but we didn't put them away."
Besides Celso Borges who scored the [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]game[/color][/color]-winner at the 64th minute, Costa Rica had American referee Jair Marrufo to thank for issuing an outrageous red card to Jamaican midfielder Rodolph Austin at the 35th minute.
The sending off tilted the balance decidedly in favour of the Costa Ricans, who were being dominated by the Reggae Boyz until then.
"I didn't have a clear view of it, so I don't want to say anything about the red card," Whitmore pointed out.
Assessing how it affected his team, Whitmore said: "It hurt us because we were down one man and had to make adjustments."
Bottom of Group A
The loss left Jamaica bottom of four-team Group A without a point, while Costa Rica advanced to three. The other teams in the group, [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]Canada[/color][/color] and El Salvador, which were playing the second match at the same [COLOR=orange! important][COLOR=orange! important]venue[/color][/color] at press time, also have three points.
One round of matches remain and with 12 teams contesting preliminary action in three groups of four, the top two teams from each group shall qualify. The two top third-place teams will also qualify for the eight-nation quarter-finals.
In their current position, it appears Jamaica's greatest hope is claiming one of the third-place spots.
For the second consecutive game the Reggae Boyz - who had some players cautioned when they shouldn't have in their opening match - were hard done by the refereeing as Austin was red-carded at the 35th minute.
The Jamaican midfielder made a sharp turn to challenge Celso Borges in the middle of the park and accidentally clipped the Costa Rican. As Borges went down, he stretched to grab possession of the ball, throwing himself further into the path of Austin, who made an attempt to kick the ball. He did not kick Borges and was clearly trying his best to skip away from the moving body of the Costa Rican player on the ground.
The sending-off had an immediate impact on the game as it allowed Costa Rica to settle against the more dangerous team on the pitch, the Reggae Boyz, who were clearly having the upper hand in terms of possession and chances created.
Jamaica made two changes to their starting 11 from the Canada match they lost 0-1, replacing striker Luton Shelton and midfielder Jason Morrison with forwards Nicholas Addlery and Omar Cummings, and may have lessened their offensive capacity by playing the explosive Jermaine Johnson in a flank midfield position, which restricted him to a largely defensive role for the entire 90 minutes.
Both teams hit the crossbar.
Shot unleashed
At the 22nd minute, Omar Cummings, the most threatening player on the pitch, hit a shot from outside the box that was deflected on to the goalpost. Cummings had actually chased back to defend and won the ball near the half line, then turned and dribbled to the top of the box, where he unleashed the shot.
Twice before that Cummings had already gone close to scoring. He had a 22-yard drive turned inches wide of the upright at the 13th minute by the diving goalie, Ricardo Gonzalez, one of four changes to the Costa Rica starting team that lost 2-1 to El Salvador.
On the second occasion, Jamaica made a sweet build-up with several one-two passes, which saw Nicholas Addlery slipping a pass inside. As Cummings hit the ball one time, defender Harold Wallace slid in and blocked the shot behind for a corker kick.
Playmaker Walter Centeno headed Costa Rica's best chance of the first half on to the crossbar at the 20th minute. It started with a play on the right side of the penalty box, when Armando Alonso, with a clear chance from an angle, kicked a shot that was steered wide of the far post by Ricketts.
Jamaica made some tactical substitutions at the half, replacing strikers Fuller and Addlery with midfielders Jason Morrison and Oneil Thompson.
They went with one striker, Cummings, and obviously, were looking to sit back and defend in numbers, then hit on the counter.
While conceding much possession at the start, the Reggae Boyz's ploy almost worked at the 51st when Ricardo Gardner fed a pass over defence for Cummings to go at the goalie from wide. The striker beat the goalkeeper and went wide but had no option. He dribbled inside then hit a shot, but the custodian dived to make a sharp save.
Costa Rica slowed the tempo and moved around the ball well, but Jamaica plugged defence and proved to be more dangerous at their counter-attacking game, with Demar Phillips going close with a rasping drive from the left angle that rocketed into the side-netting.
Just like the first game though, Jamaica's failure to stop a wide player from sending in the cross, when they could have, proved detrimental. Thompson stepped back after tracking substitute Pablo Herrera, leaving him free to deliver a cross, which was met at the six-yard box by a surging Borges.
Borges took the shot one time and although Ricketts made a bold attempt, the ball deflected off his body into the net.
Boyz dug deep
Despite the numerical disadvantage and one-goal setback, the Jamaicans were not done yet and they dug deep and played with a lot of fight to keep the game open.
Coach Theodore Whitmore made one last tactical change to aid that process, putting in striker Luton Shelton for defender Damion Stewart.
The team remained competitive and, naturally, gave up two chances on the counter.
However, such misses kept them in the game and at the 89th minute Cummings, who worked double overtime, wormed through three defenders and chipped a cross to the far post. Two of his teammates were unmarked in that position, but there was miscommunication and Shelton ended up jumping in the way of Phillips, who had long lined up the shot.
TEAMS:
Jamaica: 1-Donovan Ricketts (GK), 3-Damion Stewart (11-Luton Shelton 69th), 4-Claude Davis, 14-Tyrone Marshall, 15- Ricardo Gardner, 12-Demar Phillips, 16-Jermaine Johnson, 17-Rodolph Austin, 10-Ricardo Fuller (7-Jason Morrison 45th), 19-Nicholas Addlery (20-Oneil Thompson 45th), 22-Omar Cummings.
Subs not used: 21-Dwayne Miller (GK), 18-Rafe Wolfe, 23-Dane Richards, 8-Jamal Campbell-Ryce. Costa Rica: 18-Ricardo Gonzalez (GK), 2-Dario Delgado, 3-Freddy Fernandez, 15-Harold Wallace, 16-Esteban Sirias (22-Josimar Arias 78th), 20-Dennis Marshall, 5-Celso Borges, 10-Walter Centeno, 14-Amando Alonso (17-Pablo Herrera 53rd), 9-Alvaro Saborio, 21-Froylan Ledesma (Warren Granados 54th).

[Jangle]

Ian Burnett also needs his eyes checked.......



Boyz lose again
...succumb 0-1 to Costa Rica
Ian Burnett @ THE CONCACAF GOLD CUP in the USA
Wednesday, July 08, 2009
Columbus, USA - Jamaica slipped closer to the exit door of the 10th CONCACAF Gold Cup after going down 0-1 to Costa Rica in second round Group A action here at the Crew Stadium last night.
The Reggae Boyz were dealt a cruel blow on 35 minutes when midfielder Rodolph Austin was sent to the showers for what appeared an innocuous challenge on Celso Borges.
AUSTIN... got straight red card for challenge on Borges
The result left Jamaica firmly rooted at the bottom of the four-team standing with zero points, while Canada, El Salvador and Costa Rica share the lead on three points.
At half-time in the second game Canada led 1-0 on Ali Gerba's 32nd-minute goal.
If that result stands, then Jamaica could still sneak into the quarter-final round in second or third place should they defeat El Salvador in Friday's closing preliminary round game at the Florida International University Stadium.
Whitmore admitted the ejection changed the game but refused to comment on its justification.
"I didn't have a clear view of it, so there's not much I can say. I'd have to see the tape before I could comment on it," he said.
And unlike last Friday's game, he lauded his players for their effort, though he is disappointed with the result.
"I'm very disappointed. The team played well, we still created a number of chances, but that's football. We went down to 10 men, we had a mountain to climb but we still stuck in there. There's not much, we've no one to blame but ourselves," he added.
Starting the game with two changes from the last game, with forwards Omar Cummings and Nichlas Addlery coming in for Jason Morrison and Luton Shelton respectively in a three-man forward line, the Jamaicans appeared in the mood to test goalkeeper Ricardo Gonzalez at every opportunity. Jermaine Johnson was the first to fire at goal after neat inter-play between Ricardo Fuller and Cummings. However, the Sheffield Wednesday winger blasted his effort high and wide.
Shortly afterwards captain Ricardo Gardner got into the act and fired goalwards right-footed, only for a deflection to take the ball over the top and out for a corner.
Cummings then tested Gonzalez when he drove a left-footer destined for the far post, only for the goalkeeper to palm the ball around the post.
Costa Rica countered with Armando Alonso getting behind the defence on the left hand side and his firm grounder was pushed away by Ricketts, who was also very alert to tip the follow-up header over the horizontal.
On the half-hour mark Cummings, who was a willing runner throughout, chased back energetically and won possession on the halfway line and immediately started the Jamaican attack.
With time and space, he dribbled deep into the Costa Rican half and with the defenders retreating, unleashed a rasping shot which peeled off the crossbar, despite a deflection.
Austin then drove through the middle of the Costa Rican defence into the penalty area in what could have been the best opportunity of the half, but his expert pull back was literally cleared off the feet of Nicholas Addlery by a retreating defender, a few metres from the unguarded goal.

That was to be Austin's last contribution in the game as his ejection left Jamaica short-handed for the remaining 55 minutes.
It was a bitter pill for the Boyz to swallow, but despite their numerical disadvantage, they continued to press for the opening goal with Cummings in particular causing problems for the opposition's defence.
On the resumption, the coaching staff decided to play on the counterattack and pulled out strikers Fuller and Addlery for defensive midfielders Jason Morrison and Oneil Thompson.
And yet they still looked the more likely team to score as Cummings continued to be a menace to the Costa Ricans, but it was evident he was far too lonely when the team attacked.
Early in the second half he broke behind the defence and attacked the goal from an angle and after being crowded by a bunch of retreating defenders, he was starved of support and with no other option he eventually shook loose from his markers but shot straight to Gonzalez.
Thompson had a decent drive go straight to Gonzalez from an indirect free kick before the Costa Ricans went ahead.
Substitute Pablo Herrera pulled away from the centre of the field to the right flank and Thompson was lax in tracking him adequately and the player centred for the onrushing Borges to tap home from close range just after the hour mark.
Shortly afterwards defender Damion Stewart was sacrificed for striker Luton Shelton and the Boyz pressed for an equaliser and created a few chances, but poor decision-making in the final third on occasions, aided and abetted by insufficient numerical support in the final third, rendered that final onslaught useless.
With the Jamaicans pushing numbers forward, Costa Rica had a few gilt-edge chances, but Ricketts proved equal to the task on a few occasions and Warrne Granadas blasted an effort wide, when it seemed easier to score.
Teams:
Jamaica - Donovan Ricketts, Damion Stewart (Luton Shelton 69th), Tyrone Marshall, Claude Davis, Demar Phillips, Jermaine Johnson, Rodolph Austin, Ricardo Gardner, Ricardo Fuller (Jason Morrison 46th), Nicholas Addlery IOneil Thompson 46th), Omar Cummings.
Booked: Marshall (32nd), Austin (35th).
Subs not used: Dwayne Miller, Rafe Wolfe, Dane Richards, Jamal Campbell-Ryce.
Costa Rica - Ricardo Gonzalez, Dario Delgado, Freddy Fernandez, Harold Wallace, Esteban Sirias (Josimar Arias 78th), Dennis Marshall, Celso Borges, Walter Centeno, Armando Alonso (Pablo Herrera 53rd), Alvero Saborio, Froylan Ledesma (Warren Granadas 54th).
Booked: None
Subs not used: Keilor Navas, Oscar Granados, Andy Herron, Leonardo Gonzalez.
Referee: Jair Marrufo (USA)
Assistant Referees: Charles Morgante (USA),Hector Delgadillo (Mexico)
Fourth Official: Geoffery Hospedelas (T&T)

[Me]

Audley doesn't watch the game. He just makes up things to fit what he wants to say.

[Bricktop]

Accidently clipped the Costa Rican? He gave di man a combination of body shots to the body only rivaled by the great Mike McCallum. This is football not UCF Extreme Fighting. Di man seh accidentally clipped to rhattid

[Jangle]

I think I have the match still saved. I will review the tape and report back to you either later or tommorow. For now I will leave it alone.

[Tilla]

Even if he kicked out at the ball, he seemed to be trying to blast it on the player who was down. The ref would be correct in either situation to issue straight red.

[Nemesis]

Yeah keep on condoning those plays, we'll continue playing 55 minutes with 10 men. Who dont hear gwine continue to feel.

[Me]

The minute he started the "reach after, grab at, clip foot" routine you could see nothing good would come of the situation.