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The Reggae
Boyz are packed and ready to leave on Air Jamaica’s first flight to
Miami (6:30am) on Friday morning with one thing on their minds –
taking home the CONCACAF Gold Cup! After three weeks of preparation,
Technical Director Carl Brown is confident that his charges will be
able to deliver the goods.
Jamaica played
two warm-up games this week, losing 1-2 to Cuba on Sunday and then
rebounding to give a fantastic display against Paraguay, winning
2-0.
In Gold Cup
action, Jamaica play Colombia on Sunday at 3:00pm at the Orange Bowl
(2:00pm Jamaica time) and then tackle Guatemala on Tuesday at the
same venue. (see Gold Cup story below)
Thousands of
gold clad Jamaicans are expected to converge on the stadium
especially for Sunday’s game as interest continues to rise with the
approach of the tournament. Below are the game reports and starting
line-ups. Note the difference in line-ups for both games.
Jamaica
blanks Paraguay 2:0 in Kingston
10.07.03 -
Jamaica used first half tallies by forward Darren Byfield and
midfielder Richard Langley to blank visiting Paraguay 2:0 in an
international friendly at the National Stadium in Kingston on
Wednesday evening.
Byfield opened
the scoring for the Reggae Boyz, earning his first international
goal at the 11th minute-mark for a 1:0 lead.
Langley made
it 2:0 with his second goal in only his second game with the host at
the 28th minute of the first half.
Paraguay
suffered a major setback at the 54th minute of the second half,
when goalkeeper Justo Villar was ejected by the Cayman Island
Referee Godfrey Bowen.
09.07.2003:
Kingston, JAMAICA; National Stadium
JAMAICA; PARAGUAY 2:0
Darren BYFIELD
; Richard LANGELY ;
JAM: Donovan
Ricketts; Claude Davis (74: Marco McDonald), Tyrone Marshall,
Craig Ziadie (81: Gerald Neil), Michael Johnson, Ricardo Gardner
(74: Fabian Taylor), Jamie Lawrence, Theodore Whitmore, Richard
Langley (74: Omar Daley), Darren Byfield, Andy Williams (74: Onandi
Lowe). Booked: Johnson;
TD: Carl BROWN
PAR: Justo
Villar ; Rodrigo Mendoza (62: Walter Fretes), Dario Caballero, Ruben
Maldonado, Jorge Nunes, Diego Gavilan (46: Walter Avalos), Carlos
Bonnet, Angel Ortiz (46: Edgar Gonzalez), Victor Ortiz, Juan Samudio
(55: Miguel Cardenas), Fredy Bareiro (34: Jacinto Zorilla). Booked:
Maldonado, Gavilan , Mendoza, Sent off: Villar
TD: Anibal
RUIZ
R: Godfrey
Bowen (CAY)
Cuba
beat Boyz 2-1
07.07.03 -
Two first-half goals gave Cuba a 2:1 win over the host Jamaica in an
international friendly at the National Stadium in Kingston on Sunday
evening.
Defender
Reisander Fernandez and midfielder Jeniel Marquez each scored at the
20th and 28th minutes, respectively for the visitors, while
midfielder Richard Langley notched the only tally for the Reggae
Boyz with four minutes remaining.
Jamaica had
earlier wasted a great chance to decrease the deficit at the 55th
minute through a penalty, but forward Onandi Lowe’s shot was saved
by Cuba’s goalkeeper.
Jamaica opens
Group B competition against Colombia on 13 July at the Orange Bowl
at 3:00pm local time, while Cuba also heads to the USA for Gold Cup
action as they meet Canada in Group C play at Gillette Stadium in
Foxboro, Massachusetts at 6:30pm.
06.07.2003:
Kingston, JAMAICA; National Stadium
JAMAICA; CUBA 1:2 (0:2)
Richard
LANGELY; Reisander FERNANDEZ; Jeniel MARQUEZ
JAM: Aaron
Lawrence (Sean Sawyers); Marco McDonald, Gerald Neil, Damion
Stewart, Ricardo Gardner, Robert Scarlett (Keith Kelly), Omar Daley
(Reon Nelson), Richard Langley, Cornel Chin-Sue (Darren Byfield),
Onandi Lowe, Fabian Taylor.
TD: Carl BROWN
CUB: Odelin
Molina; Alexander Cruzata Rojas, Silvio Pedro Miñoso, Reisander
Fernandez Cervantes, Jaime Colome, Jeniel Marquez, Jorge Ramirez,
Livan Perez, Maikel Galindo Castañeda,
Lester Moré,
Pedro Adriani Faife.
TD: Miguel
COMPANY
R: Godfrey
BOWEN (CAY)
2003 CONCACAF GOLD CUP
SEVENTH EDITION OF CONCACAF GOLD CUP OPENS THIS WEEKEND
The seventh edition of the CONCACAF Gold Cup, the Confederation’s
signature event and championship for national teams, opens this
Saturday
(12 July) at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts USA with the
2003 champion being crowned 15 days later at the Estadio Azteca in
Mexico City.
COMPLETE GROUPS, SCHEDULE
Mexico City will be the venue for Group A, with Honduras and the
five-time FIFA world champions Brazil joining the host country,
while
Group B, to be played at Miami’s Orange Bowl, has Guatemala, Jamaica
and
the 2001 Copa America champion Colombia.
The two groups at Foxboro feature El Salvador, Martinique and the
defending champion USA, in Group C while Group D has Canada, Costa
Rica
and Cuba.
Two of the dates at Gillette Stadium will feature tripleheader
matches
on for 12 and 16 July. Along with the two first round matches on the
respective dates, a regular season Major League Soccer (MLS) game
will
complete the tripleheaders as the New England Revolution host the
NY/NJ
MetroStars on 12 July and the Dallas Burn visit Revs four days
later.
The last time more then two games were played in one date and venue
in
the USA, was during the inaugural CONCACAF Gold Cup, as the L.A.
Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California hosted a record-four
first
round group matches on 3 July 1991.
The 2003 Quarterfinals begin on 19 July with two matches
(Quarterfinal
1, Quarterfinal 2) in Foxboro, while another one (Quarterfinal 4)
will
take place in Miami. Quarterfinal 3 is set for Mexico City on 20
July.
Semifinal 1, which will match the winner of Quarterfinal 1 against
the
winner of Quarterfinal 4, will be played 23 July in Miami. Semifinal
2,
pairing the winners of Quarterfinals 2 and 3, will be held the
following
evening in Mexico City. The third-place match is set for 26 July at
the
Orange Bowl, with the final on Sunday afternoon 27 July at Estadio
Azteca.
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