Full Steam Ahead! – Strong Reggae Boyz Team Named for Gold Cup
Only two local based players have been named in Jamaica’s 24 man squad for the upcoming Concacaf Gold Cup to be played in the United States and Canada from July 7-26.
Strikers Andre Clennon who currently plays for Red Stripe Premier League Champions Arnett Gardens and Alan Ottey who plays for Montego Bay United.
They will join the existing forward lineup of Darren mattocks and Giles Barnes who played in the recent Copa America tournament. Michael Seaton will also return to the squad after helping Jamaica to win the Caribbean Championship last year.
Andre Blake who represents MLS team Philadelphia Union and Ryan Thompson who plays for Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the United States Soccer League (USL), joins Dwayne Miller in the goal keeping trio, with Dwayne Kerr left out of the lineup.
The defensive unit sees the return of Michael Hector who made his debut at the Copa America, along with Demar Philips and Alvas Powell who make their return since the Caribbean championship. The defensive unit is completed by lance Laing, Kemar ‘taxi’ Lawrence, Adrian Mariappa, Wes Morgan, Jermaine Taylor.
The midfield aggregation which is expected to be led again by Captain Rudolph Austin, is completed by Simon Dawkins, Joel Grant, Christopher Humphrey, Joel McAnuff, Garath McCleary and Je-Vaughn Watson.
The Boyz are drawn in group B‘ alongside Costa Rica who they will tackle on July 8, Canada who they will face on July 11, and El Salvador who they will meet in their final game in the group on July 14.
Source: Irie FM