Reggae Boyz Target Three Points Against BVI in World Cup Qualifier
Jamaica will face the British Virgin Islands (BVI) tomorrow in a Concacaf second-round World Cup Qualifying Group E fixture at the A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground.
The match is scheduled to kick off at 2 p.m. Jamaica time.
Reggae Boyz head coach Steve McClaren said the aim is to win, building on the team’s performance in last week’s Unity Cup in the United Kingdom.
“We want to carry that (form) onto the World Cup Qualifiers and the obvious goal for this is to continue this way of playing and to get better at that.
The key is to win the two games, without a doubt,” McClaren said, referring to tomorrow’s game and the upcoming clash with Guatemala.
Jamaica, ranked 63rd in the world, are 144 places above the BVI, who are ranked 207th.
The teams last met in 1994, when Jamaica won 12-0.
Jamaica have six points from two matches and sit second in the group, behind Guatemala on goal difference. The BVI are bottom of the group, goalless and without a point from their two games.
In their final Unity Cup outing, Jamaica drew 2-2 with Nigeria and lost in a penalty shootout. The squad has since been strengthened with the return of Leon Bailey, Demarai Gray, captain and goalkeeper Andre Blake, and debutant Tyreece Campbell.
The BVI prepared for the fixture with a 1-1 draw against St Vincent and the Grenadines in a recent friendly.
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