No CAC Games for Jamaica's young Reggae Boys

After two months of training, Jamaica’s Under-23 male football team will no longer participate in the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games.



General Secretary of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), Horace Reid, says a decision was taken by CONCACAF to withdraw from the Games, due to inadequate football facilities in Puerto Rico.



The football competition of the CAC Games was scheduled to run from July 17 to 31.



Reid says the JFF received a formal notification from CONCACAF yesterday, stating that it had withdrawn support from the CAC games for both the male and female football competitions.



CONCACAF’s inspection team reported that there was a lack of suitable facilities in Puerto Rico.



In the past, the CAC Games have been used as a qualifying tournament for the Pan American Games. With football not being a part of the Games, CONCACAF will have to find an alternative.



That alternative, Reid says, could be known as early as next week.



The Young Reggae Boyz last competed in the CAC Games in 2006, where they reached the quarterfinals, losing to eventual winners Colombia