Football: Jamaica out of Olympic qualifiers
Published:Monday | August 8, 2011 | 10:05 AM
Jamaica’s Under-23 footballers failed to qualify for the second round of the Caribbean Football Union Under-23 London Olympic qualifiers after drawing 2-all with host nation Suriname at the Andre Kamperveen Stadium yesterday.
Suriname grabbed the final spot to the second round on goal difference after both teams ended the qualifiers with seven points each.
Suriname will now join Group ‘B’ winner Trinidad and Tobago; Group ‘C’ winner Cuba and Group ‘D’ winner St Kitts and Nevis in the next Caribbean qualifying round. Two of these four will qualify for the CONCACAF round.
The four-team final-round tournament is carded for November at a venue to be decided from which two teams will advance to the eight-team CONCACAF finals.
Three Central American teams along with automatic qualifiers USA, Canada and Mexico will contest the final round.
The young Reggae Boyz are scheduled to arrive home today.