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JAMAICA FOOTBALL FEDERATION LTD.
Founded 1962, Affiliated to FIFA and CONCACAF C.F.U. CABLE: Football Jamaica
20 St. Lucia Crescent, Kingston 5, Jamaica, West Indies
Telephone: (876) 929-0484/929-8036/926-1182
Fax: (876) 929-0483
Email: jamff@hotmail.com
July 11, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The coaching staff of the Jamaica national team has taken a decision to withdraw defender Damion Stewart from the squad currently participating in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States.
Stewart, 28, will leave the team’s location in Miami, Florida today and return to Jamaica.
According to head coach Theodore Whitmore, Stewart, whose behaviour included constant breaching and challenging of team rules and regulations was seen as disruptive and inconsistent with the general objectives of the team. He, along with midfielder Jermaine Johnson was fined heavily for missing the flight from the Norman Manley International Airport to Miami on Tuesday June 30 ahead of the tournament.
"Damion never gave us the impression that he was focused and wanted to be a part of the team and how it operates. He questioned and challenged everything even team tactics. Even his teammates were not pleased with his behaviour and general attitude”.
"I have tried to keep him in line but he has not shown a willingness to change. We cannot have a situation where the team is damaged because of the selfishness and indiscipline of one man,” Whitmore said.
During a one-week pre-Gold Cup camp in the Cayman Islands, Stewart was among a group of players fined for breaches.
A replacement will be decided on and announced at a later date.
Founded 1962, Affiliated to FIFA and CONCACAF C.F.U. CABLE: Football Jamaica
20 St. Lucia Crescent, Kingston 5, Jamaica, West Indies
Telephone: (876) 929-0484/929-8036/926-1182
Fax: (876) 929-0483
Email: jamff@hotmail.com
July 11, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The coaching staff of the Jamaica national team has taken a decision to withdraw defender Damion Stewart from the squad currently participating in the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States.
Stewart, 28, will leave the team’s location in Miami, Florida today and return to Jamaica.
According to head coach Theodore Whitmore, Stewart, whose behaviour included constant breaching and challenging of team rules and regulations was seen as disruptive and inconsistent with the general objectives of the team. He, along with midfielder Jermaine Johnson was fined heavily for missing the flight from the Norman Manley International Airport to Miami on Tuesday June 30 ahead of the tournament.
"Damion never gave us the impression that he was focused and wanted to be a part of the team and how it operates. He questioned and challenged everything even team tactics. Even his teammates were not pleased with his behaviour and general attitude”.
"I have tried to keep him in line but he has not shown a willingness to change. We cannot have a situation where the team is damaged because of the selfishness and indiscipline of one man,” Whitmore said.
During a one-week pre-Gold Cup camp in the Cayman Islands, Stewart was among a group of players fined for breaches.
A replacement will be decided on and announced at a later date.