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Jamaica tops Honduras 1-0 for third win
HARRISON, New Jersey - Ryan Johnson missed a second-halfpenalty kick, but his shot off the crossbar and the back of Honduran goalkeeperNoel Valladares in the first half gave Jamaica a 1-0 win over Honduras in atop-of-the-table clash in Group B Monday night in front of a sellout crowd of25,000 at Red Bull Arena.
Jamaica, which advances to the quarterfinals for the firsttime since 2005, will face the runner-up from Group C, which was to play itsfinal matches on Tuesday in Kansas City, Kansas. The loss elegated Honduras toa match against facing fellow Central American side Costa Rica on Saturday atEast Rutherford, New Jersey.
"We've made a lot of progress," Jamaica coach Theodore Whitmore said. "Most of the guys have been working for a year now, a good bunch, disciplined. What we got today and in this tournament was the ball possession because we tend to give away the ball a lot. We can see a difference in our ball possession."
Capitalizing on open space granted by Honduras, Johnson hit a hard drive in the 36th minute from 25 meters that caromed off the off the crossbar and then Valladares' back before trickling into the goal.
"It was probably one of the strangest, but it's a goal," Johnson said. "We did the best thing, which was get the clean sheet. We haven't been scored on so far and I'm really happy about that."
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HARRISON, New Jersey - Ryan Johnson missed a second-halfpenalty kick, but his shot off the crossbar and the back of Honduran goalkeeperNoel Valladares in the first half gave Jamaica a 1-0 win over Honduras in atop-of-the-table clash in Group B Monday night in front of a sellout crowd of25,000 at Red Bull Arena.
Jamaica, which advances to the quarterfinals for the firsttime since 2005, will face the runner-up from Group C, which was to play itsfinal matches on Tuesday in Kansas City, Kansas. The loss elegated Honduras toa match against facing fellow Central American side Costa Rica on Saturday atEast Rutherford, New Jersey.
"We've made a lot of progress," Jamaica coach Theodore Whitmore said. "Most of the guys have been working for a year now, a good bunch, disciplined. What we got today and in this tournament was the ball possession because we tend to give away the ball a lot. We can see a difference in our ball possession."
Capitalizing on open space granted by Honduras, Johnson hit a hard drive in the 36th minute from 25 meters that caromed off the off the crossbar and then Valladares' back before trickling into the goal.
"It was probably one of the strangest, but it's a goal," Johnson said. "We did the best thing, which was get the clean sheet. We haven't been scored on so far and I'm really happy about that."
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