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Canada crush Ja's Under-17s 3-0
BY SEAN A WILLIAMS Assistant Sports Editor
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Jamaica's dream of playing in the Under-17 World Cup in the summer suffered a serious blow when they went crashing to Canada 3-0 at the National Stadium last night.
Daniel Tannous stunned the Young Reggae Boyz in the sixth minute, followed by strikes from Jarek Whiteman in the 42nd and William Hyde in the 83rd.
Jamaica's Kenniel Hyde (left) challenges Canada's Daniel Tannous (centre) and William Hyde at the National Stadium last night. Canada won 3-0. (Photos: Garfield Robinson)
The defeat pushed Jamaica to the bottom of the table of the five-team CONCACAF Under-17 World Cup qualifying tournament.
Canada accelerated to an early lead when Daniel Tannous rose gracefully to direct a glancing header past goalkeeper Oneil Wilson after being served by an outswinging cross from the left side.
Jamaica offered no immeadiate response to the early goal. Instead they struggled to lift their game making one bad pass after another.
In the 30th minute, the organised Canadian unit almost doubled the scored when Kyle Porter's firmly struck shot from 18 yards crashed violently into the crossbar.
And less than a minute later, the Canadians were on the attack again against an indecisive Jamaican defence, but goalkeeper Wilson did a good job in keeping Olivier Lacoste Lebuis 25-yard screamer out of the goal.
The North Americans, fluent and direct, went two goals up in the 42nd minute when Jarek Whiteman powered a low shot after goalie Wilson spilled Lacoste-Lebuis initial strike from outside the area.
But Jamaica had their moments in the first half. In the 16th minute, Marion Boothe was release down the right by Kenniel Hyde, but the latter's auspicious shot from the edge of the 18-yard box flew over the frame.
Though few and far between, Jamaica had another fair chance to register, but John-Ross Doyley's 38th minute grounder, which the keeper could not hold on to, could not find a friendly boot.
Though they were cleary behind the Canadians in all departments, the Young Boyz, game went up a notch in the second half.
Shortly after the interval, Hyde had a powerful shot which slammed into the horizontal. And in the 79th minute, a good-looking move by the Jamaicans almost produced a goal, but Hyde's picture-perfect right-sided cross was headed into the waiting hands of the Canadian goalkeeper.
But the Canadian bombardment continued throughout and were it not for poor finishing and good goalkeeping at times by Wilson, the visitors could have scored more goals before they actually got their third.
And goal number three came as the game fizzled. William Hyde, small in statue but quick of feet, outran the Jamaican backline to send a low, powerful shot from just inside the penalty area to beat the Jamaican custodian at his near post.
Jamaica will next play on Wednesday where they will face Costa Rica, while Canada face tournament favourites, the USA.
Jamaica - Oneil Wilson, Christopher Banner (Christopher Waugh 73rd), Andre Steele (McKauly Tulloch 70th), Kenniel Hyde, Marion Boothe (Yannick Salmon 45th), Dever Orgill, Adrian Christian, John-Ross Doyley, Damaine Thompson, Kabari Palmer, Shamari Brown.
Subs not used: P Kafach, A Blake, S Brown, N Mais
Booked: Brown (88th)
Canada - Greg Smith, Daniel Tannous, Olivier Lacoste Lebuis, Adam Straith, Devin Gunenc, Jarek Whiteman (Marcus Jonstone 83rd, Randy Edwini-Bonsu (Oleksandr Semenets 62nd), Kyle Porter, William Hyde, Mohammed Sylla, Julien Latendresse-Levesque.
Subs not used: A Street, P Davies, G Dosanjh, C Parenteam-Michon, C Carrie, E Leal
Booked: None
Referee: Luiz Rodriguez (Panama)
Assistants: Dion Innis, Juan Zumba (El Salvador)
Fourth Official: Elmar Bonilla
Match Commissary: Hector Canchola
Referee Inspector: Lisle Austin
BY SEAN A WILLIAMS Assistant Sports Editor
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Jamaica's dream of playing in the Under-17 World Cup in the summer suffered a serious blow when they went crashing to Canada 3-0 at the National Stadium last night.
Daniel Tannous stunned the Young Reggae Boyz in the sixth minute, followed by strikes from Jarek Whiteman in the 42nd and William Hyde in the 83rd.
Jamaica's Kenniel Hyde (left) challenges Canada's Daniel Tannous (centre) and William Hyde at the National Stadium last night. Canada won 3-0. (Photos: Garfield Robinson)
The defeat pushed Jamaica to the bottom of the table of the five-team CONCACAF Under-17 World Cup qualifying tournament.
Canada accelerated to an early lead when Daniel Tannous rose gracefully to direct a glancing header past goalkeeper Oneil Wilson after being served by an outswinging cross from the left side.
Jamaica offered no immeadiate response to the early goal. Instead they struggled to lift their game making one bad pass after another.
In the 30th minute, the organised Canadian unit almost doubled the scored when Kyle Porter's firmly struck shot from 18 yards crashed violently into the crossbar.
And less than a minute later, the Canadians were on the attack again against an indecisive Jamaican defence, but goalkeeper Wilson did a good job in keeping Olivier Lacoste Lebuis 25-yard screamer out of the goal.
The North Americans, fluent and direct, went two goals up in the 42nd minute when Jarek Whiteman powered a low shot after goalie Wilson spilled Lacoste-Lebuis initial strike from outside the area.
But Jamaica had their moments in the first half. In the 16th minute, Marion Boothe was release down the right by Kenniel Hyde, but the latter's auspicious shot from the edge of the 18-yard box flew over the frame.
Though few and far between, Jamaica had another fair chance to register, but John-Ross Doyley's 38th minute grounder, which the keeper could not hold on to, could not find a friendly boot.
Though they were cleary behind the Canadians in all departments, the Young Boyz, game went up a notch in the second half.
Shortly after the interval, Hyde had a powerful shot which slammed into the horizontal. And in the 79th minute, a good-looking move by the Jamaicans almost produced a goal, but Hyde's picture-perfect right-sided cross was headed into the waiting hands of the Canadian goalkeeper.
But the Canadian bombardment continued throughout and were it not for poor finishing and good goalkeeping at times by Wilson, the visitors could have scored more goals before they actually got their third.
And goal number three came as the game fizzled. William Hyde, small in statue but quick of feet, outran the Jamaican backline to send a low, powerful shot from just inside the penalty area to beat the Jamaican custodian at his near post.
Jamaica will next play on Wednesday where they will face Costa Rica, while Canada face tournament favourites, the USA.
Jamaica - Oneil Wilson, Christopher Banner (Christopher Waugh 73rd), Andre Steele (McKauly Tulloch 70th), Kenniel Hyde, Marion Boothe (Yannick Salmon 45th), Dever Orgill, Adrian Christian, John-Ross Doyley, Damaine Thompson, Kabari Palmer, Shamari Brown.
Subs not used: P Kafach, A Blake, S Brown, N Mais
Booked: Brown (88th)
Canada - Greg Smith, Daniel Tannous, Olivier Lacoste Lebuis, Adam Straith, Devin Gunenc, Jarek Whiteman (Marcus Jonstone 83rd, Randy Edwini-Bonsu (Oleksandr Semenets 62nd), Kyle Porter, William Hyde, Mohammed Sylla, Julien Latendresse-Levesque.
Subs not used: A Street, P Davies, G Dosanjh, C Parenteam-Michon, C Carrie, E Leal
Booked: None
Referee: Luiz Rodriguez (Panama)
Assistants: Dion Innis, Juan Zumba (El Salvador)
Fourth Official: Elmar Bonilla
Match Commissary: Hector Canchola
Referee Inspector: Lisle Austin