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The Reggae Boyz Year In Review '99 JANUARY Jamaica's Under-17 footballers lost three games and drew one on tour, in Brazil's Rio de Janeiro Cup. This was in preparation for the CONCACAF Under-17 final Youth World Cup qualifying tournament at Jarrett park, Montego Bay Feb. 24-28. Theodore Whitmore, scorer of two goals for Jamaica in the World Cup finals tournament in France, and striker Walter Boyd visit China for a one-week tryout with a leading clubs in Shanghai. Jamaica's Under 20 footballers fell short in their bid to qualify for the U-20 Youth World Cup, losing to Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras. FEBRUARY Jamaica and Costa Rica play to 1-1 tie. The Reggae Boyz started their 1999 season by playing to a 1-1 tie at the against Costa Rica at Jamaica's National Stadium (the Office). Deon Burton came on as a substitute in the second half scored the equalizer in the 83rd minute. Jamaica now has an unbeaten 37 game at the National Stadium. In the Under 17 Youth World Cup CONCACAF qualifying competition, Jamaica defeated Honduras 1-0 and Costa Rica 2-0 to take an early lead in their group.The United States defeated Honduras 3-0 and played played to a 2-2 tie with Costa Rica. The winner of this round will automatically qualify for a spot in New Zealand, and the runner up will meet the second place team in the other CONCACAF qualifying group for the final spot. Costa Rica Trash Jamaica 9-0 Jamaica suffered a humiliating 9-0 trashing from Costa Rica in their return game in San Jose. This was the worst defeat for the Reggae Boyz in over five years. Jamaica was playing without their English based players MARCH Jamaica U17 Boys advance to U17 World Cup The Under 17 Youth World Cup CONCACAF qualifying competition saw Jamaica and the United States playing to a 0-0 draw, giving Jamaica the top spot in the group. Jamaica now becomes the first English speaking Caribbean team to advance to the finals. Jamaica's Reggae Boyz Second in Four Nation Tournament Playing without many of their world cup starters, Jamaica played strong to finish second in the Copa Guatemala International football tournament. Jamaica drew a hard fought first game against Bolivia 0-0. With only four of their regular starters the new look Jamaica team gave the more experienced Bolivian team a lot of trouble. Jamaica' keeper Aron Lawrence saved a penalty while Jamaica missed one of their own. APRIL U 17 TEAM DEFEATED IN TOURNAMENT The young "Reggae Boyz" finished bottom of the standings in a four-nation tournament, which included Mexico, the United States Jamaica and Morocco. The young Jamaicans, who qualified for the FIFA under-17 world youth championship, lost 1-0 to the USA, 5-0 to Mexico and 1-0 to Morocco. JAMAICA DEFEAT PARAGUAY 3-0 Jamaica's Reggae Boyz extended their undefeated run at the National Stadium in Jamaica to 37 games as they defeated 1998 World Cup Qualifer Paraguay 3-0. This win was sweet revenge for the Boyz who recently lost 3-1 to Paraguay in the Copa Guatemala International football tournament in Guatelama. The second half saw new Reggae Boyz David Johnson striker of Ipswitch score in his first game at the stadium to give Jamaica a convincing 3-0 win. MAY CARL BROWN REPLACED Two time Caribbean Cup winning coach Carl Brown was replaced as Jamaica's head coach by Wendel Downswell, who was currently training the under 23 team. Coach Carl Brown lashed out at the Jamaica Football Federation stating he was slowly pushed from the program. SOUTH AFRICA & JAMAICA TIE 1-1 Theodore Whitmore scored to keep Jamaica's unbeaten record at home when they held South Africa to a 1-1 scoreline at the National Stadium. Playing in wet and scrappy conditions the Reggae Boyz played an exciting and entertaining game but failed to capitalize on their early chances JAMAICA WIN 1-0 OVER WEST BROMWICH ALBION MAY 24 Jamaica's Marcus Gayle scored the only goal in the 52nd minute to give the Reggae Boyz a 1-0 win over a West Bromwich's team that included former stalwarts Bryan Robson and John Barnes. NORWAY 6, JAMAICA 0 Norway destroyed Jamaica's Reggae Boyz 6-0 in a friendly soccer game at the Ulleval stadium in Norway. Striker Tore Andre Flo scored twice for Norway. JUNE Jamaica falls 1-0 to T&T in Copa Caribe football Trinidad and Tobago captured the Copa Caribe championship Trinidad and Tobago defeated defending champions Jamaica 1-0 in their Group "A" Copa Caribe football match at the Hasely Crawford Stadium JULY REGGAE BOYZ DEFEAT SAUDI ARABIA IN FIRST OF TWO GAMES The Reggae Boyz defeated Saudi Arabia 2-1 in the first of two games at the San Bernadino Blaste Stadium in Los Angeles, California. SAUDI ARABIA DEFEAT JAMAICA The Reggae Boyz lost their second game against Saudi Arabia 4-0 on Thursday July 15. JAMAICA FOOTBALL FEDERATION PRESIDENT'S SON SHOT DEAD The son of Jamaica Football Federation President Captain Horace Burrell, 19 year old Tajh Burrell and a friend 22 year old Jason Byles were shot in the Liguanea area of St. Andrew USA STOPS JAMAICA Jamaica's Under 23 soccer team suffered its first loss of the Pan American Games when they were defeated 2-1 by the USA. AUGUST COACHES REQUIRED TO BE CERTIFIED A number of new regulations have been put in place by the JFF for the new Craven 'A' National Premier League season. Coaches are now required to have a minimum of a Level Two coaching certificate to be the coach of a Premier league team. GHANA: Ghana's Black Stars rounded off the activities of this year's PANAFEST on a joyous note as they beat the Reggae Boyz of Jamaica 2-1 in an international friendly football match played at the Accra Sports Stadium for the PANAFEST trophy. SEPTEMBER JAMAICA FALLS TO CANADA The Reggae Boyz suffered a 1-0 loss to Canada in a friendly international at the Varsity Stadium in Toronto JAMAICA USA DRAW Jamaica's Reggae Boyz played to a 2-2 draw against the United States in an international soccer friendly at the National Stadium. The match was the 41st straight game that Jamaica played at home without a loss. WALTER BOYD GETS CONTRACT Bad boy Walter Boyd signs with 3rd division Swansea City. OCTOBER WHITMORE AND GOODISON GETS CONTRACT WITH HULL CITY Jamaican World Cup stars Theodore Whitmore and Ian Goodison. Tigers boss Warren Joyce reached an agreement with the players' agent within an hour of watching the duo star for City's reserve side against Chesterfield BOYD SCORES 2 GOALS IN DEBUT Jamaica striker Walter "Black Pearl" Boyd made a sensational start to the English Third Division by scoring 2 goals as Swansea defeated Rotherham United 2 - 0 at Vetch Field. REGGAE BOYZ DEFEATS CAYMAN ISLANDS The Reggae Boyz defeated the Cayman Islands 4-1 at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in Grand Cayman. NOVEMBER FEUD BETWEEN SIMOES AND SKILL COLE Technical director, Rene Simoes, and Jamaica's football legend Allan "Skill" Cole, almost came to a fight at the National Stadium. The incident started when Simoes questioned why Jamaica's new sensation Ricardo Fuller was doing power training (weight lifting) unsupervised by a professional and not at his club's training. U-17 MAKES EARLY EXIT Nov 17 Jamaica's U-17 football team made an early exit from the Youth World Cup in New Zealand losing all their games. BOYD MAKES RECORD HEADLINES Walter Boyd again made sensational headlines. This time not for his great ball handling skills but for what is called "the fastest red card ever recorded". DECEMBER RICARDO FULLER GETS TWO MONTHS SUSPENSION Jamaica's and Tivoli Gardens forward Ricardo Fuller has been given a two months suspension and fined $30,000 by the Jamaica Football Frederation (JFF) and was also made accountable for the medical expenses of Wadadah defender, Garfield Brown. FULLER MAKES CHARLTON DEBUT Jamaican centre-forward Ricardo Fuller had a good debut for Charlton Athletic with a beautifully headed goal gaving Athletic Reserves at 2-1 victory over Southampton Reserves in FA Premier Reserve League. CHELSEA BURIES HULL Jamaican internationals, Theodore Whitmore and Ian Goodison were impressive for third division Hull City against Premier League club Chelsea. Whitmore was named Man-Of-The-Match SIMOES MAY FACE PAYCUT Technical Director Rene Simones is facing a possible paycut according to recent reports from Jamaica. STRONG SQUAD NAMED BY THE JFF A strong 35-man squad was named by the JFF in preparations for the CONCACAF Gold Cup in February, the Olympic qualifiers to be held in Mexico and the World Cup qualifiers that will begin in October next year. thereggaeboyz.com The Reggaeboyz 1999 Schedule FEB.10.99 Costa Rica (Kingston, Jamaica) Result: Jamaica 1 v Costa Rica 1 FEB.24.99 Costa Rica (San Jose) Result: Costa Rica 9 v Jamaica 1 MAR. 05 & 07.99 Round robin against Paraguay, Bolivia, and host Guatemala (Guatemala City). Results: Jamaica 0 v Bolivia 0 Paraguay 3 v Jamaica 1 Jamaica 4 v Guatemala 1 APRIL Paraguay (Kingston, Jamaica) Result: Jamaica 3 v Paraguay 0 MAY.09.99 South Africa (Kingston) Result: Jamaica 1 v South Africa 1 MAY.20.99 Norway (Oslo) Result: Norway 6 v Jamaica 0 MAY.23.99 English Club (TBA) England Result: Jamaica 1 v West Bromwich 0 MAY.27.99 Sweden (Stockholm) Result: Sweden 2 v Jamaica 1 JULY 13 & 15.99 Saudia Arabia (CAL State University) Result: Jamaica 2 v Saudia Arabia 1 Saudia Arabia 4 v Jamaica 0 AUG.07.99 Ghana Results: Ghana 2 v Jamaica 1 Jamaica 1v Kotoko 1 SEPT.2.99 Canada, Toronto Result: Jamaica 1 v Canada 2 SEPT. 8.99 USA, ( National Stadium) Result: Jamaica 2 v USA 2 OCT 10.99 Trinidad and Tobago ( National Stadium) OCT.24.99 Cayman Islands, Jamaica 4 v Cayman 1		News International News ReggaeBoyz Forum Guestbook NPL Teams English Connection World Cup 98 Recommended Links Recommended Reading Advertising Merchandise Schedule Free Banner Swap Free Banner Swap
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