The third round of Concacaf qualifying for the FIFA World Cup 26™ continued on Friday with Jamaica sending a message to all of the teams in Group B with a commanding win in Bermuda.
The Reggae Boyz will await the results of the group’s other match later between Curaçao and Trinidad and Tobago. Meanwhile, Group C also gets going on the night with Haiti taking on Honduras and Nicaragua hosting Costa Rica.
How qualifying works
In the third round of Concacaf qualifying, the group winners will qualify for the FIFA World Cup, joining hosts Canada, Mexico, and the USA. Additionally, the best two runners-up will represent Concacaf in the FIFA Play-off Tournament™. In total, the Concacaf region could have up to eight teams at the FIFA World Cup for the first time.
Group B
Jamaica goals: Damion Lowe (6), Renaldo Cephas (26), Kasey Palmer (58), Shamar Nicholson (90)
Jamaica’s World Cup quest got off to a great start with a decisive win away against Bermuda in North Shore Village. Steve McClaren’s men were in fine form early on, as Bermuda failed to clear a corner kick and Damion Lowe fired home for the opener.
The Reggae Boyz weren’t satisfied with just one and doubled their advantage when Renaldo Cephas surged into the Bermuda area from his own half, shook off two defenders and hammered in a shot.
Bermuda were better to start the second half and troubled the Jamaican defence, namely through Kane Crichlow, whose open look at goal forced a last-gasp block. The visitors withstood the Bermuda burst and countered with their third of the night, as Kasey Palmer struck from outside the area. Shamar Nicholson then finished things off with a powerful header off a corner kick in stoppage time.
To come.
Group C
To come.
To come.
What they said…
“Scoring the first goal settled us down a little bit. Credit to Bermuda, they kept playing football and kept creating their opportunities, which we had to defend very well and we did. It was a very professional performance. We talked about a clean sheet, we got that. And we move on.”
Jamaica head coach Steve McClaren
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Photo courtesy of Jamaican Football Federation
