Reggae Boyz Banking on Away Form to Beat USA
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Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz will play against USA Monday night in St. Louis, Missouri, in the second leg of their Concacaf Nations League quarterfinal encounter, after losing the first leg 1-0 at the National Stadium in Jamaica.
Jamaica will need to score two goals or more and win the game to advance to the next round.
The match will be kicking off at 8 PM JA time, with multiple changes expected to the previous starting 11, however, head coach Steve McClaren, in a press conference on Sunday hinted at using the same formation/tactics as last game because he was pleased with some periods of the game.
Midfielder Ravel Morrison is set to return to the Jamaica national team after being out for more than a year. Di’Shon Joel Bernard of EFL Championship club Sheffield Wednesday will also return to the team to replace defender Mason Holgate.
Leon Bailey was also present at Sunday’s press conference and he thanked the many Jamaican supporters who turned up for the match in Kingston and expressed regret at not being able to produce a positive result as repayment for their support.
Jamaica has 6 wins and 1 draw in the last 7 games as it relates to their away form. “We have been solid, defended well… there is resilience in this team… i want to see that tomorrow, the resilience, the work rate… that’s what we been doing away from home, we have to do it tomorrow,” he said before outlining that multiple players in the squad are game-winners.
On the other hand, Jamaica’s home form has been poor, having win only 1 match in the last 5 home games.
Jamaica Predicted Starting 11 vs USA on Monday
Jamaica’s predicted starting XI vs The United States by Yardhype includes goalkeeper-captain Andrew Blake, Dexter Lembikisa, Amari’i Kyren Bell, Damion Onandi Lowe, Di’Shon Joel Bernard, Gregory Alex Leigh, Joel Owen Latibeaudiere, Kasey Remel Palmer, Renado Cephas, Leon Bailey, Shamar Amaro Nicholson.
Over the past 36 years, the Reggae Boyz only beat the USA 3 times out of 34 competitive matches played. America won an impressive 21 of the matches, while 10 of the matches ended in a draw.
The USA have won all 3 Nations League tournament so far.
Check out the full press match conference below:
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