Jamaica national football team

Jamaica national football team - Factbites
Where results make sense
About us | Why use us? | Reviews | PR | Contact us

Topic: Jamaica national football team

Note: these results are not from the primary (high quality) database.

In the News (Thu 31 Dec 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Cuba national football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Cuba national football team is the national team of Cuba and is controlled by the Asociación de Fútbol de Cuba.
		Football (soccer) is not followed as strongly in Cuba as it is in many other countries, as baseball is the national sport.
		Nevertheless, the sports discipline common to Communist countries is a vital part of the team, and recent showings in the Caribbean region may signal a rise in the team's futures.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cuba_national_football_team (253 words)

	KingJams.com
		The Jamaica national senior team is in the southern Caribbean island for tomorrow's Football Confederation (FC) zone 2002 World Cup qualifying clash against the home team.
		The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), through its general secretary, Horace Reid, yesterday gave full support to the technical staff for its decision to exclude inspirational midfielder, Theodore Whitmore, from the touring party to the twin-isle republic.
		Jamaica's Reggae Boyz were in happy spirits as they completed their first training session at the Dr Joao Havalange Centre of Excellence in Trinidad yesterday.
	www.kingjams.com /news/002.asp (2104 words)

	Boston.com / Sports / Other sports / Women's pro football players eye the 'SupHer Bowl' prize
		Indeed, Cestone and her teammates play football not for luxury sports cars but for the fun of it, for the challenge of taking on a new sport played almost exclusively by men.
		The Mutiny team, which, aside from practicing in Northborough, draws several players and its entire coaching staff from the western suburbs, was formed four years ago when some players from the Providence-based New England Storm broke off to form their own franchise -- thus the team name.
		She was also on the track team at UMass-Lowell but passed up that sport as a senior to break into the women's league with the New England Storm.
	www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/articles/2004/03/14/womens_pro_football_players_eye_the_supher_bowl_prize (1128 words)

	Press Releases
		Jamaica’s Ambassador to Mexico, Vilma McNish, will be on hand for the arrival in Mexico of both the officials and the team to assist in ensuring that the visit of the Reggae Boyz proceed smoothly.
		The Government of Jamaica is concerned about the incident involving the students and the police at the Cave Hill Campus of the University of the West Indies on Tuesday, 20 March 2001.
		I wish to assure the parents of all the affected students and the people of Jamaica that this Ministry on behalf of the Government of Jamaica will be making all representations at the diplomatic level so as to ensure that our students are offered all the help they require.
	www.mfaft.gov.jm /News/press_releases_mar_01.htm (802 words)

	JAMAICA - A premier caribbean travel destination featuring the resort areas of Montego Bay, Negril, Ocho Rios, Kingston, Port Antonio and South Coast.
		KINGSTON, JAMAICA - July 7, 2005- The Reggae Boyz, Jamaica's national football team, is headed to the U.S. to compete in qualifying matches for the CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) Gold Cup.
		JAMAICA'S REGGAE BOYZ ON U.S. National Soccer Team of Jamaica to Compete in L.A. and Houston
		Jamaica is one of 12 teams, including the United States, Canada and Costa Rica that will be competing for the eight quarterfinal positions, which will take place on July 16 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts.
	www.visitjamaica.com /about_jamaica/news_general.aspx?guid=15c6ef37-ee81-4e84-98b2-722b56fc09e8 (488 words)

	old sports
		The track and field team was considered one of St. Lucia's strong points, with national champions Nessa Paul, Jineill Vite and Levern Spencer in the fold.
		With Jamaica, Francis grew used to success, and she's expecting little less of St. Lucia, whom she deems one of the most talented and difficult sides in all the region.
		She says, though, that her main goal is to improve the defensive performance of the St. Lucian team, and she's looking forward to accomplishing that before the team tips off on the 16th.
	www.slucia.com /archive/sports/old_sports_260800.html (2136 words)

	Jamaica national football team - tScholars.com
		The Jamaica national football team, or The Reggae Boyz, is the national team of Jamaica and is controlled by the Jamaica Football Federation.
		fr:Équipe de Jamaïque de football pl:Reprezentacja Jamajki w piłce nożnej pt:Seleção Jamaicana de Futebol
		Jamaica won the Caribbean Cup three times: in 1991, 1998, and 2005, and finished second twice.
	www.tscholars.com /encyclopedia/Jamaica_national_football_team (151 words)

	In Celebration of Jamaica's Achievement in International Football
		Burrell noted that Jamaica "will be fielding the strongest possible team" as the 20th of November is a FIFA date for international friendlies which makes it possible for clubs to release their players to participate for the countries.
		Craig, 22, son of the late Dennis Ziadie, a former national coach, who died in a motor vehicle accident during the 1986 World Cup Finals in Mexico, is set to follow in the footsteps of his father and two older brothers, Chris and Nick, who also represented Jamaica at football.
		According to the former national defender and captain, the sort of attitude displayed by the Reggae Boyz was needed to thwart the onslaught of the Japanese, particularly in the first half.
	www.reggaeboyz.com.jm /index111102.html (2706 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - Kelly waiting for good luck - Monday October 7, 2002
		AT 19 YEARS-OLD Keith Kelly is one of the youngest players in consideration for Jamaica's national football team and is seen as one of the brightest Jamaican talents.
		He was a key member of Jamaica's historic Under-20 team, which qualified for the 2001 World Cup in Argentina and was expected to shepherd a team with five other returning players into the next Under-20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates.
		For me I want to play first team football and if they are not signing me pro or putting me in the first team - well if there is something better out there I will go but if there is nothing better I will stay.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20021007/sports/sports2.html (1092 words)

	BBC News Americas Football killings rock Jamaica
		There has been another shooting in Jamaica with links to the national football team, nicknamed the Reggae Boyz.
		The 19-year-old son of Horace Burrell, president of Jamaican football's governing body, was shot dead along with a friend by unidentified attackers, after they parked their car in a district of Kingston.
		The team's nutritionist, Heather Little White, was shot three weeks ago while visiting a friend in a Kingston suburb and has been left paralysed.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/americas/404981.stm (304 words)

	Jamaica Information Service
		Jamaica's national football team (known as the Reggae Boys), created history when they qualified for World Cup 1998.
		Jamaica's track and field athletes are acknowledged to be among the best in the world.
		Courtney Walsh, former Jamaica, West Indies and Gloucesteshire captain is presently the leading wicket taker in West Indies Cricket history.
	www.jis.gov.jm /sports/index.asp (795 words)

	LETTERS... LETTERS... LETTERS... LETTERS... - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Replace this with "The Jamaica National (Football) Team".
		A foreign national like Ruud Gullit would be contracted as technical director (advisor) to guide the national coaches at all levels, and the premier league teams that supply the majority of national players.
		The team made it to France in 1998, got to the 'round of six' for World Cup 2002 and failed to make the 'round of six' for 2006.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /sports/html/20041210T230000-0500_71192_OBS_LETTERS____LETTERS____LETTERS____LETTERS____.asp (1085 words)

	rediff.com sports: Football team can reach Asiad semis: Bhutia
		Citing the match against Jamaica, on the recent tour of England, as the best India had ever played, he said the team is shaping well under coach Stephen Constantine, "who is trying different combinations and allowing players on the reserve bench the opportunity to prove themselves".
		Bhutia said the team holds much promise and should be "very good and consistent" in two years' time after getting maximum exposure at the international level.
		With only five teams participating in the women's event, the mode of competition is a one round league format where the top three teams will claim the gold, silver and bronze medals.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2002/sep/19foot.htm (460 words)

	Jamaica Defence Force Sports Football
		The JDF team dominated the game and took the lead early in the second half when defender Private Monroe, K of the 3rd Battalion The Jamaica Regiment (National Reserve) fired home a loose ball resulting from the opponents failure to clear after a sustained spell of pressure.
		The soldiers were able to stay in contention for the Kingston and St Andrew Football Association (KSAFA)/Jamaica National Building Society (JNBS) Super League title with a well earned 2-0 victory over Rockfort Football Club at Up Park Camp.
		February 2005 has been a good month for the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) Football Team.
	www.jdfmil.org /sports/football/football.html (168 words)

	People's National Party
		With his chosen area of interest being Sports Medicine, McNeil was among the team of physicians selected to attend to the National Football Team.
		The 44 year-old Westmoreland Member of Parliament (MP) for the People's National Party (PNP) was born and raised in Kingston and is one of five children born to former PNP government minister, Kenneth McNeil, and his wife, Valerie.
		McNeil was also a member of the Jamaica Boxing Board between 1994 and 1997 and chaired the Amateur Development Committee for two of those years.
	www.pnpjamaica.com /innewsmay14h.htm (874 words)

	Jamaica's Reggae Boys Coming to Belize
		On the KREM WUB (Wake Up Belize) talk show this morning representatives of Air Jamaica announced that they will make arrangements for the Jamaica National Team, the Reggae Boys, who are sponsored by Air Jamaica, to come to Belize sometime in November and challenge a Belizean Team in a friendly football match.
		This announcement is especially significant because Belize players get to test their mettle against an internationally known Football team and a chance for Belize to tie knots with another Caribbean country with a similar culture and colonial heritage, (for better or worse).
		The Caribbean coast nestled in Central America is a spectacular region with great tourism potential.” Nobles also noted that Air Jamaica will be airing in flight the BTB and their own video promos on the glories of Belize as a special tourist destination.
	belizefreepress.com /news/printer_34.shtml (526 words)

	In Celebration of Jamaica's Achievement in International Football
		PETER Cargill, assistant coach of Jamaica's national senior football team and Trelawny Football Association president, Linnel McLean, left the island yesterday for Brazil where the Reggae Boyz are scheduled to undertake a two-week training camp.
		ANOTHER overseas-based player has been invited to train with the national football team.
		He was also named to the all-state team twice in addition to being a National honour Society, played on state and regional development football teams.
	www.reggaeboyz.com.jm /index0301.html (1934 words)

	The Ultimate User:Sjorford/Football - American History Information Guide and Reference
		Ukraine - Football Federation of Ukraine - Ukraine national football team - FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - FC Dynamo Kyiv - FC Illichivets Mariupil - FC Metalurg Donetsk - FC Shakhtar Donetsk
		Football Association of Ireland - Republic of Ireland national football team - FAI Cup - FAI League Cup - The Saipan Incident
		Belarus - Football Federation of Belarus - Belarus national football team - FC BATE Borisov - FC Dinamo Minsk - FC Gomel - FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk
	www.historymania.com /american_history/User:Sjorford/Football (3597 words)

	Gleaner Honour Awards : Jamaica national football team, 1997
		chief executive officer and prodded, cajoled and inspired by a master motivator from Brazil, the Jamaica football team was the talk of world when it qualified for the World Cup in France in 1997.
		Drawn in a tough group with perennial world power Argentina, eventual semi-finalists Croatia and fellow first-timers Japan, the Boyz struggled, losing to the Europeans and South Americans before accounting for Japan in their final Group match thanks to two Goodison strikes.
		The squad has changed dramatically now and Simoes is at the helm of Trinidad and Tobago, but oh what a ride those Boyz of 1996-'97-'98 took us on.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /pages/honour/web/pastawards13.html (187 words)

	Sports : Infos on the Jamaica players set to play Super Eagles
		At twenty-six years of age, Christopher Dawes is now a veteran of the Jamaica national football team, the Reggae Boyz.
		A year in which ‘One Love,’ as he is sometimes called within Jamaican footballing circles, won Jamaica’’s Sportsman of the Year Award for almost single-handedly getting us to France.
		With Jamaica in yet another World Cup qualifying campaign, the coaching staff and fans will no doubt be looking to Deon Burton to lead their goal-scoring charge like he did in 1997.
	www.vanguardngr.com /articles/2002/sports/sp225052004.html (1165 words)

	Sports Jamaica :: Let's make a deal :: Football
		THE MUCH ANTICIPATED return of Onandi Lowe to Jamaica's national football team, following his recent acquittal on drug smuggling charges in Britain, may have hit a major snag.
		When asked at the time if he would play for Jamaica again, Lowe said he had not discussed the matter with officials or coaches of the national team.
		The striker, along with an adviser, met with Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) President Crenston Boxhill and head coach Wendell Downswell, days ago to outline the conditions under which he would rejoin the programme.
	www.sportsjamaica.com /read_article.php?id=2585 (883 words)

	University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Nebraska Notables
		FAMOUS FOOTBALL FIRST The first football coach in the nation to use game films as a method of evaluating abilities of football teams and players was Nebraska Football Coach D.X. Bible in the 1930s.
		The football team observed its 100th anniversary in 1989.
		On football Saturdays, the stadium becomes the third largest population area in the state, as 5 percent of the state's total population comes to watch.
	www.unl.edu /pr/notables/athletics.html (823 words)

	Downswell on advanced course in Paraguay - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM
		Head coach of Jamaica's national senior football team Wendell Downswell is now in Asuncion, Paraguay, to attend a 10-day advanced course put on by the Paraguayan Olympic Committee and supported by the Pan-American Olympic Solidarity.
		The former Jamaican international winger was appointed head coach of the national senior team for the second time last December, following the exit of the Reggae Boyz from the CONCACAF semi-final round of the 2006 World Cup qualifying campaign.
		The course, which is confined to national coaches with top-level qualification only, will update coaches on the new theories of the game; enhance the professionalism of coaches who have to work with high-quality players; and improve technical exchange between coaches in North, Central and South America.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /sports/html/20050404T220000-0500_78133_OBS_DOWNSWELL_ON_ADVANCED_COURSE_IN_PARAGUAY.asp (219 words)

	The Reggae Boyz, Jamaica Football and more
		The Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), has announced that Jamaica and England will face each other leading up to the World Cup in an International friendly at the Wembley Stadium.
		The following is the address by President Crenston Boxhill at the Press Conference held on January 6, 2006 at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel to announce the international friendly between Jamaica and England.....
		Records indicates that football (soccer) was introduced in Jamaica towards the end of the 19th century and 1893 is believed to be the year Jamaica formed it's first football club.
	www.thereggaeboyz.com (540 words)

	Caribbean Net News: Jamaica
		PARAMARIBO, Suriname: Jamaica’s defending national football league champions, Portmore United FC, rebounded from a one-goal first-leg deficit to clobber Suriname home side, SV Robinhood, 4-0 in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Champions Cup at the Andre Kamperveen Stadium on Sunday...
		LONDON, England: Jamaica's Damien Francis could be heading back into the top flight of the English Premier League this season after newly promoted team Wigan Athletic settled a signing fee with his current club Norwich City on Saturday...
		KINGSTON, Jamaica: Jamaica has pledged to assist its CARICOM counterparts in their development of e-readiness and e-governance programmes, having been ranked as the leading English-speaking Caribbean country in e-readiness by the 2005 survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) of the Economist Magazine...
	www.caribbeannetnews.com /jamaica/jamaica.htm (3707 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly Features Paying for air
		It wasn't the coffee which drew them in droves; it was the football match between Egypt's U-20 national football team and Jamaica in the Youth World Cup being played in Argentina -- a match being exclusively televised on the private satellite TV network, Arab Radio and Television (ART).
		In spite of a frustrating and scoreless tie between Egypt and the little-fancied Jamaican team, public venues nationwide lucky enough to have an ART subscription were inundated with crowds of zealous Egyptian football fans.
		With the World Cup looming next summer, football fans will be forced to dig even deeper into their pockets to be able to watch the game.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2001/544/fe2.htm (1225 words)

	FIFA Magazine - February 1996
		Perhaps the most significant reason for Jamaica's arrival on the world scene was the hiring of Rene Simoes as the national coach in October 1994.
		This made them the fourth best Concacaf team, behind Mexico, USA and Honduras, and 40 places higher than they were a year earlier - a proud record for which the Jamaican association was honoured in Milan in January as "best mover of the year".
		Not only has his influence touched the national team, but also the National Premier League.
	www.fifa.com /fifa/pub/magazine/fm2-96.5.html (1053 words)

	New Page 1
		§ At the moment, the JFF is the nucleus of the football movement in Jamaica and the main organizer of all the activities of the national teams.
		To promote and develop the game of football in Jamaica in every way, and through the game of football develop national pride, unity and culture.
		§ The National Football Programme takes special care of the junior teams in order to prepare the foundation for strong future senior teams.
	www.jamaicafootballfederation.com /jff.htm (373 words)

	:: Reggae Boyz Supporters Club ::
		FITZROY SIMPSON was one of four players to break new ground in June 1997 when he along with Paul Hall, Deon Burton and Dwight Marshall paid their way from England to try out for Jamaica's national football team.
		Simpson follows the progress of the national team in an almost religious fashion and has even prepared a plan for the future.
		Once these players are identified Simpson said he would focus on getting them to develop 'the strong mentality it takes to play for Jamaica, to have the sense of unity and team spirit evident in the 1998 World Cup campaign as well as the pride and passion to wear the jersey'.
	www.reggaeboyzsc.com /articles.aspx?id=839 (813 words)

	The Jamaica Star - Get the latest on Jamaica Entertainment
		THE JAMAICA NATIONAL Football team comprising the locally based members, had to come from behind to earn a 1-1 draw with a St. Ann parish team in a friendly football match at Drax Hall on Sunday.
		STATE MINISTER FITZ Jackson yesterday described the scheduling of what should have been the ceremonial opening of Caymanas Park divestment bids as "a total mix-up", saying the two proposals were already opened...
		FORMER two-time champion jockey Joe Buchanan should roll back the years tomorrow afternoon by posting a double with ROYAL MATTERS in the first of 10 races...
	jamaica-star.com /thestar/20040713/sports (188 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)

Topic: Jamaica national football team

Ads by Google

Related Topics

In the News (Thu 31 Dec 09)