{ "title": "Canada ready for Jamaica", "modified_at": "2026-05-05 17:25:38", "published_at": "2008-11-19 09:00:00", "url": "https://news.canadasoccer.com/canada-ready-for-jamaica", "short_url": "http://prez.ly/XxFd", "culture": "en", "language": "EN", "subtitle": "For more information on this match, please visit the following fixture link. Canada will play Jamaica tonight on match-day six of CONCACAF Stage III in the the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa\u0099 Qualifiers. It will Canada\u2019s last game of the campaign after which it will be eliminated. Regardless of to\u2026", "slug": "canada-ready-for-jamaica", "body": "

For more information on this match, please visit the following fixture link.
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\u200bCanada will play Jamaica tonight on match-day six of CONCACAF Stage III in the the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa\u0099 Qualifiers. It will Canada’s last game of the campaign after which it will be eliminated. Regardless of tonight’s outcome, Canada will finish fourth in the so-called “Group of Death” and will not proceed to the CONCACAF final group in 2009.
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\u200bThe match will kickoff at 20.00 ET at the National Soccer Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. Jamaica still has an outside chance to catch second place in the group, although it will also need some good luck from the Mexico-Honduras match (which is being played simultaneously).
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\u200b\u0093They are in the competition and it looks like they are going to need goals, so I think that we can expect that they will have an offensive approach,\u0094 said Canadian coach Dale Mitchell of the Jamaicans. \u0093They will have a couple of players that weren’t involved the last time, a couple of which are playing in Premier League in Ricardo Fuller and Marlon King up front. So I think we can expect a team that is going to look to go forward and create chances.\u0094
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\u200bCanada is a younger team, although it does have nine returning players from its last game on 15 October in Edmonton. Of note, captain Paul Stalteri has already won 73 appearances for the national team, third most all time on the Canadian list.
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\u200b\u0093We have less experience, but it will be a great game for our younger players and maybe our less experienced players,\u0094 said Mitchell. \u0093It is a FIFA World Cup\u0099 Qualifier, but it’s not a game at the end of the day that is going to determine whether we move on in the competition. So in some ways, it is a good game for the younger guys to play in and get experience. The atmosphere will be terrific and I think they will all benefit from that.\u0094
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\u200bJamaica is expecting 25,000-30,000 fans for the Wednesday night match. Canada’s youngest players are Asmir Begovic, David Edgar, Simeon Jackson and Will Johnson. Begovic (2007) and Edgar (2006) are recent Canadian U-20 Players of the Year.

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\n Paulo Senra\n Chief Communications & Content Officer | Chef des communications et du contenu, Canada Soccer\n \n
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