Costa Rica blank Young Boyz 3-0

Jamaica's Under-20 Reggae Boyz produced another dismal display in the Concacaf Men's Under-20 Championships in the Estadio Miguel Aleman in Mexico last night and went down 3-0 to Group A rivals Costa Rica.

With a minus 12 goal difference after two defeats, they had earlier lost 9-0 to the United States, the Young Boyz have only a very slim chance of advancing to the quarterfinals of the competition. They must now defeat Cuba in their final match on Thursday and hope that other results go in their favour. The top two teams in each of three groups will advance to the quarterfinals along with the two best third-place teams.

Claudio Montero opened the scoring with a 51st minute penalty, before Andy Rojas (67th and 83rd) added a brace, all in the second half, to put the 'Ticos' in the driver's seat to claim one of the two automatic qualifying spots, along with the USA, from Group A.

The Costa Ricans dominated possession early in the match and pushed Jamaica on the backfoot and created at least three clear-cut chances which the Central Americans should have put away, but they failed to even get on the score sheet before the halftime break.

Despite struggling to put their game together, Jamaica had a chance of their own midway the half but could not take advantage.

Costa Rica continued to have the better of play after the break and the Jamaica's resistance was eventually broken in the 51st minute. A Costa Rican forward was fouled in the box and Montero fired home the resulting penalty to put the 'Ticos' in front.

Montero almost added a second on the hour mark but his effort was cleared off the line.

Costa Rica took full control of the match when they doubled their lead in the 67th minute through Rojas' low strike.

The Jamaicans' night then went from bad to worse, as Makai Welch was shown a red card in the 71st minute after exchanging words with the referee.

The young Boyz continued to make inexplicable mistakes as the game drew to a close and Rojas eventually made it 3-0 when he volleyed home a Walter Ramirez cross from six yards.

The result left Costa Rica on four points and Jamaica remained at the foot of the standings without a point.