Heavy Defeat to Panama Sees Reggae Boyz Eliminated from Gold Cup

The Reggae Boyz were dumped from the Concacaf Gold Cup in Texas in Tuesday night.

Ismael Diaz scored a first half hat-trick for the Central Americans to beat the Reggae Boyz 4-1, ending their campaign at the tournament.

Jamaica got its consolation from defender Amari’i Bell on 27 minutes.

With the defeat, Jamaica ended the tournament third in Group C with three points, six behind Panama.

Guatemala took the other quarterfinal spot after seeing off Guadeloupe 3-2 to finish second.

This was coach Steve McCLaren’s reaction to Tuesday night’s defeat.

Steve McCLaren.