US EditionEx-Derby Boss Quits and Left in Tears as Former Jamaica Star Blasts Tactics
Steve McClaren resigned after a 0-0 draw with Curacao ended Jamaica's automatic World Cup qualification hopes; Jamaica will pursue a spot via intercontinental play-offs.
- Last month, Steve McClaren resigned as Jamaica manager just hours after a 0-0 draw with Curacao that dented their automatic qualification hopes, with Curacao topping Group B.
- Needing a win to qualify, Jamaica faced Curacao in their final qualifying match, having lost just one of their 10 games but been hampered by their prior 2-0 defeat last month.
- Hitting the woodwork three times, Jamaica were still held to a goalless draw at the National Stadium, Kingston, in a match Steve McClaren, head coach, called the biggest in many years.
- Jamaica can still reach the World Cup via March's intercontinental play-offs against teams such as DR Congo or Iraq, but Steve McClaren confirmed he will not be involved in any potential play-off campaign.
- As a former England manager who missed Euro 2008, McClaren's exit adds pressure on Jamaica's leadership as they face tactical choices before the March intercontinental play-offs for the 2026 World Cup.
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Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — England’s former coach, Steve McClaren, resigned as a Jamaican technician after his “Reggae Boyz” tied 0-0 with Curacao and failed to qualify directly for the 2026 World Cup. The result meant that Curacao headed Group B in the CONCACAF area. By qualifying the tournament for the first time in its history, he became the smallest nation by population to achieve it. He joins the CONCACAF Panama and Haiti tea…
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The president of the Jamaica Football Federation, Michael Ricketts, has delivered a brutal verdict on Steve McClaren’s latest international failure, describing the former England manager as “not such a good replacement” after Jamaica’s humiliating World Cup qualifying collapse at home to Curaçao.The Reggae Boyz will have to go through the play-offs following their inability to qualify for the tournament automatically, with McClaren quitting his …
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