00:00 TNT will have to do as they perfect things ahead of their played match against Canada
00:21 later this month.
00:22 This after they fell to Alwondo, defeated Jamaica in the first of two warm-up matches
00:26 against the men from Wood and Water.
00:29 TNT, who started five debutants, actually started the bright of the two at the Hesley
00:34 Crawford Stadium with Kaim Thomas stinging the fingers of the keeper.
00:39 Newcomer Justin Obekwu later gave a demonstration of what he could do when his header whizzed
00:44 past the upright.
00:46 And debutant Rondell Gibson again forced the Jamaican keeper into action off his free kick
00:50 as they went into the break goalless.
00:53 But Jamaica, who also gave debuts, the 14 members of their squad, were to catch TNT mapping
00:58 after the restart, 19-year-old Kaim Dixon stealing the icebreaker to separate the teams.
01:05 And Jamaica would get the better of the chances in the second period as Dixon found the side
01:09 netting from the angle.
01:12 And they really should have scored another on this sequence but Christopher Bighead came
01:17 up trumps when it mattered most.
01:19 It did matter as one goal was all that was needed as they took the first encounter 1-0.
01:25 I'll talk about heads high, kill them with no, as coach Angus Eve was not discouraged
01:30 despite giving away what he called a sloppy goal.
01:34 I wasn't disappointed at all actually.
01:36 We had a lot of players out there who played at this level for the very, very first time
01:41 and I thought that they acquitted themselves very well and we were in the game for the
01:44 most part and we gave away a sloppy goal and that's the difference in the game.
01:50 All the teams will meet again on Sunday in a second practice match at the Larry Gomes
01:54 Stadium and Eve explained the objective is to give exposure to more players.
01:59 To give people exposure, I realize we made minimum amount of changes because we wanted
02:03 to expose the guys as much as possible.
02:05 Young Burns and these guys would have never played at this level before so this is a good
02:09 exercise for them to understand the pace of the game going forward and then to give the
02:13 guys who are more established a run out in going into the playoff tournament.
02:18 One player happy to be given another chance is defender Josiah Trimmingham.
02:22 The Montego Bay FC player admits having first-hand knowledge of the Jamaican league and players
02:27 and was happy for the contest.
02:29 I thought it was a great exercise for the local based players.
02:33 Jamaica is a good team and the team that they put together was really interesting to come
02:38 up against.
02:39 Not a bad result.
02:40 We didn't capitalize on our chances which was one of them and we gave up one at the
02:44 end.
02:45 It's all a part of the game.
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