Members of the 1998 Reggae Boyz team.
“Just like us in ’97. It all came down to the last home game.”
With those words, Deon Burton, the sharpshooter who became a hero during Jamaica’s first World Cup qualification, offered a moment of reflection and belief as the Reggae Boyz approach their own decisive match on Tuesday.
“I’m confident in the Boyz to get the job done,” he said, recalling the pressure and pride of the campaign in which he scored four goals in five matches and was named Jamaica’s Sportsman of the Year for 1997.
Nearly three decades after that unforgettable journey, Jamaica again st
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