My thoughts on…the Soca Warriors’ World Cup journey
It’s official. The Soca Warriors’ road to the World Cup met a dead end when they lost 2-0 to Paraguay yesterday. Although they didn’t score a single goal in any of their matches, they brought back respectability to Caribbean football with their stellar performances, respectability which was first gained when the Reggae Boyz first qualified for the World Cup in 1998.
When they first qualified, I never expected them to last even 30 minutes in a World cup match. I now realize that I was a little jealous because the Reggae Boyz didn’t qualify, and if my team didn’t qualify, then no other Caribbean team should. But now I’ve changed my tune. They played excellently against England, holding off their attacks until the last five minutes of the match. Not bad for a bunch of first timers. Their performance against Paraguay wasn’t as impressive, but they still played well. They held their own against teams that would have crushed the Reggae Boyz, and as much as it pains me to say it, the Soca Warriors have outclassed the Reggae Boyz.
No doubt overseas clubs will be eyeing some of their players, given their performance. I hope they don’t sell out like most of the Reggae Boyz did. I also hope that the performance of the Soca Warriors will humble those arrogant Reggae Boyz and help them to pull up their socks. If all goes well, who knows? Maybe both teams can qualify for the next World Cup. Until then, congrats Soca Warriors. You made the Caribbean proud.
Becuase you seem like a real fan, I’m going to pass along a link I found. Apparently this company, JUMPTV is GIVING AWAY A TRIP TO THE WORLD CUP! (http://www2.jumptv.com/landingpages/sweepstakes.htm?ref=e_b_worldcup_%20nMark)
They are flying a winner and guest to Berlin or the final match and giving them cash too. The company is legit as I found some news articles about it on the web. They have a bunch of blogs that have more info: http://jumptv.typepad.com/asia/, http://jumptv.typepad.com/africa/,http://jumptv.typepad.com/europe/)
Go Soca Warriors!! I hope that in four years I will get to see the Reggae Boyz playing!
The Warriors put up a creditable performance
I agree with you. I think they did well.
They played their butts off and their country should be proud. I even wrote an article about them after their first game. Check it out. [link]http://manuelsview.blogspot.com/2006/06/what-many-americans-wouldnt-understand.html[/link]
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Whats all this about “outclassing” the Reggae Boyz?! You mean the current set, of course?! Remember this! We lost two matches when we went to the World Cup but we did WIN ONE! Also, the teams that beat us were ARGENTINA and CROATIA…. We managed to score one against Croatia and two against Japan! Croatia went to the SEMI FINALS that year, if I remember correctly! ARGENTINA were unlucky to get knocked out in the quarter finals! Not trying to take away anything from T&T because they were LARGE this year, but Jamaica did very well, thank you very much!
By the way, I am not so sure I understand what you meant by saying the Reggae boys sold out. Please clarify…
Of course I mean the current set Madbull! C’mon! The original Reggae Boyz because they decided to stay overseas with their fat paychecks instead of playing for home and country.