{"id":19826,"date":"2024-05-27T18:09:30","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T18:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19826"},"modified":"2024-05-27T18:09:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T18:09:32","slug":"golden-jags-end-winless-in-port-of-spain-friendly-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/golden-jags-end-winless-in-port-of-spain-friendly-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Jags End Winless in Port of Spain Friendly Matches"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>By Eric Collymore<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana senior men\u2019s football team, known as the Golden Jags, concluded their international friendly matches in Port of Spain without securing a win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team lost 2-0 to the Trinidad and Tobago Soca Warriors on Wednesday night, marking the end of their two-match series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite hopes for a positive finish after their 2-1 loss on Monday, the Golden Jags were unable to convert their efforts into goals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both teams attacked vigorously in the first half but failed to score. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Soca Warriors missed an early second-half opportunity when Duane Muckette\u2019s header went wide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The breakthrough for Trinidad and Tobago came in the 53rd minute due to a defensive error by the Golden Jags, allowing Michel Poon-Angeron to score. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Soca Warriors continued to press forward, and another defensive mistake by the Guyanese team in the 77th minute saw Kevon Woodley secure the second goal for Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Head Coach Jamaal Shabazz expressed disappointment with the results but noted several takeaways from the matches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the losses, Shabazz praised the team&#8217;s effort and emphasized the need for improved finishing and capitalizing on created chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Golden Jags will now focus on their upcoming World Cup qualifiers, where they will face Panama and Belize on June 6th and 11th, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Collymore The Guyana senior men\u2019s football team, known as the Golden Jags, concluded their international friendly matches in Port of Spain without securing a win. The team lost&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19827,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19826"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19828,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19826\/revisions\/19828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}