Reggae Boyz book Nations League quarter-final spot after dull Honduras draw

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz booked a spot in the quarter-finals of the Concacaf Nations League on Monday with a dull 0-0 draw against Honduras at the National Stadium in Kingston that was enough to make them top Group B in League A.

Jamaica, who won their last two games after an opening draw against Cuba, ended the round on eight points and will advance to the next round set for November.

Honduras were second on seven points, followed by Trinidad and Tobago on five points and Nicaragua on four, rounding out the top four.

The game was played at a pedestrian pace for most of the game, except late in the second half when substitutes Renaldo Cephas and Kaheim Dixon were introduced.

Once again goalkeeper Andre Blake was equal to whatever the opposition were able to offer and he made a few good stops, mostly in the second half.

-Paul A Reid