Steve Mcclaren Quits As Jamaica Head Coach With Path To World Cup Still Open

Steve McClaren has resigned arsenic Jamaica’s caput coach aft a goalless tie pinch Curaçao ended nan team’s hopes of automatic World Cup qualification and near them successful March’s intercontinental playoffs.

Jamaica needed a triumph but deed nan woodwork 3 times successful nan 2nd half arsenic Curaçao became nan smallest country by organization to triumph a berth astatine nan World Cup finals. McClaren’s broadside vanished 2nd successful Group B of Concacaf qualifying contempt being nan favourites.

They tin still make it to nan 48-team World Cup successful Canada, Mexico and nan US but will person to spell done nan playoffs successful Mexico, which connection 2 qualification spaces. Iraq and DR Congo are the seeded teams and will beryllium joined by Jamaica, Bolivia, Suriname and New Caledonia.

“Leading this squad has been 1 of nan top honours of my profession but shot is simply a results business and coming we person fallen short of our goal, which was to suffice from this group,” McClaren, nan 64-year-old erstwhile England manager, said.

“It is nan work of nan leader to measurement forward, return accountability and make decisions successful nan champion interests of nan team. After heavy reflection and an honorable appraisal of wherever we are and wherever we request to go, I person decided to measurement down arsenic caput coach of nan Jamaican nationalist team.

“Sometimes nan champion point a leader tin do is to recognise erstwhile a caller voice, caller power and a different position is required to move this squad forward.”