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Sweet music: Whitmore (right) scored two goals in a 14-minute span to lead Jamaica to its first World Cup win    Stu Forster/Allsport  
Jamaica ends on a high note

2-1 victory over Japan lifts the Reggae Boyz

For Fitzroy Simpson and the rest of the Jamaican team, there was absolutely no rush to leave the field. They had come to France to show the world the free-form party that they call Jamaican soccer, and in their final match the Reggae Boyz finally got
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Ortega, Batistuta score all five goals in blowout win
Ariel Ortega did Diego Maradona's old jersey justice. In terms of goalscoring, Gabriel Batistuta went one better than Ortega.
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Croatia crushes Jamaica in finals debut
The reggae faded after halftime. For 53 minutes, World Cup upstart and fan favorite Jamaica held off Croatia's more experienced stars. Then Robert Prosinecki and Davor Suker cruelly deflated the "Reggae Boyz" with two goals that sealed a confidence-boosting 3-1 debut victory for Croatia, considered one of the tournament's dark horses. FULL STORY

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Group H W L T Pts
Argentina 3 0 0 9
Croatia 2 1 0 6
Jamaica 1 2 0 3
Japan 0 3 0 0

Jamaica World Cup Schedule
Sunday, June 14
Croatia 3, Jamaica 1
At Lens

Sunday, June 21
Argentina 5, Jamaica 0
At Paris

Friday, June 26
Jamaica 2, Japan 1
At Lyon

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