SAINTE-LUCE, Martinique — Marvin Morgan appeared as happy as a lark following his two-goal performance against Guyana in the ongoing Digicel Caribbean Cup here on Wednesday night.

And it is easy to understand and appreciate the young man’s elation.

In only his second full international, the 18-year-old Morgan, the grandson of former Jamaican cricketer and footballer Lloyd ‘Respic’ Morgan, came off the bench at the break and within four minutes, notched his first international goal when he slotted home from close range after striker partner Ryan Johnson had fed him with an exquisite controlled pass following Dane Richards’ right-sided cross.

Then, on 75 minutes, the Boys’ Town player added a second with another well-fed pass from Johnson. The pass was so good the little player had time to fumble his effort then pick his spot and ram home a left-footer well out of the reach of the Guyanese goalkeeper.

He was overjoyed at game’s end. “First of all, I want to thank God, and I want to thank everyone who believe in me,” said Morgan at the start of his interview with the Jamaican media.

“I went out there and finally got a goal for Jamaica and I’m overwhelmed and it is a flabbergasting feeling right now,” he said.

After realising that he had found the net with his first goal, Morgan raced to the team’s bench to embrace coach Theodore Whitmore.

“I went to thank him because it was a piece of opportunity and I made use of it, because my agent and a team overseas are watching the game and the coach actually gave me the chance to convince them, so I really went to thank him,” he said.

He might have had a lukewarm 56-minute performance on his debut against Trinidad and Tobago in Kingston on October 10, but from his first two touches on Wednesday, it was obvious he was up for the game.

“The players came to me before the game and they were like, ‘You ready?’ and I was ‘Yeah, mi born ready, if mi neva ready mi wouldn’t deh here’, so anytime I’m given the opportunity I’ll take it.

“As you can see I’m not getting enough playing time, which I can understand because you have a lot of experienced and overseas players in the squad and I learnt a lot from them and it is good to be playing with them.

“Actually, I dream of playing with these guys and I look at them like role models,” added Morgan, who helped St George’s College to the Manning Cup and Olivier Shield titles before being named the Most Valuable Player.

Popularly called ‘Mr Man’, the player, by nature, isn’t short on confidence and it showed in both internationals so far.

“Well I wasn’t nervous at all because I went out there and did what I had to do and the coach told me to be humble, but I knew I had to score because the people in Jamaica were just behind me 100 per cent and I had to show them that this is me and this is what I’m capable of,” he said.

However, while Whitmore was happy for the youngster, he warned that he is still a long way from being the polished article.

“His second international and two goals,” Whitmore said. “I think he still has a long way to go and I hope he just keeps his head, keeps focused and think about his game.”

Morgan said he didn’t hear from his mother since arriving here, but had called his girlfriend earlier Wednesday afternoon and she was “happy and screaming, so I just said I have to do this, this is for my family and everyone”.

And being from a sporting family (his father played Premier League football for Boys’ Town), young Morgan admitted he is being pressured to do well at the sport.

“Yes (I’m pressured) because it is a heavy weight and I have to continue down that road; it’s a trend; it’s in my genes and at all times I have to be at my best because people look up to me, even kids, I have to be there at all times.

“My grandfather is a humble man and I respect that. My father has been there for me too and without him I wouldn’t have been here and I thank him very much for that.

“I went overseas on a couple occasions and I see what it takes. It’s the national team, so I want to thank Mr Horace Reid (JFF general secretary), Mr Burrell (Horace, JFF president), the coach, as this is why people overseas love me. I’m very privileged and I’m very honoured to be in the squad.”