MIAMI, Florida — Despite collecting a 15-inch Miller Lite Man-of-the-Match silver cup for his performance in Jamaica’s ruthless 4-0 hammering of Grenada on Monday night, striker Ryan Johnson would easily trade that individual award in for the huge CONCACAF Gold Cup on June 25.

“Yeah, I’m satisfied (with the award), but it’s about the team because those types of awards don’t really mean too much to me,” he told the Observer aboard a private Miami Air International flight from California to Miami yesterday.

“I want to win, I want the tournament, so as a team we did what we needed to do, and as I said we didn’t give up any goals and I’m happy about that,” he added.

The 26-year-old attacking player scored Jamaica’s second goal in the 39th minute, easily stabbing home from close range after his strike partners Luton Shelton and Dane Richards had combined to serve him the chance.

It was Johnson’s fourth goal for Jamaica, having opened his account against two-time World Cup champions Argentina in Mar Del Plata last February.

He also scored against Costa Rica in a friendly international at the National Stadium, then notched his third against Guadeloupe in last year’s Digicel Caribbean Cup Tournament in Martinique.

However, he missed a series of chances against Grenada on Monday night, opportunities that could have made him the leading goalscorer in the tournament by a long way.

His first real chance came shortly after Shelton had opened the scoring in the 21st minute, when he failed to make sufficient contact with Richards’ deep, teasing cross to the back post.

Johnson then teamed up with Shelton to treat the crowd to a sumptuous piece of football, when they nonchalantly cut and diced their way through the Grenada defence like the proverbial hot knife through butter, but Johnson failed to match his finish with the enterprise displayed in creating the chance, as his tame effort was blocked by goalkeeper Shemel Louison’s legs.

Louison was proving to be Johnson’s nemesis, and shortly after he heaped more frustration on the Jamaican striker when he palmed away his firm drive from the edge of the area.

As the game entered the last quarter, Johnson had a glorious chance to add a third goal when he broke the off-side trap and raced clear on goal, but somehow with Louison hopelessly out of it, Johnson’s shot slammed against the crossbar and back into play.

But despite the many misses, Johnson’s contribution was never in question, as he dropped deep to link up play between the midfield, defence and the attackers, and being satisfied with his night’s work, he was not perturbed by the missed chances.

“When it comes to goals and chances, they come and they go. You can’t really worry about the ones that you miss; you worry about the ones that you score and keep on going because it makes no sense to dwell on missed chances, you just got to keep on working hard,” was his philosophical view.

Still, like the rest of his teammates, he’s pleased with the victory, and more importantly, the three points that have given Jamaica the early control of Group B. Honduras and Guatemala, who played out a goalless result in Monday’s second game, trail Jamaica on one point each, with Grenada at the bottom without a point.

“It is just the beginning for us, but the most important thing I believe for us as a team is that we didn’t give up any goals and I think that’s the standard that we need to keep towards the next match,” Johnson said.

And like a true professional, the San Jose earthquakes forward is urging his teammates to focus on Guatemala.

“It is business as usual for us and the next match is probably the most important.. in the tournament because it puts us in a position where we might not have to fight too much in the third match, but at the same time, winning this match against Guatemala is going to be very important for us and that’s what we need to concentrate on right now,” Johnson said.