CHORRERA, Panama— The Young Reggae Boyz suffered a defensive implosion to lose 2-4 to Canada in the CONCACAF Under-17 Championship quarter-final match at the Estadio Muquita Sanchez Saturday

With the win, Canada booked a spot in the FIFA Under-17 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates later this year.

Khallil Stewart scored for the Wendell Downswell-conditioned Jamaicans in the fifth and 43rd minutes to ensure the Jamaicans entered the interval with a 2-1 lead after Andrew Gordon (37th minute) pulled one back for Canada.

After the interval Hanson Boakai (61th minute) pulled the Canada team into the match with a scrambled effort.

The Canadians, guided by head coach Sean Fleming, took the lead and held it with Gordon’s second strike in the 75th and substitute Jordan Hamilton’s header (79th minute) as the Jamaica defence suffered a shocking meltdown.

Jamaica………….2

K Stewart (5th, 43rd)

Canada…………..4

Gordon (37th, 75th), Boakai (61st), Hamilton (79th)

TEAMS:

Jamaica— Nicholas Nelson, Oneil Anderson, Rushane McClymont, Imani Beckford, Tyshan Hill, Seigle Knight (Malcolm Stewart 85th), Martin Davis (Malcolm Dixon 46th), Khallil Stewart, Junior Flemmings, I’ishmale Currie, Michael Seaton (Raffique Bryan 80th)

Subs not used—Donald Francis, Nathaniel Leslie, John Levee, Zachary Jones, Maalique Foster

Booked—Anderson (30th)

Canada—Marco Carducci, Elias Roubus, Alexander Comsia, Derick Sequeira (Mikael Centave 51st), Marco Bustos, Hanson Boakai (Ali Musse 90th), Jordan Haynes, Kevon Black, Ian Fernandes, Andrew Gordon, Matthew Chow (Jordan Hamilton 59th)

Subs not used—Daniel Milton, Mathieu Laurent, Aron Mkungilwa, Jose Lopez, Mehdi Brahim

Booked—None

Referee— Juan Guzman (United States)

Assistant referees— Peter Manikowski (United States) and Juan Lemus (Guatemala)

Fourth official— Christophel Stewart (Guyana)

Match Commissary— Ruperto Vicente (Belize)