Jamaica whipped the British Virgin Islands (BVI) 6-0 for their first win of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Boys’ Under-14 Challenge Series at the UWI-JFF Captain Horace Burrell Centre of Excellence yesterday.

Keven Clarke netted a three-timer, scoring in the 36th, 40th and 53rd minutes of the 70 minute-match, while David Reid scored in the 28th and 46th. Stephen Simpson completed the rout in minute 67.

In the curtain raiser, Barbados edged Suriname 1-0 and maintained their lead atop of the group with six points, having defeated BVI 4-0 in their first match.

Jamaica are second in the five-team group on four points, while Grenada are third with a point. Suriname and BVI are pointless.

Following the toothless goalless draw against Grenada on Saturday, hosts Jamaica turned on the thrills with an efficient display which was the biggest win of the tournament to date.

The young Reggae Boyz looked much sharper and their decision-making was better in the final third albeit against a weaker BVI team.

Three-goal hero Clarke was a thorn in the BVI backline along with strike partner David Reid. The talented Kevaughn Wilson was given a starting role and he did not disappoint.

Jamaica’s left side was particularly strong with Stephen Simpson and marauding left back Malique Lorraine while midfielders Tarick Ximines and Damion Abraham looked comfortable.

The backline was well led by captain and centre half Daniel Wallace and his partner Ricardo Gaynor. Jaheem Frazer at right back also had a very good game.

Sporting the famous number 10, Matthew Stephenson of BVI was basically unplayable while goalkeeper Deshawn Richardson, despite being beaten six times, looks a very good one for the future.

Jamaica’s Head Coach Aaron Lawrence was more than pleased as his team was more penetrative today and peppered the BVI defence.

“The boys came out and played to plan and what we had set out was not to give this team any chance to play and this boys came out and done much better and got six goals,” said Lawrence.

The former Reggae Boyz goalkeeper noted that the below par display from his team in the second half was down to lack of exposure.

“I think the boys were a bit nervous and the expectation of the crowd down there and most of these boys never played at this magnitude before. The first game was always going to be an edgy one especially when you play at home so I think that was the main factor,” he explained.

Despite the heavy loss, Englishman Daniel Neville, assistant coach of BVI’s senior team and a part of the coaching staff here, was pleased with the progress.

“I have seen a lots of positives today. Of course you look at the result and you look at six nil it seemed really one-sided. In the first half we were excellence, we dug in and stuck to our game plan and made it really difficult for them,” said Neville.

“I thought there were some very good individual performances. We were disappointed to concede the first goal in the minute that we did. Then we talked at half time about the things we need to do better and the things we did well. Then to concede a goal straight after the restart obviously isn’t ideal,” he noted.