Winger starts for Golden Jaguars during rout

Luton star Izzy Jones won his 11th cap as Guyana thrashed the Cayman Islands 6-0 in their Concacaf Nations League group stage clash at the Leonora Stadium in West Demerara on Thursday.

The Golden Jaguars are on the verge of a return to League A and a spot at next year’s Gold Cup, as Marco Bonofiglio’s side stormed into a four-goal half-time lead before striking twice straight after the restart to maintain their perfect record in Group A.

Having already defeated the Cayman Islands 2-0 away from home earlier in the campaign, Guyana looked menacing from the first whistle and, with Jones in the starting line-up, wasted little time asserting their dominance in front of the home crowd.

Omari Glasgow opened the scoring in the fifth minute from the penalty spot, while ex-Walsall and Tranmere Rovers winger Morgan Ferrier added a second on 12 minutes. Osaze De Rosario was on target just after the half hour mark, with Stephen Duke-McKenna capping a rampant opening period in the 42nd minute, unleashing a stunning right-footed strike from just outside the area that flew into the net.

There was no let-up after the interval, Duke-McKenna completing his brace shortly after the restart, while Ferguson had a sixth moments later. Jones was then taken off with 63 minutes gone, as despite Luke-McKenna going agonisingly close to completing his hat-trick, denied by the crossbar, there was no further scoring

Guyana will close out their Group campaign on home soil on Monday, welcoming Puerto Rico to the National Track and Field Facility. They are nailed on to qualify, now on 15 points from five matches with a commanding plus-20 goal difference, leaving them six points clear of their second-placed visitors.

With Puerto Rico’s goal difference just plus-five ahead of their match with Dominica, it would need huge victories by a bucket-load of goals for The Blue Hurricane to deny Guyana top spot.