The Jamaicans are coming off an exciting 0-0 draw with South American team Ecuador last Wednesday at the Giants Stadium in New Jersey.

The match will also be the Reggae Boyz second game since their first-round exit from the CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States last month.

Theodore 'Tappa' Whitmore, coach of the Reggae Boyz, said he expects a good performance from his players.

transformation

"We just want to take the transformation from here (Ecuador) to there (St Kitts) to put up a good show because once the Jamaican team play, once you put on that shirt, it must mean something," said Whitmore after the Ecuador game.

Whitmore added that they will be using this game as part of their rebuilding process, and also to establish a solid local squad for the 2014 World Cup campaign.

"Every game that we play, we have to take it very seriously because we have to look to the future and where we go from here," Whitmore had said in a report carried in The Gleaner, in relation to the Ecuador match.

He added: "Our credibility will be on the line and we just have to approach every game at a professional level, whether we are using our local-based players or our foreign-based players."

Goalkeeper Dwayne Miller, who kept against Ecuador, is expected to retain his starting spot in the squad, which has central defender Jermaine Taylor, who made his return to the Reggae Boyz team against Ecuador after a one-year absence, as the most experienced player.

hunt for goals

He is expected to share duties at centre back with Dicoy Williams, who played a vital role against Ecuador. Richard Edwards, Lovell Palmer, Oraine Simpson and Ricardo Cousins are midfield prospects, while Devon Hodges, who missed a clear-cut chance against Ecuador, along with Keammar Daley, could lead the Jamaicans' hunt for goals.

The Reggae Boyz are ranked at 69, which is 80 places above St Kitts and Nevis, who are ranked 149.

- R.B.