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Saturday July 4, 2009

Canada beats Jamaica in Gold Cup


CARSON, California: Ali Gerba scored in the 75th minute to give Canada a 1-0 victory over Jamaica in the opening game of the Gold Cup on Friday.

Gerba volleyed Mike Klukowski's cross from the left inside the left post from while being marked tightly.

Goalkeeper Greg Sutton kept Jamaica scoreless with two saves in a 10-minute span. In the 54th minute, Sutton dived to his right to stop Damion Stewart's 13-yard drive.

Then in the 64th minute, Sutton blocked Ricardo Fuller's 14-yard shot off a breakaway. - AP

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