 We're back on the Sportsmax zone and we're going to talk some football now. We continue to track the Caribbean America's soccer classic currently being held in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. That's a sunshine state where the best schoolboy football talents from Jamaica and Tobago are representing the region. Gerard Morrisili has the latest. Day two of the Casa U soccer classic gave us a chance to see both the defending champions InterMiami on the 19th and the Jamaica select team in action. The first game of the double header saw InterMiami clash with Plantation FC who needed a win to at least give themselves a chance to play in the third place game on Sunday after losing to Tobago on day one. From the kickoff, InterMiami took the lead through reggae boys and the 20 player Kobe Thomas. From this point on it was a Christian Ortiz show. He scored two goals in the first half and then another after the break to register the first hat trick of the tournament, InterMiami coming out as four nil winners. Yeah, obviously it was a really good start. It's always great to score in the first minute of any game that kind of set the momentum but I thought we had a really productive first half obviously made a lot of changes in the second half and pleased pleased to start off the tournament in this fashion. The fans were eagerly anticipating game two of this double header which featured Rush Select Academy and the Jamaica all schools team. The game started fast with the rush pressing from the off. However their tactics worked against them, the Jamaicans taking the lead through some pressing of their own and the skills of marksman Kahin Dixon, one nil. Even with the lead the Jamaicans were not allowed to settle at any point and that paid off for their opponents after 16 minutes, one one. While the Jamaicans were struggling to figure out the speed of the artificial turf, Rush continued to press and were duly awarded with a second goal to one after 33 minutes. That's not good, that's going to be a goal. That became 3-1 just four minutes later and the partisan Jamaican crowd shocked. Half time, Jamaica all schools won, Rush Select 3. During the break the Jamaican team's coaching staff made two changes that paid off as early as the 41st minute with Kahin Dixon scoring again. The Jamaicans made more changes and took charge of the second half. Late in the game they thought they had fought back to earn a point but the flag was up for our side, 3-2 the final score. The surface have a lot to do with it, you know, first with some of us playing on it and the pace of the game also, you know, we forget used to this type of surface and the quickness and the speed of which the players play on it, the opponent play on it. They pressed us a lot, we didn't come for table playing from out at the back of the pitch and I think we should have adjusted in going long and going into the challenge. We did that in the second half and it would be a fruit, we got some counter-attack on them and I think we should have even got a point out of this game tonight. Yes so the Jamaican team losing on Wednesday night and the Inter-Miami team, one of the host teams coming up with a victory. Phil Riley, our producer of the schoolboy football and producing the coverage there now joins us live to talk about what happened last night. Phil, welcome back to the sports mat zone, great to have you on again and a disappointing result for the reggae boys. We heard Lenny Hyde, the coach suggesting that the astroturf to some extent may not have or may have contributed to the team not doing as well as they could have, the Jamaica select team. Yes, Les Lans, they couldn't pass a ball in the first half. They were struggling, the team was just pressing them the entire time. They gave up two late goals in the first half. They just didn't look good at all, at all in the first half. They were a step slow every single time, even though they took the lead. They were just behind, behind, behind and they gave up two goals there, three one half time. They made a few changes at the half but it didn't materialize. I thought they got the equalizer late on but the referees here, let's just say the referees here are a little different from in the Caribbean, that's all I would say. It was ruled out as an offside goal was it? Yes, it was ruled out. Dixon told me that they didn't call him offside but the player who took the initial shot that Devon Davis from Magrad, he took the initial shot but he dribbled into the box. I was wondering oh, he was offside. We don't have to ask referees about that one but they almost got back in the game. They have a tough task now uphill because Lord Hill will play, Rush will beat Jamaica last night. If there's a result for any of those teams, Jamaica might not make it to the final game but there's still the third place game but they're open for the result to be favorable in the opening game. They will play a ingenious team which is large Jamaican so I don't know if that's an advantage to them or not but we'll see what happens. We should have two interesting exciting games tonight. Yeah and the Tobago team have been off for the last couple of days but they will go into their next fixture with their morale boosted by what happened in their opener. Yes, I spoke to the keeper today, the goalkeeper. He had a good tournament last year. He came back. He had a good first game. They're in really good spirits. I did some pool work, some recovery work. They are open and ready for Inter. So we'll see how that goes and that match will be played at the Inter Stadium training facility, sparkling facility. We are looking forward to going there tomorrow and I'm sure the Tobago players are as well. Yeah and you did suggest Phil and the coach Kyle Joseph did agree as well that this Tobago unit is stronger this year than the one that turned up last year. Yes they are. Yes they are. They look better. They are better players. They are stronger players, older players. They caught the squad. So last year they carried about 32 players. This year they carried about 20-22 players. Very experienced players, players who look like they have skill. You know, last year it was more of a let's take a trip. Let's go to the mall kind of thing. Let's enjoy our time. Now they want to win and they want to last year Inter. Knock them for five. So we'll see what happens this year. Yeah quickly about Inter because they had a good win last night. Of course Inter Miami is the club that Lionel Messi plays for and Luis Suarez is about to join them in a couple of days. How does that unit look? They look good. They look good. Kobe Thomas is Jamaican is on that team and he looked good last night. And we are looking forward to seeing them. Yeah Phil, go ahead. And there are points. I'm getting a feedback in my ear. Yeah, continue. We're listening though. So yeah, we're looking forward to that. We're looking forward to that. We might have a surprise for you tomorrow. I don't know if it's messy. I don't know what it will be. But when we go live tomorrow you will see what happens. Well we'll be looking forward to that and our viewers are now on the edge of their seats because Friday's Sportsmax zone show by the promise of Phil Riley is expected to be something special. But quickly Phil, again about the opportunity for these players. No it might be something special. The opportunity for the players from Tobago and Jamaica as young players. They are teenagers. A lot of them probably have professional aspirations for the game. And I know that there are not many astroturf surfaces that these players would have played on. You know, so this is a different kind of experience for them. But isn't that part of what they'll be judged by their adaptability to different conditions? Yes, they will be. But great as still it's the pace of the game lands. These players, these clubs here, the players don't give it a second on the ball. As they lose the ball they want to win it back. I heard last year the coach Victor Pastore of Inter, he said three seconds, three seconds to get it back, three seconds to get it back. So he kept pressuring the players to win back the ball each time. We're not used to that in Jamaica. We are used to watching if a stone touches the ball or if the ball bounces up or anything like that. But the ground is true and the players are fast. Yeah, can you talk to us about the size of the field? Because the angle that we are looking at at the highlights is the field, the full international size field? No, it's not a full international size field. But it's pretty big. It's big enough. I think it's wide. It's not as long as maybe Jason can give you a shot. You can see. Yeah, well, as I said, just looking at the highlights. But I know that the coverage, the camera angle and the elevation of the camera does give you the feeling of it looking a little bit congested. But hard to judge from here. But yeah, it does look reasonable size. But during the highlights, it looked a little squeezed for me. So that's why I asked the question about the size of the field. But Phil, this is really, as we have said before, a great opportunity for young players from the region to get their feet wet in this kind of experience with, as you said, players who play very, very quickly, give them very, very little time on the ball. So their decision making has to be fast and immediate. But I suppose that every player that would have played in this Castle series would feel as if they would have gained something from this experience, whether they win or lose. Yes, yes, they would have. And Lance, every team here wants to play the Jamaicans. They look forward to playing the Jamaicans. They come to see the Jamaicans. They want to play them because they watch them on SportsMax. They want to see them play and they want to beat them. All right, Phil. Well, we certainly will look forward to having the link up on Friday. As you said, you have something in store for us. And I guess you have piqued the interest of our viewers, and I guess our presenters as well, because Mariah and Ricardo are, I think, as anxious as I am to see what the link up will be like tomorrow. But thanks, Phil. And tell Jason hi for us, and we link again tomorrow. Yes, I'll tell him. And I think we'll be taking some of the players to KSC tomorrow. Because the Jamaicans will have a day off tomorrow. So we'll take a trip to KSC. Oh, okay, Phil. Okay, obviously, of course, one of the sponsors of Schoolboy Football in Jamaica. We'll be back with more on this one after this.