 We're jumping into this Friday edition of the Sports Mag Zone with football. It's official, the groups have been drawn for the 2024 edition of the Copa America, which will be held in the United States. Let's take a look. All right, so we have in Group A Argentina Peru, Chile, of course, Canada and Trinidad still have to battle to decide who takes that fourth spot. Let's move along now to Group B. Jamaica, Mexico, Ecuador and Venezuela. Group C, USA, Uruguay, Panama, Bolivia. Who's in Group D? Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay and that match between Honduras and Costa Rica. Well, the reggae boys earned the right to play in the competition following their remarkable come from behind victory against Canada in November to also book a spot in the Conquer Cap nation's league semi-finals. And their head coach, Jaime Hall Grimmsen, seemed dissatisfied with the group. It's tough teams, really all the three teams, if I can say something similar to them all is that they are competitive, really hardworking, tackling, enthusiastic football all of these nations play, so it's all tough opponents, but I think it's quite an equal group. So meaning that I don't think any team will be a runaway winner in this with nine points. I think all teams will have a chance against each other, so quite an equal group. It is not a team that everybody can take for granted they are going to win and it's not a team that will be a runaway winner. So in that sense, if we prepare well and get our points, we will always have a chance to progress from this group. All right, Ricardo, so we just heard from head coach of the Jamaica reggae boys, Jaime Hall Grimmsen, discussing the group that Jamaica has been drawn in and of course saying that, you know, as much as he described it as an equal group, he thinks it's competitive and there are no teams that you can take for granted. And it's going to be a practice 2024 for the Jamaica reggae boys and I'm eager, Ricardo, to see how they are able to manage themselves, their fitness, all of these matches, their practices and just get the best out of them. Yeah, for sure. What is for sure is that when it comes to Copa America, there was never going to be an easy group, especially for a team like Jamaica. Having said that, this is probably the best that the reggae boys could have asked for to avoid the giants of South American football, not to be in a group with Argentina, not to be in a group with Brazil, not to be in a group with Colombia as much as they have been struggling. And so I think Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador, the coach is right. It is a balanced group. And if the reggae boys continue to improve, because as far as I'm concerned, Mariah, in my estimation, this reggae boys set up is still, I don't want to say the initial stages, but there are nowhere close, in my opinion, to where they want to get to and to where they have the potential to get to. And so when by the time the Copa America comes around, I would expect that they would be significantly improved from where they are now and somewhere a lot closer to where they ultimately want to get. So it is a pretty good draw. Of course, if the reggae boys finish second in that group, then they are likely to go on to play Argentina at the quarterfinal stage of the competition. Of course, Argentina fully well expected to top their group A. And that is assuming that all of that goes to plan. But listen, this is a tournament and it's a long way away. It almost makes no sense trying to preview what's going to happen at this stage, because so much can happen between now and when the tournament comes around in June and July. I do want to make mention though, Mariah, of the shocking scenes at the draw last night where a series of administrative errors almost put the draw in to disrepute. If in fact it didn't put the draw in to disrepute. Jamaica originally, by the way, drawn in group C. They were then shifted to group D, which was a massive mistake. And the shift occurred because there is a rule as per the competition that you can't have more than two Conker-Caff teams in a group and you can't have more than three Conmeable teams in a group. And when the reggae boys were placed in group C that contravened that rule. And so they were mistakenly moved to D when all that should have happened is that they should have been switched with Bolivia, who were placed, by the way, in arrow in group B, because it had been stated before the start of the draw that Bolivia could only be in group C. And the arrows just kept going and to make matters worse when the Jamaicans were placed in group D with Brazil and Paraguay and Colombia, the official Conneable X page tweeted that group. And so everyone became confused. They had to change it. They had to do the draw all over again. And finally they got it right and Jamaica ended up in group B, but really bizarre. And you don't expect those types of arrows, Mariah, at that level. This is the corporate America tournament outside of the euros. You would have to say that this is the biggest continental tournament in the world of football, and it was really disappointing. And in many cases, shocking to see what happened last night at the draw that they could make so many arrows in trying to arrive at the four groups for the tournament. Yeah, it looked really, really messy. And for me, as you said, a competition that is so reputable like the Copa America. When you think about any competition organized on this level, you expect the draw to be seamless. You expect everybody to be on par to know exactly what you're doing. But yesterday, even I was confused looking on because at a point, Ricardo, I was like, are you going to do it over? Is it that, you know, we're going to just move the entire draw? Because it just looked as if they didn't know what they were doing. Yeah, they were just making mistake after mistake. Thankfully, they eventually got it right. And I guess they say all's well, that ends well. And in this case, we now know the four groups. A word on Trinidad and Tobago, though, because this is a fantastic opportunity for the soca warriors to get to Copa America as well. It will not be easy because they play Canada, who have quality, who I'm sure will be immensely disappointed by the fact that they let a lead slip against the reggae boys and did not qualify automatically. But Angus Eve and his men will be thinking, we just beat the United States of America on home soil. And maybe we can take this Canadian team when we meet on the 23rd of March. So, a tremendous opportunity for Trinidad and Tobago's football to take another step forward, and they have taken a few forward steps in the last few months. And hopefully they will continue on that trajectory. But it's all the way in March. So much more football to come before we even get there. So as I said, sometimes it doesn't even make sense trying to preview these things months in advance. Yeah, because so much will change. It's not even a matter of if or what, a lot will change between no and when the Copa America comes around. A lot will change between no and when Trinidad and Tobago will have to play Canada in their playoff game on the 23rd of March. Yeah, you know, you commented on Trinidad and Tobago and I have to say for after a long time, I mean, since I joined the show, there was nothing really to talk about in a positive light. We were speaking about normalization committee. We were speaking about so many of the field issues. Ricardo, that to me, I sit here to get today looking at the draw, looking at the groups and really thinking, you know, Trinidad and Tobago football has finally reached a state where we can speak about the football, we can speak about positive things. And I really and truly hope that the team can overcome Canada and they can get into the Copa America. Because, as you said, it's a step in the right direction and for quite some time, a country and a team that has been celebrated on the larger scale, has been seen as one of the bigger footballing teams has, you know, gone through a lot. So for me, I have to say, you know, I'm very, very proud of what Angus Eve has. He's taken this team and he's brought them to this level. And I hope that, you know, they can continue along that path and we don't have any more hiccups going forward. Yeah, and I know Angus Eve has his detractors as you get so often at this level of sport and not just football, but some would say, especially football, and he sure does have his detractors, but he's done a brilliant job with this team, with limited. I don't want to be disrespectful to the players, but he's had in comparison to, let's say, the reggae boys with what they have to work with a number of players playing in England, across Europe, in the United States of America, in the MLS and so on. He does not have that depth in quality. And what he's done with what he has has been quite commendable. And he has put Trinidad and Tobago's football on the right track again. And that's fantastic. So hopefully they can put in another performance come March that they can be proud of, win or lose. Yeah, I agree. And I think it's something to build from whenever things positive starts happening, that's something to look forward to. And I think right now, the confidence of the Trinidad and Tobago soca warriors are very high, especially as you mentioned, after the win against USA on home soil, reggae boys beat Canada. So Trinidad and Tobago will be thinking, OK, so what strategy the day apply? You know, how can we break down this Canada team? And it would feel as if the task at hand is not impossible, Ricardo. And I think that's a start when you feel as if you can get the job done. And I get that from this group of players that have listened to the interviews have listened to coach. There is that inner confidence. They're beaming with excitement and they feel as if they can get a job done. And I think it's not beyond them. I'm not saying it's going to be easy, but what we've seen from the players, it is not impossible. We're going to go take a break. All right, Ricardo says it's break time.