Golden Jaguars ready to roar

(reprinted from FIFA.com) Since founding their FA in 1920 Guyana’s Golden Jaguars never left much of a footprint on CONCACAF football.

GOLDEN MOMENT! Guyana’s Golden Jaguars football team celebrate after qualifying for the Caribbean Cup finals. (Photo FIFA website)However, the former British and Dutch colony of 700,000, tucked away in the tangled jungles of South America’s North-East corner, have found their way of late and are setting their sights on reaching their first world finals.

After a stretch of 14 games and over two years without a loss through 2005 and 2006, the Guyanese climbed an astonishing 95 places in the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking (they are currently 111th).