The Unity Cup this week could mark the beginning of a new era for Jamaica, with the youngest Reggae Boyz squad ever assembled set to start preparations for the next FIFA World Cup cycle.

The national senior men’s team, who missed out on this summer’s World Cup in the USA, Mexico and Canada, take on India on Wednesday in the second semi-final of Unity Cup at The Valley in London. They will face either African nations Nigeria or Zimbabwe in Saturday’s final or third-place play-off.

It’s the second year in a row that Jamaica are taking part in the exhibition tournament, having beaten Trinidad and Tobago in the semi-finals before losing to Nigeria on penalties.