Jamaica's under-23 footballers face an uphill task today when they oppose hosts Haiti in Group H of the Caribbean Football Union Olympic qualifiers.

The Young Boyz will need to win by at least four clear goals if they hope to advance to the CONCACAF play-off ahead of Haiti.

On Thursday, the Boyz were stunned 1-0 by lowly Bahamas. Lesly St Fleur struck a late goal for the Bahamians to burn the Jamaicans.

The Jamaicans, with half of the squad coming from their Pan American Games silver medal-winning unit in Brazil this summer, peppered the Bahamians' defence frequently but failed to score.

Haiti-born St Fleur hit the winning goal for the Bahamas in the 84th minute to leave Jamaica with the highly improbable task of defeating hosts Haiti — in the last group match today at 4 p.m. — to advance to the CONCACAF final round of qualifying.

Only the group winners advance from the triangular series. In Tuesday's opening game, Haiti had thrashed the Bahamas 6-0.

On a counter-attacking play, St Fleur broke free down the right flank and after a resolute dribble into the box unleashed a shot that beat goalkeeper Dwayne Kerr.

The Bahamians, outgunned by the home side two days earlier, got spirited support from the local fans and played with determination for their Brazilian coach Neider Dos Santos.

"We deserved to win, football is about scoring goals so we scored one and Jamaica scored nil," he told reporters.

Elsewhere, Cuba secured their spot in the CONCACAF play-offs when they beat Grenada 2-1 in Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday evening to secure Group G honours.

The group winners will advance to the CONCACAF Men's Under-23 Championship along with three Central American teams, plus Canada, Mexico and U.S.A. with venue and dates to be announced.

The CONCACAF Under-23 Championship will qualify two teams to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.