Kwesi Mugisa, Staff Reporter

Jamaica Under-20 player Brenton Griffiths (left) attempts to get to the ball ahead of El Salvador's Jamie Alas in the second of a two-match international friendly at the Ferdie Neita Park yesterday. The game ended in a 0-0 draw. - Winston Sill

Jamaica's young Reggae Boyz were held to a 0-0 draw by El Salvador at the Ferdie Neita Park yesterday.

In the process, they wrapped up a two-game friendly international series with a 1-0 aggregate result.

The Under-20 team had previously edged out their Central American counterparts at the Harbour View Mini Stadium on Friday.

In a cagey affair yesterday, striker Alanzo Adlam's rasping 20th-minute shot, driven all along the ground, provided the first real bit of action in the balanced game, but El Salvador keeper Oscar Arroyo was alert enough to keep the attempt out of his net at full stretch.

The quick forward was again the dangerman 15 minutes later. Adlam took the ball down in the area and played it into the path of strike partner Andre Clennon. The forward, who looked a little casual in his approach, found only the legs of a scrambling Arroyo despite having an open net.

Best opportunity

El Salvador saw their best opportunity come on the stroke of half-time as a mistake by the Jamaican backline gave a big chance to striker Ricardo Rojas, whose well-struck, dipping shot from just inside the area was just kept out by a back-pedalling custodian, Andre Blake.

"We took a different approach to this game. Tactically, we treated it as an away game, so we were a bit more patient in our approach," said coach of the Jamaica team, Donovan Duckie.

"Winning the series was very important to us, however. The team played very well and I think this gives a good foundation moving forward," he added.

"We have a few things to work on. Our positioning will have to get better, the speed of play and our concentration," he said.

Despite going down on aggregate, El Sal-vador coach Jose Norberto Huezo saw the games as productive.

"We lost but it was very good practice. I think we played well but we will have to work on our finishing. This sort of game is to build our confidence," he said.

"They are a big, physical team, similar to Panama who we have to play, so it was good practice for us," he added.