LeVaughn Flynn, Staff Reporter

Reggae Boyz Shavar Thomas and Damion Stewart arrived in the island yesterday and 14 other members of Jamaica's senior football team are scheduled to land today.

The Boyz are rolling in as Jamaica prepare for their mammoth task of beating Mexico and Honduras at the National Stadium on Saturday and next Wednesday in CONCACAF Group B World Cup qualifiers.

The players who are scheduled to arrive today are Dane Richards, Marlon King, Jamal Campbell-Ryce, Ricardo Gardner, Ricardo Fuller, Demar Phillips, Jermaine Johnson, Omar Daley, Claude Davis, Oneil Thompson, Luton Shelton, Tyrone Marshall, Omar Cummings and Demar Stewart.

Ian Goodison, Wolry Wolfe and Rudolph Austin, who will arrive tomorrow, complete the list of overseas-based players.

Mexico are on top of the group with nine points, followed by Honduras with six, while Canada and Jamaica have a point each. Jamaica will be hunting maximum points against both Mexico and Honduras to remain in contention for a place in next year's final round of the CONCACAF qualifiers.

Interim coach Theodore Whit-more invited nine foreign players that were ignored by former technical director, René Simoes.

Simoes was sacked by the Jamaica Football Federation for the poor results in the first-leg matches. Jamaica's final game of the round will be against Canada, also at the National Stadium, on November 19.

Former England player John Barnes, who signed a one-year contract following Simoes' firing, will take charge of the Canada game. Barnes was born in Jamaica.