{"id":914679,"date":"2026-06-22T18:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/nigeria-beat-jamaica-to-retain-unity-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T18:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:13:11","slug":"nigeria-beat-jamaica-to-retain-unity-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/22\/nigeria-beat-jamaica-to-retain-unity-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Beat Jamaica To Retain Unity Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/thewhistler.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Super-Eagles-of-Nigeria.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thewhistler.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Super-Eagles-of-Nigeria.jpeg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"550\" alt>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><figcaption>Super Eagles of Nigeria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A brace from Alhassan Yusuf and a goal from Terem Moffi were enough to seal a 3-0 victory for the Super Eagles against Jamaica, as they successfully claimed a 4th Unity Cup title.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Eric Chelle\u2019s tactical setup and standout individual contributions from new faces guided a second-string Nigerian side to a dominant, clean-sheet performance at The Valley stadium in London.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria wasted no time asserting their dominance in the game as US based Alhassan Yusuf who plays for Major League Soccer club New England Revolution, reacted quickest to a rebound from goalkeeper Teddy Sharman-Lowe\u2019s save to open the scoring in the third minute.<\/p>\n<p>The Super Eagles continued to control proceedings and doubled their lead in the 59th minute through Terem Moffi who connected perfectly to a pinpoint cross from the left flank delivered by one of the standout players of the match Femi Azeez.<\/p>\n<p>The reggae boyz struggled to create meaningful opportunities despite enjoying spells of possession and had a penalty appeal waved away by the referee after Arthur Okonkwo collided with Kaheim Dixon during an attack.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Chelle\u2019s charges remained in firm control throughout the contest until Alhasan Yusuf grabbed his second goal of the evening in stoppage time to wrap up the victory.<\/p>\n<p>This latest victory has proven Nigeria\u2019s dominance in the Unity Cup, with the Super Eagles now having won all four editions of the tournament since its inaugural edition in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>It could be recalled that the Unity Cup competition after the 2004 edition, suffered a 21-year hiatus, before being revived last year as an expanded four-nation Afro-Caribbean tournament. All the competitors represent countries with large diasporas in the city of London.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> The Whistler<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/thewhistler.ng\/nigeria-beat-jamaica-to-retain-unity-cup\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Eagles of Nigeria A brace from Alhassan Yusuf and a goal from Terem Moffi were enough to seal a 3-0 victory for the Super Eagles against Jamaica, as they successfully claimed a 4th Unity Cup title. Head coach Eric Chelle\u2019s tactical setup and standout individual contributions from new faces guided a second-string Nigerian side<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":914680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26974,27096],"tags":[47754,15956],"class_list":["post-914679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jamaica","category-nigeria","tag-jamaica","tag-nigeria"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914679","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914679"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914679\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/914680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}