Virgo also scored for Jamaica versus New Zealand on 29 February 2012.
(meta data) TITLE: Virgo targets long run in Boyz squad - Sports - Jamaica Gleaner - Sunday | March 4, 2012 4 captures 04 Mar 2012 - 21 Jul 2018 About this capture COLLECTED BY Organization: Internet Archive Focused crawls are collections of frequently-updated webcrawl data from narrow (as opposed to broad or wide) web crawls, often focused on a single domain or subdomain. Collection: jamaica-gleaner.com The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20120304211035/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20120304/sports/sports41.html Sunday | March 4, 2012 Lead Stories World News In Focus Art & Leisure Mobile Version Subscribe to this feed Join us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter # Virgo targets long run in Boyz squad Published: Sunday | March 4, 2012 Comments 0 Reggae Boyz defender Xavian Virgo.- file Audley Boyd, Assistant Editor - Sport Defenders do not come under pressure for not scoring goals. When they do, it provides a nice little bonus. Xavian Virgo delivered such an incentive last Wednesday, when he netted the opening goal in Jamaica's 3-2 win over New Zealand, in their friendly international in Auckland. Now, the diminutive Virgo is hoping that his first goal for Jamaica's senior team will provide the springboard to land himself a permanent spot among the Reggae Boyz. "It's a great feeling," he said, referring to his landmark goal. "I've been here working hard and trying to be a main member of the squad. I believe it is just paying off so I just have to keep my head up and focus on what I'm doing." The Boys' Town player made his debut six years ago. But the fact that he has only 18 caps signals his much abbreviated forays into the national team. "It's not like it's my first year with the team, I've been in the team since 2006, I've played a lot of international games, it's just that I need to be more consistent so that I can have a spot in the team," he admitted. This goal could not have come at a better time, as head coach Theodore 'Tappa' Whitmore is looking at players to strengthen his squad in preparation for World Cup qualifying, which begins with a June 8 home encounter against Guatemala. The New Zealand encounter was one of three matches played by Jamaica in an eight-day period and Virgo featured in all, at the right full back position, where Whitmore also tested regular squaddie, central defender Richard Edwards. Others have played that position in matches prior, mainly the central defenders, a place where Virgo also serves his Premier League team. The goal apart, Virgo believes his recent play has enhanced his cause. "Part of becoming a main member of the team is you have to perform game in game out, and that's one of the main reasons why I've been playing like that," he noted, when queried about his attacking forays. But he is quick to admit that "it's very tough, international football, at the highest level, it's very hard, but you just have to keep focused and go through it step by step". He added: "As a player, you always want to market yourself and scoring goals is a plus. Scoring a goal just adds to the type of person I am, the things I can do and how creative I am. "If you ain't giving the coach what he wants to see you ain't got a spot, so I've to be defending, scoring goals, it's all in the mix; you've to go out there and produce, give what you have, bring forth everything to the table and may the results show what you've done," the 26-year-old said. The comments on this page do not necessarily reflect the views of The Gleaner. The Gleaner reserves the right not to publish comments that may be deemed libelous, derogatory or indecent. Please keep comments short and precise. A maximum of 8 sentences should be the target. Longer responses/comments should be sent to "Letters of the Editor" using the feedback form provided. blog comments powered by Disqus More Sports Print this Page E- mail the Editor smaller | larger #### Ads by Google #### More Stories Istanbul now, London later - Clarke eyes Olympic spot Royal encounter - Sprint king preparing to meet Prince Harry The real problem with WI cricket Coach Campbell hails 'amazing' Stafanie Tivoli Gardens' Boyd ready to explode JMMB lifeline for pool's control box Wynter, Nangle head Carifta swim squad Proteas sweep Kiwis Defeat for Chelsea, Gunners win 2-1 ## In The Blogs
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Xavian Virgo
International career.
Virgo made his debut for Jamaica in a September 2006 Gold Cup qualifying match against Saint Lucia. Xavian earned his ninth cap against South Africa after not been involved in the squad for over three years.