Houston Dash midfielder Kiki Van Zanten in images
'I didn't know much about the team. I actually heard about them when I was getting recruited [as] someone asked if I was interested in playing with Jamaica because he had connections with the coach at the time,'said Van Zanten whose mother is Jamaican. "So it's really exciting to be here and I feel really blessed to have the opportunity to compete in these games and represent Jamaica."
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