For the Portland Timbers roster which includes five different players from Jamaica (Neco Brett, Darren Mattocks, Alvas Powell, Jermaine Taylor, and Michael Seaton) plus two more on T2 (Rennico Clarke and Andre Lewis), you could say that the Caribbean island is having an impact on the club.
KICK traveled south to take a look at the rise of Jamaica as an international soccer power and the Reggae Boyz' push into qualifying for the World Cup.