Kemar Lawrence came on for a second-half cameo in Jamaica's friendly against Honduras in Houston on February 16. He wasn't in the starting lineup as part of coach Theodore "Tappa" Whitmore's plan to stay true to his word and use his team's February friendlies to showcase players still based in Jamaica. In comments to the Jamaica Observer, Whitmore explained:
My aim is to look beyond the Caribbean Cup and the Gold Cup in the summer, but more long term over a number of years, because we want to give these players a chance to develop into quality players and it will take some time to get them to that level.