Bermuda 1 Jamaica 0 (Bermuda win 2-1 on aggregate) With just a minute to go before dreaded penalty kicks, Raynel Lightbourne became Bermuda's hero in this Pan Am Games qualifier here last night with a goal from close range that earned Bermuda Football Association a $75,000 reward and a trip to Argentina next March.

For the second time in a week Jamaica failed to win on home soil and therefore collect the big pay-out from the Pan-Am Games Central Organising Committee as afterwards disgruntled spectators called for more firings in their coaching ranks.

This was a perfect example of how a host of missed chances can come back to haunt a team.

The winning strike was the most important goal of Lightbourne's young career as he found himself in front of goal following a cross from the left by Blenn Bean, his PHC team-mate. The cross wasn't cleared by the Jamaican defence and Lightbourne stabbed the ball home past a couple of players as his team-mates on both the field and the bench chased him in celebration.

"We got a bit of respect, we're no longer a mickey mouse country. We beat some big nations here and we had to play away from home and you see what we're capable of,'' said a delighted Mark Trott afterwards.

Trott admitted the longer the match went on without Jamaica capitalising on their clear advantage, the more he got the feeling Bermuda could turn the game around. In sudden-death extra time, it was still anybody's game as the level of commitment remained high from both teams.

But one got the feeling it was not going to be Jamaica's night after most of their efforts in regulation time went either high, wide or were saved quite comfortably by Dwayne Adams in goal.

"To be honest in the last five minutes of the 90 minutes we had two golden opportunities and we should have scored,'' said Trott. "It was almost like they, Jamaica, had given everything they had but you saw us getting stronger and stronger. These guys deserve it.'' If the demanding four games in a six day period was not enough both physically and mentally, the Bermuda team will be in transit for more than 10 hours today, over three flights, before arriving home at 9.45 tonight. However, that will be the least of their worries after having accomplished what they set out to do in the face of enormous odds.

It looked as though Jamaica might win the match in regulation time, having dominated for long periods as their attack forced some solid Bermuda defending.

But Bermuda had their share of good opportunities too with Nakia Smith and Keishon Smith looking threatening whenever they pushed forward from midfield.

Twice in the match Bermuda played with 10 men for brief periods, first early in the first half when Donnie Charles went off after landing on his head and complaining of dizziness.

Soon after his return Charles was booked for pulling back Christopher Dawes on the left flank, and for the rest of the match he had to be careful with his tackles.

Jamaica came close to breaking the deadlock in the 22nd minute when Alme McFarlane, one of two changes they made from Tuesday's line-up, connected with a cross from Tyrone Davis, the other change, only to see his header smash against the crossbar.

Then in injury time a neat move saw Nathaniel Barnes shoot over the top.

Bermuda brought on Lamaul Crofton for Quincy Aberdeen in the second half, but Crofton was ineffective and had to be replaced himself in the first period of extra time by Kwame Tucker.

Tucker could have won the match for Bermuda 11 minutes into the first period when he found himself unmarked and with just the 'keeper to beat following a cross, but his effort went wide.

In the second period of extra time Bermuda kept the pressure on as Keishon Smith created a chance for Lightbourne which was blocked for a corner. Moments later Wade, a tower of strength in the Bermuda defence, pushed forward and smashed a long range shot that went just inches over the bar.

The man who conceded the penalty in the first match, Charles, started the move which brought Bermuda's winner when he fed to the overlapping Bean on the flank.

The rest, as they say, is now history, though the goal will linger long in Lightbourne's mind.

Bermuda: D.Adams; B.Bean, A.Rahman, M.Wade, D.Charles, D.Outerbriddge; K.Smith, O.Steede, N.Smith; Q.Aberdeen (L.Crofton 69 mins)(K.Tucker 98 mins), R.Lightbourne.

Jamaica: J.McLeish; K.Graham, M.Allen, B.Johnson, C.Dawes; F.Davis, F.Anglin (G.Peterkin 69 mins), T.Davis (S.Green 63 mins), N.Barnes; A.McFarlane, G.Messam.

Referee: Rodrigo Bodilla (Costa Rica).

Men of the match: Meshach Wade (Bermuda), Gregory Messam (Jamaica).