What we learned about Hallgrimsson in his Jamaica job

A CONCACAF Nations League quarter-final win over Canada took Heimir Hallgrímsson's Jamaica to the Copa America

Heimir Hallgrimsson, Head Coach of Jamaica prior the CONMEBOL Copa America 2024 Group B match between Ecuador and Jamaica at Allegiant Stadium on June 26, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Candice Ward/Getty Images)

Toronto had been silenced in way which felt unsettling. On a truly frigid late November night it was the snooded and gloved Reggae Boyz who’d brought all the heat and noise. An aggregate Nations League quarter-final win over Canada took Heimir Hallgrímsson's Jamaica to the Copa America

When things quietened again an hour after full-time, down under the main stand of BMO Field Hallgrímsson pondered his grandest night as Jamaica manager, his finest coaching achievement since Roy Hodgson and England had been knocked off in Nice. What did it mean for his present but future too?