HAWTHORNE, California:

Neither the Jamaica Foot-ball Federation (JFF) nor its players will face any consequences for the latter's refusal to train as scheduled at the StubHub football facility in preparation for their opening Group B match in the CONCACAF Gold Cup tomorrow evening.

However, JFF boss, Captain Horace Burrell - while commending the team for backing down - said the repercussions would have been 'severe' if there was no resolution to the crisis of their inability to settle the Reggae Boyz's demands for more money to play the tournament.

"There would have been sanctions which would have affected football development in Jamaica for years to come," Burrell said.

"I commend the players for the good sense that prevailed because there would have been sanctions all-round to the players, to the federation and our football development on a whole."

Burrell also said neither the JFF nor the Boyz will face any sanctions for the strike action.

"As a member of the CONCACAF executive, I did what I thought was necessary. I advised my colleagues in CONCACAF as to what was happening. I kept them up to date and I gave them a thorough briefing. They understood and I will advise them that the matter has been settled, and come tomorrow it will be business as usual," he told members of the Jamaica media in an early morning press conference that followed hours of negotiations with the players.

The Reggae Boyz, here to participate in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, did not train on Monday evening as scheduled, as they stuck to their demands for more money to play in the tournament.

They were slated to depart from their team base at the Ayres Hotel, at 6:30 p.m. to continue their preparation for tomorrow's opening Group B match against Costa Rica at StubHub.

However, none of the players boarded the bus parked at the hotel, with the driver waiting and their training equipment stacked at the front of the hotel.