Jermaine Francis and Dillon De Silva were both in action during the March international break.

Francis started twice for Grenada as the Spice Boys fell to successive defeats in the FIFA Series.

The North Americans began their campaign with a trip to Stade Amahoro in Kigali, Rwanda, taking on Amavubi on their home patch in the maiden game of the 2026 edition of the competition.

After several missed chances Rwanda netted the opening goal two minutes into added time with a stunner by Leroy Jacques Mickels that rested at the corner of the net past the Grenada goalkeeper Chad Leron Jaime Philip, and four minutes later Jojea Kwizera made it 2-0 for the hosts as the match headed for a break.

Skipper Djihad Bizimana also got his name on the scoresheet with a long range shot that beat the Grenada goalkeeper after 69 minutes, with Hakim Sahabo making it 4-0 after 83 minutes to seal a comprehensive victory for the East Africans.

Francis had gone close to pulling a goal back prior to Rwanda’s fourth, missing the target with a long range effort.

Rwanda went on to face Estonia in the final on Monday night, having edged Kenya 5-4 in penalty shoot-out, and saw Grenada take on the Harambee Stars in the third place play-off.

After playing 85 minutes in the first game, making way with five remaining as part of a quintuple change by Anthony Modeste, Francis was named in the starting XI for a second time at the same ground, taking on a Kenya side which includes Grimsby Town midfielder Clarke Oduor and Tranmere Rovers midfielder Zech Obiero.

Goals from Austin Odhiambo and Ryan Ogam giving Kenya a 2-0 advantage within the opening 18 minutes, with Viljay Valcin turning the ball into his own net with nine minutes to go to condemn Grenada to a 3-0 defeat.

Over in Asia, on-loan Maidenhead United winger De Silva started and produced two crucial contributions as Sri Lanka secured a remarkable 3–1 victory over Chinese Taipei on their home soil, marking the second consecutive win against them away from home.

As such, the Golden Army closed out their AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027 Qualifiers Final Round Group campaign in impressive style, Goals from Rahul Suresh and Niloshan Senthurvasan gave the Golden Lions a 2-0 advantage heading into half time, with an own goal from Christopher Tiao all but confirming the win despite Yao-Hsing Yu’s consolation goal two minutes later

Sri Lanka, who moved onto nine points with the win, went in front when De Silva swung a right-footed cross into the box from the left, finding the head of Garrett Kelly and he nodded the ball back across goal for Suresh to volley first-time into the roof of the net.

Eight minutes later the visitors doubled their lead with De Silva again at the heart of the move, making his way to the byline and cutting the ball back to Suresh, whose clever flick set up Senthurvasan to slam his low strike into the bottom corner.

Niloshan was involved again as Sri Lanka claimed their third, surging down the left flank to send in a dangerous cross that the unfortunate Tiao redirected past goalkeeper Huang Chiu-lin, but within two minutes, Chinese Taipei claimed a consolation as Tiao redeemed himself with a decisive run down the left, skipping past Anujan Rajendram to bend in a cross towards the far corner of the six yard box that Yu Yao-hsing headed home.

De Silva was replaced by Aman Faizer with eight minutes to go, having played a key role in Sri Lanka closing out their AFC Asian Cup campaign victorious, and dmeans they finish third in Group D, only four points behind Thailand and Turkmenistan to cement their fine effort, as well as nine points ahead of Chinese Taipei, who failed to pick up a single point, though it wasn’t enough to claim a berth at next January’s Finals in Saudi Arabia.

However, with Chinese Taipei ranked 174 and Sri Lanka at 194 prior to the match, the result is expected to significantly boost Sri Lanka’s FIFA ranking, potentially climbing to around 190.