Jamaica women's national football team
The Jamaica women's national football team, known as the "Reggae Girlz" is the women's national football team of Jamaica. They play football against other countries. Jamaica is one of the best teams in the Caribbean, like Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti.
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| Nickname(s) | The Reggae Girlz | ||
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| Association | Jamaica Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | CONCACAF | ||
| Head coach | Lorne Donaldson | ||
| Most caps | Khadija Shaw (38) | ||
| Top scorer | Khadija Shaw (56) | ||
| FIFA code | JAM | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 53  11 (7 December 2018)[1] | ||
| Highest | 37 (August 2023) | ||
| Lowest | 81 (May – September 2006) | ||
| First international | |||
 Haiti 1–0 Jamaica  (Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 17 April 1991) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Jamaica 14–0 Saint Lucia  (San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic; 20 June 2014) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 United States 10–0 Jamaica (Canada, 19 August 1994)  Canada 11–1 Jamaica (Brazil, 18 July 2007) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2019) | ||
| Best result | Round of 16 (2023) | ||
| CONCACAF Women's Championship | |||
| Appearances | 7 (first in 1991) | ||
| Best result | Third place (2018, 2022) | ||
Back in 2008, the team stopped playing together because they didn't do well in the Olympic Qualifying tournament, where they had to compete against the United States and Mexico. But in 2014, they started playing again after taking a break for about six years. They did pretty well in the 2014 Women's Caribbean Cup, but unfortunately, they lost to Trinidad and Tobago in the final match and came in second place. Cedella Marley, who is Bob Marley's daughter, supports the team to get attention, grow, and gives them money.[2]
In 2019, Jamaica made it to the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time. But they didn't do well and lost all their games in the first round. In the 2023 World Cup, Jamaica did better. They reached the Round of 16 for the first time. They didn't allow France and Brazil score any goals in their games, and they won their first-ever World Cup game against Panama 1–0.[3]
References
change- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 7 December 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ↑ "Equalizer Soccer – Mother, sister, ambassador: Bob Marley's daughter helps Jamaica with World Cup qualifying journey". Womens.soccerly.com. 13 October 2014. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ↑ "IS THIS FOR REAL? YES, IT IS!". Jamaica Observer. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 3 August 2023.