Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz formalized their exit from the 2024 CONCACAF Girls’s Gold Cup after taking part in to a 1-1 end result within the last match of Group B of League A on Sunday evening on the Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores in Guatemala Metropolis, Guatemala.
The end result implies that Panama has completed in first-place within the group with seven factors and has certified for the W Gold Cup group stage. Guatemala will progress to the Prelims, having completed on 5 factors, whereas Jamaica completed in third.
Ana Martinez put the host forward on 20 minutes when she transformed a penalty after being needlessly fouled by Lauren Reid, who additionally gave away a penalty towards Panama final week.
Equaliser on 66 minutes
Nevertheless, Davia Richards discovered the equaliser on 66 minutes when she raced onto a defence-splitting move earlier than poking residence.
Jamaica was rapidly out the blocks within the must-win contest and went shut from a right-sided nook kick which pressured the Guatemala defenders to throw themselves into blocked pictures on purpose. Nevertheless, it was Guatemala who broke the impasse within the 10’.
Martinez was taken down within the Jamaica penalty space and it she picked herself up and transformed from the spot handy the house aspect a 1-0 lead.
Richards made no mistake
Then simply after the half hour mark Andrea Alvarez examined Jamaican goalkeeper Serena Mensah with a protracted vary shot which she tipped over the horizontal.
The Jamaicans have been wanting to get again within the recreation and a protracted ball performed as much as the Guatemalan half fell kindly to Richards who made no mistake within the 66 minute.
The Jamaicans appeared disjointed and never as fluent as in earlier video games and it was no shock they bought eradicated as they by no means created many possibilities, permitting the host defenders to carry agency to the top.
