The Jamaican ladies’s nationwide soccer crew, often called the Reggae Girlz, has concluded the 12 months because the highest-ranked crew from the Caribbean Soccer Union (CFU) within the FIFA World Rankings.
Regardless of dropping three locations, the Reggae Girlz are ranked fortieth within the newest world rankings, positioning them because the fourth-highest-ranked crew within the Confederation of North, Central America, and Caribbean Affiliation Soccer (CONCACAF) and considered one of 5 CFU groups throughout the high 100 globally.
Their notable achievements in 2023 included a third-place end within the CONCACAF Ladies’s Championship, the place they secured a 1-0 victory over Costa Rica in July. Nonetheless, the head of their 12 months was incomes a spot within the FIFA Ladies’s World Cup, which came about from July 20 to August 20 in Australia and New Zealand.
Morale-boosting attracts in opposition to France and Brazil
Throughout the World Cup, the Jamaican crew achieved morale-boosting attracts in opposition to France and Brazil and recorded a 1-0 victory in opposition to fellow CONCACAF facet Panama within the group stage. They superior to the second spherical however have been eradicated after a 1-0 defeat to Colombia.
Sadly, the Reggae Girlz didn’t safe qualification for the 2024 Olympic Video games in Paris, France. Reigning champions Canada defeated them 4-1 on combination throughout CONCACAF qualification in September.
Within the final quarter of the 12 months, the crew confronted challenges associated to an alleged dispute with the Jamaica Soccer Federation. Consequently, a depleted squad participated within the Pan Am Video games, however they have been unable to safe a spot within the CONCACAF Ladies’s Gold Cup.
The CFU’s high 10
The rankings of different CFU groups have been influenced by their participation in numerous qualification tournaments throughout the confederation, both positively or negatively. Among the many CFU groups throughout the FIFA high 100 are Haiti, up one place and ranked 51st (sixth in CONCACAF); Trinidad & Tobago, down three spots at 78th (eighth in CONCACAF); Guyana, down two locations at 87th (tenth in CONACACAF); and Cuba, up six spots at 89th (eleventh in CONCACAF).
The CFU’s high 10 on the earth rankings additionally contains Puerto Rico, unchanged at 103rd (twelfth in CONCACAF); the Dominican Republic, down one spot at 107th (14th in CONCACAF); Suriname, unchanged at 132nd (seventeenth in CONCACAF); St. Kitts & Nevis, down seven spots at 138th (18th in CONCACAF); and Bermuda, up three spots at 143rd (nineteenth in CONCACAF). St. Lucia dropped 5 locations to a hundred and fifty fifth on the earth and sits on the backside of the CONCACAF high 20 checklist.
The Reggae Boyz, the Jamaican males’s nationwide soccer crew, have been additionally ranked as the highest CFU crew for 2023.
