Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz face an uphill job to overturn a 0-2 deficit after they go to the BMO Discipline in Toronto, Canada, for Tuesday’s return leg in opposition to the hosts of their essential Paris 2024 Olympic Video games Qualifier.
Kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 pm (Toronto time).
Within the first leg inside Kingston’s Nationwide Stadium final Friday, Canada simply proved the higher crew with a convincing victory, due to an 18th minute objective from Nichelle Prince, and a really late strike (90th+3) from Adriana Leon, who simply may have had a hat-trick on another evening.
Canada, quantity 10 on the FIFA World Listing, is the reigning Olympic Video games gold medallist, and a three-time medallist, whereas Jamaica, ranked 37th on the FIFA World Listing, has by no means certified for the quadrennial occasion.
They may have loved contrasting fortunes finally summer season’s FIFA Girls’s World Cup, with Canada struggling a shock group stage elimination, whereas Jamaica superior to the Spherical of 16 for the very first time in solely their second World Cup look.
Final Friday the North Individuals proved they had been a lot the higher crew and deserving Tokyo Olympics champion with a classy show, which stymied the Jamaican assaults whereas penetrating the Jamaican defence with regularity.

Reggae Girlz want to alter fortunes, says coach Donaldson
The winner on combination over the 2 video games goes to the Olympic Video games subsequent yr in Paris, France, however whether it is tied the crew with extra away targets advance.
If the 2 groups are nonetheless tied, half-hour of additional time can be performed Tuesday, adopted by a penalty shootout if vital. The loser drops right into a Girls’s Gold Cup Qualifying Group A which incorporates Panama and Guatemala.
For the Reggae Girlz head coach Lorne Donaldson, the equation is easy.
“We’ve got to enter Canada and attempt to change our fortunes, attempt to make one thing occur otherwise,” he advised the media throughout a post-game press convention final Friday.
“We’re a crew that’s coming collectively and we’re nonetheless looking for some mixtures that we expect can work, so scoring targets is tough, and we haven’t performed anyone who’s a slouch, so we have now to get video games which might be winnable video games for us in order that we are able to begin constructing as a result of it doesn’t come straightforward while you play groups like Canada, France, Brazil and people groups,” he added.
“It’s not going to be straightforward, so hopefully we are able to discover a method and get via the scenario and begin scoring targets.”
Canada’s coach Priestman needs to finish job
His reverse quantity, Bev Priestman, was happy with the style wherein her crew stamped its superiority over the Jamaicans of their yard and she or he plans to finish the job on Tuesday in entrance of a bought out, partisan crowd.
“We need to go to Toronto and placed on present and get the job executed. The job is barely half executed and I feel that’s been the message to the gamers that I do know this Jamaica group goes to come back and do all the things, throw the kitchen sink at us as a result of the Olympic Video games is on the road and never lots of people get to go to that, so we’ve bought to be prepared, bought to do all the things correctly…”
The Canadians departed Jamaica through constitution shortly after their recreation final Friday evening, whereas the Jamaicans journeyed up north on Saturday afternoon.
Each groups educated on the match venue on Monday, with Reggae Girlz Captain Khadija Shaw and winger Jody Brown receiving remedy on the sideline.
Donaldson is predicted to make modifications, a lot of which can be dictated by the provision of Shaw and Brown.
Defender Swaby dissatisfied with first leg loss
Central defender Allyson Swaby, who was late to cease the flashing header of Prince for the opening objective final Friday, says the crew should discover a method to rating targets if the crew is to advance.
“Clearly dissatisfied to not have gotten the outcome we wished, but it surely’s a two-way tie so I feel we’re simply centered on enhancing for the subsequent recreation and preventing again.
“I feel the targets that we conceded had been actually small errors that we may’ve dealt with higher after which I simply assume that finally if we need to advance we have now to discover a method to win, so we have now to determine learn how to put the ball behind the web.”
In 10 earlier conferences between the 2 sides, Jamaica is but to win any, conceding 62 targets whereas scoring simply as soon as.
Left wingback Deneisha Blackwood is clinging to hope as she believes there’s nonetheless an opportunity for the Girlz to create a miracle inside BMO Discipline, 80 miles northeast of Niagara Falls.
Blackwood admits fault for first objective in opposition to Canada
“It’s two legs and I feel this primary leg is sort of a first half, so the subsequent recreation we have now to take a look at it prefer it’s 2-0 at half time, how can we get again one and we simply have to begin for there… however I feel there are a variety of issues we have to enhance on and it’s simply easy issues like communication and taking part in collectively as a unit and I feel as soon as we do that we are going to be good.”
For the primary objective final Friday, it was Ashley Lawrence who was given an excessive amount of time and area on the fitting flank to whip in a cross for Prince to flash dwelling previous Rebecca Spence in objective for Jamaica.
Blackwood was the defender who failed to forestall the cross and she or he readily accepted accountability.
“Clearly I’ll take one for the crew and say the primary objective it was my fault as I feel I ought to have launched earlier and get strain on the ball, but it surely’s part of the sport and I feel there’s a variety of issues that we may have prevented earlier than that, so it’s like a collective fault.”
With Jamaica already chasing the sport, they’ll’t afford to make too many errors, particularly defensively, as that might current Canada with secure passage to kill off the sport as a contest.
Groups from: Jamaica – Rebecca Spencer, Vyan Sampson, Konya Plummer, Drew Spence, Jody Brown, Solai Washington, Khadija Shaw, Deneisha Blackwood, Allyson Swaby, Tiernny Wiltshire, Atlanta Primus, Kayla McKenna, Cheyna Matthews, Tiffany Cameron, Sydney Schneider, Liya Brooks, Chantelle Swaby, Shaneil Buckley, Olufolasade Adamolukun, Kameron Simmonds, Sashana Campbell, Paige Bailey, Trudi Carter.
Canada – Kailen Sheridan, Sydney Collins, Kadeisha Buchanan, Quinn, Ashley Lawrence, Gabby Carle, Vanessa Gilles, Nichelle Prince, Jordyn Huitema, Jessie Flemming, Julia Grosso, Adriana Leon, Cloe Lacrosse, Jade Rose, Shelina Zadorsky, Lysianne Prouix, Sabrina D’angelo, Olivia Smith, Marie-yasmine Alidou, Evelyne Viens, Christine Sinclair, Simi Awujo, Bianca St Georges.