KINGSTON – As a part of their preparation for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifiers, Jamaica’s nationwide ladies’s soccer workforce will face off towards France and South Africa in two upcoming pleasant internationals later this 12 months, in response to the Jamaica Soccer Federation (JFF).
The Reggae Girlz, ranked forty second on the planet, will first meet Tenth-ranked France on October 25 on the Stade Auguste-Bonal in France. This match will function a rematch of their historic 2023 World Cup encounter, the place the 2 groups battled to a 0-0 draw, securing Jamaica’s first-ever level at a Girls’s World Cup.
The Jamaican aspect will then return dwelling to face Fiftieth-ranked South Africa in a pair of pleasant matches on November 29 and December 2. This would be the first assembly between the 2 nations since their 1-1 attract April 2019 in Durban.
The significance of those friendlies
JFF president Michael Ricketts emphasised the significance of those friendlies as a part of the workforce’s journey in the direction of World Cup qualification.
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“We wish to give our Reggae Girlz the perfect alternative to qualify for the 2027 FIFA Girls’s World Cup, and we really feel these upcoming pleasant internationals to shut out 2024 are helpful to the teaching workers and gamers,” mentioned Ricketts.
The 2027 FIFA Girls’s World Cup Qualifiers are set to start in CONCACAF in 2025, with the area granted 4 computerized spots for the event, which will probably be hosted by Brazil. Two extra groups from CONCACAF may even have an opportunity to qualify by way of the Intercontinental playoffs.
These friendlies towards France and South Africa mark essential steps within the Reggae Girlz’ preparation as they search to construct on their current World Cup achievements and purpose for his or her third consecutive World Cup look.
