League A of the Highway to W Gold Cup returns with Jamaica coming into the fray in Group B with a go to to tackle Panama, stated CONCACAF on Monday.
It stated Jamaica was slotted into Group B after developing simply quick within the CONCACAF Olympic Play-In versus Canada, “however an opportunity to nonetheless attain the 2024 W Gold Cup is there for the taking for the Reggae Girlz.”
“A lot of the identical group that received Jamaica to the knockout spherical of the 2023 FIFA Girls’s World Cup in Australia/New Zealand will take to the sphere in Panama, together with star GK Rebecca Spencer and harmful attacker Khadija Shaw,” CONCACAF stated.
It stated Panama already has “two matches below their belt, as they break up a pair of video games with Guatemala in the course of the September window.”
“The Canaleras ran out 3-0 winners within the first recreation in Guatemala, however fell 3-2 at residence within the second recreation in Panama,” CONCACAF stated. “FW Riley Tanner has led the way in which with a pair of objectives, whereas MF Marta Cox has performed a key position with a objective and an help.”
CONCACAF stated historical past exhibits that “when these two sides meet, an thrilling recreation of soccer is the end result.
“Their most memorable contest was in 2018 when Jamaica edged Panama in a penalty shootout following a 2-2 draw within the Third-Place Match of the 2018 Concacaf W Championship,” it stated.