Jamaica’s Senior Ladies’s soccer crew head coach Lorne Donaldson is firmly of the view that the Reggae Girlz are on the fitting trajectory following their elimination from the CONCACAF Paris 2024 Olympics Playoff.
The Jamaicans misplaced the two-legged tie towards Canada 4-1 on mixture after the Canucks eked out a 2-1 victory within the second leg inside BMO Area in Toronto on Tuesday.
Canada, the reigning Olympic Video games gold medallist, had received the primary leg 2-0 inside Kingston’s Nationwide Stadium final Friday.
The North Individuals thus earned the privilege to attempt to defend their title in Paris subsequent 12 months. Additionally they booked their ticket to subsequent 12 months’s CONCACAF Ladies’s Gold Cup Match, whereas condemning Jamaica to the W Gold Cup Qualifying Group A which incorporates Panama and Guatemala.
The three groups will play dwelling and away beginning October 25 with the Reggae Girlz going through Panama away. The winner books an automated place within the W Gold Cup, whereas the runner-up earns one other shot throughout a playoff subsequent February.
Pedigree coming via the ranks
“No matter occurs from right here, the crew, with all of the conditions, is in a superb place with among the younger gamers that we begin to present and placed on the sphere,” Donaldson informed the media following Tuesday’s loss.
“I believed the younger gamers gave a superb account of themselves, so the longer term is vivid for the crew, and hopefully we are able to hold this group collectively and sooner or later, whoever has them, can have a pedigree coming via the ranks…”
Donaldson, who was an assistant coach when the Reggae Girlz certified for his or her historic first FIFA World Cup look in 2019, and the pinnacle coach when the crew made it a second time final 12 months, has come to the top of his contract with the native governing physique, the Jamaica Soccer Federation.
He had mentioned previous to the two-game playoff tie towards Canada that he had not but been contacted on this regard, however a tv report in Jamaica on Wednesday evening prompt {that a} assembly is imminent.
In Tuesday’s sport, Donaldson and his technical workers had been compelled into 5 adjustments from the crew which began within the first leg in Kingston.
Captain and ace ahead Khadija Shaw did not recuperate from an harm, whereas defender Konya Plammer, defensive midfielder Vyan Sampson, ahead Chenya Matthews and winger Jody Brown misplaced our, and had been changed by Kayla McKenna, Kameron Simmonds, Chantelle Swaby, Paige Bailey,and Tiffany Cameron.
Spence places Girlz forward with spectacular free-kick
Ace midfielder Drew Spence gave Jamaica the lead by way of a spectacular free-kick on 33 minutes, just for Cloe Lacasse to equalize with a agency header six minutes later.
And 5 minutes into the second half Jordyn Huitema secured the win with one other headed purpose.
Donaldson, a former Jamaican worldwide, principally admitted that there was not far more his younger aspect may do to show the tie round.
“We did what we may do by simply making use of strain; it was an end-to-end sport and so they scored an important purpose, a set-piece [from a corner] that we haven’t given up for a very long time,” the coach bemoaned.
“Then the second purpose they scored, coming again, it was just a little little bit of a misfortune the way in which the ball bounced, as an alternative they bought it within the field [penalty] and completed,” he added.
It was Canada’s 11th win in 11 makes an attempt towards Jamaica, registering 64 objectives for and merely two towards.