CONCACAF mentioned on Monday {that a} busy week is on the docket this week, with the return of the CONCACAF Caribbean Cup, the beginning of the Street To W Gold Cup and the beginning of the pivotal Olympic Play-Off between Jamaica and Canada.
This Wednesday marks the beginning of the Street To W Gold Cup, by which 34 groups will make up the qualifying event for the 2024 CONCACAF W Gold Cup.
“The possibility to punch a direct ticket to the W Gold Cup is there for the taking for the 9 groups in League A, and little doubt one of many essential matches of the week would be the opening match of Group C when Haiti host Costa Rica,” CONCACAF mentioned.
“The winner of this contest will put themselves within the driver’s seat to qualify for the W Gold Cup, so an thrilling 90 minutes await within the Dominican Republic, the setting for Thursday’s encounter,” it added.
CONCACAF mentioned each groups arrive into the match contemporary off their respective participations within the 2023 FIFA Girls’s World Cup in Australia/New Zealand.
Whereas neither facet was capable of advance previous the group stage, CONCACAF mentioned they displayed some excellent soccer.
Haiti shall be led by rising star and Lyon MF Melchie Dumornay, “who confirmed within the Girls’s World Cup why she might develop into the most effective gamers within the sport within the subsequent a number of years,” CONCACAF mentioned.
“Dumornay’s velocity, power and playmaking capacity shall be a stern check for Costa Rica, who will look to counter with the likes of Melissa Herrera and Raquel Rodriguez,” it mentioned.
Different key matches in play shall be Mexico internet hosting Puerto Rico in Group A, whereas Guatemala and Panama will tangle in back-to-back video games in Group B, CONCACAF mentioned.
Caribbean Cup
The Caribbean Cup heads into its third of 5 weeks of motion with a heavyweight battle in Group A between Cavalier of Jamaica and Dominican Republic facet Moca on Tuesday in Kingston, Jamaica, CONCACAF mentioned.
It mentioned Cavalier sit atop the group with 4 factors by two matches, scoring three objectives from three completely different gamers, and shall be leaning on the comforts of residence to attempt to choose up one other very important three factors.
“Moca will definitely fancy their probabilities of getting a end result, as they sit third within the group with three factors after only one sport. A victory for the guests can be sufficient to catapult themselves into first place,” CONCACAF mentioned.
It mentioned one other necessary match to regulate would be the Group B affair on Wednesday between third place Atletico Pantoja of the Dominican Republic and leaders Harbour View from Jamaica. Harbour View sit atop the group having solely performed one match.
Olympic Play-Off First Leg
CONCACAF mentioned the stakes shall be “large” starting on Friday evening in Kingston, Jamaica, for the beginning of the Girls’s Olympic Play-Off between Jamaica and Canada.
The primary leg shall be performed on Friday, adopted by the second leg in Toronto, Canada on Tuesday, Sept. 26, CONCACAF mentioned.
“Not solely does the winner of this Olympic Play-Off qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics, however in addition they clinch a spot within the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup,” it mentioned. “If Jamaica had been to win the two-legged sequence, they might develop into the primary ever Caribbean nation to qualify for the Olympics.
In the meantime, CONCACAF mentioned Canada is the defending Gold Medal champions from Tokyo 2020, “so they are going to be desirous to have the chance to defend their crown.
“Although Jamaica have by no means defeated Canada in 9 all-time conferences, the Reggae Girlz shall be feeling assured after making historical past on the 2023 FIFA Girls’s World Cup after they reached the knockout stage for the primary time ever,” CONCACAF added.
