Jamaica women's national under-20 football team

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Jamaica Women's U-20
Nickname(s)Reggae Girlz
AssociationJamaica Football Federation
Sub-confederationCFU (Caribbean)
Head coachJamaica Xavier Gilbert
CaptainLiya Brooks
FIFA codeJAM
First colours
Second colours
First international
Jamaica  21–0  Grenada
(Kingston, Jamaica; 18 December 2002)
Biggest win
Jamaica  21–0  Grenada
(Kingston, Jamaica; 18 December 2002)
Biggest defeat
Canada  7–0  Jamaica
(San Pedro Sula, Honduras; 6 December 2015)
CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship
Appearances12 (first in 2002)
Best resultFourth-Place (2006)
FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
AppearancesDNQ

The Jamaica women's national under-20 football team, nicknamed the "Reggae Girlz", is a female football team at the age of U-20 which represent Jamaica in the international women's football. The team plays CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. The nation yet to qualified to the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.[1][2][3][4]

Team image[edit]

Nicknames[edit]

The Jamaica women's national under-20 football team has been known or nicknamed as "Reggae Girlz".

Home stadium[edit]

The team play its home matches on the Frome Sports Club and others stadiums.

History[edit]

The Jamaica women's national under-20 football team of Jamaica at age of U-20. The team have played their first game against Grenada which won by 21–0 goals at Kingston Jamaica on 18 December 2002.[5] The team have participated all the edition of CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship and their best performance was fourth-place on 2006. The nation has not qualified to the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.

Current squad[edit]

The following squad were named recently finished 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship[6]

As of 10 November 2022
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
1 1GK Liya Brooks (2005-05-17)17 May 2005 (aged 16) United States Hawaii Surf Soccer Club
3 1GK Serena Mensah (2002-03-14)14 March 2002 (aged 19) United States Fordham Rams
13 1GK Javanae Jones (2002-10-06)6 October 2002 (aged 19) Jamaica Reinas Academy

2 2DF Mia Mitchel (2005-03-14)14 March 2005 (aged 16) United States Charlotte Soccer Academy
4 2DF Able Nevillegail (2002-02-15)15 February 2002 (aged 20) United States Navarro College
5 2DF Anabel Moore (2003-03-20)20 March 2003 (aged 18) Jamaica Yale University
6 2DF Malia Atkins (c) (2002-02-03)3 February 2002 (aged 20) United States South Dakota Coyotes
11 2DF Davia Richards (2004-02-10)10 February 2004 (aged 18) Jamaica Waterhouse FC
20 2DF Adrene Smith (2006-11-26)26 November 2006 (aged 15) Jamaica UWI F.C.

7 3MF Shaneil Buckley (2005-05-20)20 May 2005 (aged 16) Jamaica Waterhouse FC
9 3MF Kameron Simmonds (2003-12-06)6 December 2003 (aged 18) Jamaica Richmond FC
10 3MF Peyton McNamara (2002-02-22)22 February 2002 (aged 20) United States Ohio State Buckeyes
12 3MF Chantelle Parker (2002-01-01)1 January 2002 (aged 20) United States Pittsburgh Panthers
14 3MF Shania Harris (2002-07-19)19 July 2002 (aged 19) United States Daytona State College
15 3MF Alexia Wright
17 3MF Zoe Vidaurre (2003-03-16)16 March 2003 (aged 18) United States Bethesda ECNL
19 3MF Alexia Spencer (2002-01-28)28 January 2002 (aged 20) United States Saint Leo Lions

8 4FW Christina Salmon (2002-08-13)13 August 2002 (aged 19) United States Hill College
16 4FW Daihla Whyte (2003-09-07)7 September 2003 (aged 18) Unattached
18 4FW Theanna Burnett (2003-09-18)18 September 2003 (aged 18) United States Gwinnett Soccer Academy

Fixtures and results[edit]

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

2023[edit]

14 April 2023 (2023-04-14) CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification Jamaica  6–0  Anguilla Managua, Nicaragua
19:00
Report Stadium: Nicaragua National Football Stadium
Referee: Karen Hernandez (Mexico)
16 April 2023 (2023-04-16) CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification Bermuda  0–2  Jamaica Managua, Nicaragua
19:00 Report
Stadium: Nicaragua National Football Stadium
Referee: Alyssa Nichols (United States)
18 April 2023 (2023-04-18) CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship qualification Jamaica  2–0  Honduras Managua, Nicaragua
19:00
Stadium: Nicaragua National Football Stadium
Referee: Sandra Benitez (El Salvador)

Competitive records[edit]

  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place  

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup[edit]

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup record
Year Round Position MP W D* L GF GA
Canada 2002 to Colombia 2024 Did not qualify
Poland 2026 To be determined
Total 0/12 0 0 0 0 0 0

CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship[edit]

CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship record
Year Result MP W D L GF GA
Trinidad and Tobago 2002 Group stage 3 0 2 1 3 4
Canada 2004 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 12
Mexico 2006 Fourth-Place 5 2 0 3 19 7
Mexico 2008 Group stage 3 1 0 2 8 6
Guatemala 2010 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 9
Panama 2012 Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 5
Cayman Islands 2014 Group stage 3 0 2 1 1 4
Honduras 2015 Group stage 3 1 1 1 8 10
Trinidad and Tobago 2018 Group stage 3 0 1 2 3 8
Dominican Republic 2020 Quarter-finals 5 3 1 1 21 8
Dominican Republic 2022 Round of 16 4 1 1 2 3 4
Dominican Republic 2023 Group stage 3 1 0 2 4 9
Total 12/12 41 9 9 23 73 86

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jamaica Women's U-20 football team statistics". www.globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Jamaica Women's U-20 football team news, fixtures, results". www.m.goalzz.com. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Jamaica Women's U-20 team profile". www.int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Reggae Girlz U20 Women's Team Loses their First World Cup Qualifying Game". www.caribbeannationalweekly.com. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Jamaica thrash ed Grenada by 21-0 in the opener". RSSSF. 18 December 2002. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  6. ^ "No Jody Brown as young Reggae Girlz put together strong squad". www.jamaica-gleaner.com. Retrieved 10 November 2022.