Jamaica women's national under-20 football team

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]

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

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)   Hawaii Surf Soccer Club
3 1GK Serena Mensah (2002-03-14)14 March 2002 (aged 19)   Fordham Rams
13 1GK Javanae Jones (2002-10-06)6 October 2002 (aged 19)   Reinas Academy

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

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

8 4FW Christina Salmon (2002-08-13)13 August 2002 (aged 19)   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)   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)
May 2023 (2023-05) CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship GS Jamaica   v Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Stadium: Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium
May 2023 (2023-05) CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship GS Jamaica   v Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Stadium: Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium
May 2023 (2023-05) CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship GS Jamaica   v Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Stadium: Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium

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
  2002 to   2024 Did not qualify
  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
  2002 Group stage 3 0 2 1 3 4
  2004 Group stage 3 0 0 3 2 12
  2006 Fourth-Place 5 2 0 3 19 7
  2008 Group stage 3 1 0 2 8 6
  2010 Group stage 3 0 0 3 0 9
  2012 Group stage 3 0 1 2 1 5
  2014 Group stage 3 0 2 1 1 4
  2015 Group stage 3 1 1 1 8 10
  2018 Group stage 3 0 1 2 3 8
  2020 Quarter-finals 5 3 1 1 21 8
  2022 Round of 16 4 1 1 2 3 4
  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.