Guyana’s senior women’s football team, the Lady Jaguars, will oppose Dominica and the Turks and Caicos Islands next month in qualifiers for the 2022 Concacaf W Championships.
According to a release from the Guyana Football Federation the 2022 Concacaf W Championships, will serve as qualifiers for the 2023 FIFA women’s World Cup and the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Initially scheduled for last November, the fixtures were rescheduled owing to the COVID-19 pandemic and will now be staged February 16 and 19 respectively.
Guyana will host Dominica at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora from 8:00pm before traveling to the Turks and Caicos.
The Lady Jaguars previously played a
two match series against hosts Puerto Rico last October.
Lady Jaguars head coach Ivan Joseph said, “The first two rounds will be an extended training camp for us, as we try and assess our players and evaluate where we are as a team. This will be the first time in my tenure as a coach where we will have our full programme assembled, and it will take us some time to come together as a cohesive unit.”
He added, “Turks and Caicos and Dominica will be formidable opponents, who have been working hard these past few months to build a solid programme. We hope to get the results we need to put us in the right position to advance out of the group, but we will have our hands full.”
GFF Director of Women’s Programmes Paul Beresford said, “I am very excited to have our senior team playing in the upcoming W Qualifiers.
We have a mix of veterans and new players available to us, and I am confident the coaching staff will put a very competitive team together.”
According to Beresford, “Both of these games are critical in building momentum and we expect Dominica and Turks and Caicos to present stiff competition. It will be great to have the women’s team playing in Guyana again, and I expect the football fraternity to come out and support the Lady Jaguars.”
Upon the conclusion of the two matches, the final two qualifiers will take place in April. Guyana will oppose Nicaragua April 8th and Trinidad and Tobago April 12.
The winners of each of the six groups will join automatic qualifiers USA and Canada in the 2022 Concacaf W Championship in Mexico in July.
