Guyana’s Lady Jaguars will resume their group A campaign in the Road to Concacaf W Gold Cup Qualifiers when they face off with Dominica today at 4:00 p.m. at the Wildey Stadium in Barbados.
Guyana, in their opening match, lost to hosts Antigua and Barbuda 1-2. Similarly, Dominica, in their previous fixture, went down to Suriname 0-4.
Guyana’s 19-member roster, which features primarily overseas-born and based players, comprises goalkeepers Chante Sandiford, Raven Edwards-Dowdall, Ludesha Reynolds, defenders Rylee Traicoff, Savanna Mondesir-Singh, Shennel Daniels, Brianne Desa, midfielders Alleia Alleyne, Dylana Makarowski, Ghilene Joseph, Hannah Baptiste, Masani Springer, Jalade Trim, Sandra Johnson, Stefanie Kouzas, Samantha Banfield, and forwards Anya Tribune, Otesha Charles, and Shyla Murray.
The other members of the technical team are Paul DeAbreu (assistant coach), Andre Hazel (goalkeeper coach), Sarah Benjamin (team doctor), Natisha Mokutnauth (physiotherapist), Andrea Johnson (operations manager), and Nicola Argyle (equipment manager).
The event will serve as the qualifiers for the inaugural Road to the World Gold Cup and will occur during the FIFA Women’s International Window in September, October, and November of this year.
After home and away group stage matches within each league, the respective winner of each League A section (three teams) will qualify for the 2024 W Gold Cup Group Stage.
The second-place finishers in each of the League A groups (three teams) and the winner of each League B pool (three teams) will progress to the preliminary stage of the 2024 W Gold Cup (six teams in total).
The inaugural W Gold Cup will occur from February 17th–March 10th, 2024, in the United States.
