Jamaica dumped as Guatemala advance to W Gold Cup Prelims after 1-1 draw

Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz formalized their exit from the 2024 CONCACAF Girls’s Gold Cup after taking part in to a 1-1 consequence within the closing match of Group B of League A on Sunday night time on the Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores in Guatemala Metropolis, Guatemala.

The consequence implies that Panama has completed in first-place within the group with seven factors and has certified for the W Gold Cup group stage. Guatemala will progress to the Prelims, having completed on 5 factors, whereas Jamaica completed in third.

Ana Martinez put the host forward on 20 minutes when she transformed a penalty after being needlessly fouled by Lauren Reid, who additionally gave away a penalty in opposition to Panama final week.

Equaliser on 66 minutes

Nonetheless, Davia Richards discovered the equaliser on 66 minutes when she raced onto a defence-splitting cross earlier than poking house.

Jamaica was shortly out the blocks within the must-win contest and went shut from a right-sided nook kick which compelled the Guatemala defenders to throw themselves into blocked pictures on purpose. Nonetheless, it was Guatemala who broke the impasse within the 10’.

Martinez was taken down within the Jamaica penalty space and it she picked herself up and transformed from the spot handy the house facet a 1-0 lead.

Richards made no mistake

Then simply after the half hour mark Andrea Alvarez examined Jamaican goalkeeper Serena Mensah with an extended vary shot which she tipped over the horizontal.

The Jamaicans had been desperate to get again within the recreation and an extended ball performed as much as the Guatemalan half fell kindly to Richards who made no mistake within the 66 minute.

The Jamaicans appeared disjointed and never as fluent as in earlier video games and it was no shock they acquired eradicated as they by no means created many possibilities, permitting the host defenders to carry agency to the tip.