Reggae Girlz Draw 0-0 with Costa Rica, Coach Happy

The world quantity 51 ranked Reggae Girlz performed out an entertaining goalless draw towards their Thirty sixth-ranked opponents Costa Rica on Sunday, on the DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale in entrance of a small however vibrant crowd.

This worldwide pleasant is part of the Girlz preparation for the World Cup Qualifiers set to start in February 2022.

The Girlz performed excessive press, free flowing attacking soccer, dominating majority of the sport whereas creating quite a few probabilities however none might get go the Costa Rican custodian Daniela Solera.

Solera was by far the busier of the 2 goalkeepers and thwarted all of the assaults the Girlz threw at her with huge probabilities falling to Cheyna Matthews (Louisville FC), Khadija Shaw (Manchester Metropolis), Drew Spence (Chelsea) and Atlanta Primus (London Metropolis Lionesses).

Matthews who had an excellent recreation taking part in down the proper wing had the most effective likelihood on the stroke of half time to place the Girlz in entrance. She latched on to a cross from Leicester Metropolis’s debutant Paige Bailey-Gayle at level clean vary however was brilliantly denied by Solera.

Inside seconds of the resumption the Girlz had one other wonderful alternative to take the lead after Atlanta Primus discovered herself on the top of splitting go from Drew Spence however couldn’t beat the goalkeeper.

Credit score should additionally go to a a lot organized Costa Rican backline that soaked up a lot of the strain.

The Costa Rican’s performed with 10 from as early as the primary quarter of an hour after defender Katherine Alvarado obtained despatched off knocking down Atlanta Primus who was via on purpose.

Coach Hubert Busby says regardless of not getting the consequence they needed he was happy with how the Girlz approached the sport.

“When it comes to our taking part in ideas, issues we now have been engaged on…the staff did very nicely.”

“We executed nicely, we performed via the strains. We possessed the ball…very happy with the best way they managed the sport, we created sufficient probabilities to win it…very unlucky we didn’t get the win”

Busby is now hoping that he can have extra camps and video games in order that they will proceed constructing their connection. “We actually have to proceed to coach, have some extra camps, some extra video games…it’s actually about us coming collectively…simply have a greater understanding on the pitch.”

He’s hoping to get the JFF to rearrange an area camp for the Girlz subsequent month “The plan now’s to have dialogue with the federation about having a camp in Jamaica, that’s our desire within the subsequent window November 22-30…we haven’t been again in Jamaica as a staff since December 2018 earlier than we left to go to the world cup…”

Satara Murray (Bristol Metropolis), Jade Bailey (Liverpool FC), Atlanta Primus (London Metropolis Lionesses) and Paige Bailey-Gayle (Leicester Metropolis) all made their debut for the Reggae Girlz.