Jamaica women's national football team

Jamaica
Nickname(s)Reggae Girlz
AssociationJamaica Football Federation
Head coachHubert Busby Jr.
Most capsSashana Campbell (31)
Top scorerKhadija Shaw (42)
FIFA codeJAM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 51 (25 March 2022)[1]
Highest50 (March 2020)
Lowest128 (November 2010)
First international
 Haiti 1–0 Jamaica 
(Port-au-Prince, Haiti; 17 April 1991)
Biggest win
 Jamaica 14–0 Saint Lucia 
(San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic; 20 June 2014)
Biggest defeat
 Canada 11–1 Jamaica 
(Brazil, 18 July 2007)
 United States 10–0 Jamaica 
(Canada, 19 August 1994)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2019)
Best resultGroup stage (2019)
CONCACAF Women's Championship
Appearances6 (first in 2002)
Best result3rd place (2018)

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Jamaica national football team.

The Jamaica women's national football team, nicknamed the "Reggae Girlz", is one of the top women's national football teams in the Caribbean region along with Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti. In 2008, the team was disbanded after it failed to get out of the group stage of Olympic Qualifying, which notably featured the United States and Mexico. The program was restarted in 2014 after a nearly six-year hiatus, finishing second at the 2014 Women's Caribbean Cup after losing 1–0 against Trinidad and Tobago in the final. The team is backed by ambassador Cedella Marley, the daughter of Bob Marley; she helps raise awareness for the team, encourages development, and provides for it financially.[2] Jamaica qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in 2019, but the team was eliminated after losing all its matches in the group stage.

History

Founding

Women's football in Jamaica started with the founding of the Jamaican Women's Football association (founded by Andrea Lewis its first president) in 1987.[3]

1990s

On 17 April 1991 the team competed in its first international match against Haiti, which they lost 1–0.[4] In August 1994, the Reggae Girlz were defeated 10–0 by the United States.[4]

2000s

In 2002, the Reggae Girlz qualified for the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup (the qualifying tournament for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, but lost all of their preliminary round games. In 2006, the team qualified for the Women’s Gold Cup again and finished in fourth place.[4]

2010s

In 2010, due to lack of funding, the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF) cut the senior women’s program as well as the women’s Olympic program. Subsequently, the team was unable to participate in the qualifiers for the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup.[5] In 2011, due to over three years of inactivity, Jamaica was not ranked in the FIFA Women's World Rankings.[6]

In April 2014, Cedella Marley was named the team’s official ambassador and helped the team with their fundraising efforts.[7] On 24 June 2014, the team launched the fundraising campaign "Strike Hard for the Reggae Girlz!"[8] to raise $50,000 to pay for practices, travel expenses, housing, nutrition, and equipment in preparation for the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship where they hoped to secure a spot at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[9]

In July 2014, it was announced that Jamaica was looking for players with Jamaican heritage in countries as far as the United Kingdom in order to improve their squad for the 2014 Women Caribbean Cup in Trinidad and Tobago.[10] The team again went unranked by FIFA in June 2017.[11]

In May 2018, Jamaica began the first round of Caribbean Zone qualifying, this was the first time the team had assembled in two years.[12] Jamaica won their group and advanced to the final round of Caribbean Zone qualifying. They hosted the final round tournament and won all four games securing their spot at the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship.[13] The same year, Jamaica competed in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games. In the group stage, they had a record of one win and two losses, but did not advance to the knockout round.[13] At the 2018 CONCACAF Women's Championship, Jamaica was drawn into Group B alongside Canada, Costa Rica and Cuba. In their first match against Canada, they played well but lost 2–0. Jamaica secured an upset 1–0 victory over Costa Rica in their second match, thanks in part to the great play of goalkeeper Sydney Schneider.[14] In their final group match against Cuba, Jamaica won 9–0. As a result of Costa Rica losing their final group match, Jamaica finished second in their group and advanced to the semi-finals where they would face the number one ranked United States.[15] The US defeated Jamaica 6–0, in the semi-final. Jamaica won the third place match against Panama on penalty kicks, securing a spot at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. Jamaica is the first Caribbean nation to ever qualify for a Women's World Cup and became the first Caribbean country to have both men's and women's teams to participate in men's and women's World Cup.[16] Interestingly, its male counterparts also qualified to the only FIFA World Cup also in France.

Jamaica placed in Group C with Italy, Australia and Brazil, and was considered as a dark horse, being rated the lowest in the group. Eventually, they finished last in the group after losing all matches but scored a lone goal by Havana Solaun.

Results and fixtures
See also: 2022 in association football, 2022 in sports, and FIFA International Match Calendar

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021
10 June Friendly Jamaica  1–0  Nigeria Houston, United States
21:00 CT
  • Blackwood 51'
 Report Stadium: BBVA Stadium
Attendance: 3,573
Referee: Tori Penso (United States)
13 June Friendly United States  4–0  Jamaica Houston, United States
21:00 CT
Report Stadium: BBVA Stadium
Attendance: 8,737
Referee: Karen Abt (United States)
24 October Friendly Jamaica  0–0  Costa Rica Fort Lauderdale, United States
17:00 ET Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium

2022
17 February 2022 (2022-02-17) 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualifying Jamaica  4–0  Bermuda Kingston
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)		 Stadium: National Stadium
Referee: Astrid Gramajo (Guatemala)
20 February 2022 (2022-02-20) 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualifying Grenada  1–6  Jamaica St. George's
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Stadium: Kirani James Stadium
Referee: Priscila Pérez Borja (Mexico)
8 April 2022 (2022-04-08) 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualifying Cayman Islands  0–9  Jamaica George Town, Cayman Islands
Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Stadium: Truman Bodden Sports Complex
Referee: Melissa Borjas (Honduras)
12 April 2022 (2022-04-12) 2022 CONCACAF W Championship qualifying Jamaica  5–1  Dominican Republic Kingston
 Report (FIFA)
Report (CONCACAF)
Stadium: National Stadium
Referee: Tatiana Guzman (Nicaragua)

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
As of unknown date
Name Nat Position
Vin Blaine Head coach
Andrew Price[17]
Everton Edwards Assistant coach
Will Hitzelberger Physical Trainer
Jason Henry Physical Trainer
Dr Lori-Ann Miller Team Doctor
Saundria Codling Physiotherapist
Omar Folkes Equipment Manager
Sheridan Samuels[18]

Manager history
Name Nat Position Year
Grace Butterfield Jamaica National Senior Women's Team Manager 1991
Jean Nelson Jamaica National Women's Teams Manager[19][20] 1994
Jacqueline Cummings Jamaica National Women's Team Asst Manager 1994
Elaine Walker-Brown Jamaica National Senior Women's Team Manager 2014
Jean Nelson Jamaica National Women's Teams Manager 2009–

Players

Current squad

The following 21 players were named to the squad for the matches against  Cayman Islands and  Dominican Republic on 9 and 12 April 2022, respectively.[21][22]

Caps and goals are current as of 12 April 2022 after the match against  Dominican Republic.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Sydney Schneider (1999-08-31) 31 August 1999 19 0 Washington Spirit
13 1GK Rebecca Spencer (1991-02-22) 22 February 1991 4 0 Tottenham Hotspur
23 1GK Yazmeen Jamieson (1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 5 0 P18 IK
3 2DF Vyan Sampson (1996-07-02) 2 July 1996 4 0 Charlton Athletic
4 2DF Chantelle Swaby (1998-08-06) 6 August 1998 23 0 Rangers
6 2DF Courtney Douglas (1995-08-01) 1 August 1995 2 0 Unattached
12 2DF Sashana Campbell (1991-03-02) 2 March 1991 38 3 Unattached
17 2DF Allyson Swaby (1996-10-03) 3 October 1996 24 0 Angel City
7 3MF Chinyelu Asher (1993-05-20) 20 May 1993 31 6 AIK
8 3MF Kayla McCoy (1996-09-03) 3 September 1996 10 3 Rangers
9 3MF Marlo Sweatman (1994-12-01) 1 December 1994 17 4 Szombathelyi Haladás
14 3MF Drew Spence (1992-10-23) 23 October 1992 1 0 Chelsea
18 3MF Trudi Carter (1994-11-18) 18 November 1994 23 15 Gintra
5 4FW Mikayla Dayes (1999-09-29) 29 September 1999 2 0 Maryland Terrapins
10 4FW Jody Brown (2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 18 12 Florida State Seminoles
11 4FW Khadija Shaw (captain) (1997-01-31) 31 January 1997 38 56 Manchester City
15 4FW Tiffany Cameron (1991-10-16) 16 October 1991 13 6 ETO FC
16 4FW Paige Bailey-Gayle (2001-11-12) 12 November 2001 3 0 Leicester City
19 4FW Tiernny Wiltshire (1998-05-08) 8 May 1998 8 0 KuPS
20 4FW Kiki van Zanten (2001-08-25) 25 August 2001 1 0 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
21 4FW Olufolasade Adamolekun (2001-02-21) 21 February 2001 12 0 USC Trojans
22 4FW Mireya Grey (1998-09-07) 7 September 1998 9 1 Unattached

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up in the past 12 months.

This list may be incomplete.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Dominique Bond-Flasza (1996-09-11) 11 September 1996 26 4 Tindastóll v.  Grenada, 20 February 2022
DF Gabrielle Gayle (2000-10-14) 14 October 2000 1 0 South Alabama Jaguars v.  Grenada, 20 February 2022
DF Alika Keene (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 1 1 Gintra v.  Grenada, 20 February 2022
DF Logan McFadden (2000-01-17) 17 January 2000 0 0 Lipscomb Bisons v.  Grenada, 20 February 2022
DF Jade Bailey (1995-11-11) 11 November 1995 1 0 Liverpool v.  Costa Rica, 24 October 2021
DF Satara Murray (1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 1 0 Bristol City v.  Costa Rica, 24 October 2021
DF Konya Plummer (1997-08-02) 2 August 1997 31 2 AIK v.  Costa Rica, 24 October 2021 PRE
DF Deneisha Blackwood (1997-03-07) 7 March 1997 26 7 Houston Dash v.  United States, 13 June 2021
DF Jadyn Matthews (1999-11-16) 16 November 1999 8 0 Cornell Big Red v.  Nigeria, 10 June 2021 PRE
DF Madiya Harriott (1999-02-16) 16 February 1999 3 0 Vanderbilt Commodores v.  Nigeria, 10 June 2021 PRE
DF Jayda Hylton-Pelaia (1998-05-30) 30 May 1998 1 0 Arizona State Sun Devils v.  Nigeria, 10 June 2021 PRE
MF Atlanta Primus (1997-04-21) 21 April 1997 1 0 London City Lionesses v.  Costa Rica, 24 October 2021
MF Havana Solaun (1993-02-23) 23 February 1993 9 2 North Carolina Courage v.  United States, 13 June 2021
MF Peyton McNamara (2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 2 0 Ohio State Buckeyes v.  United States, 13 June 2021
MF Chiara Ritchie-Williams (1998-09-02) 2 September 1998 0 0 LSU Tigers v.  Nigeria, 10 June 2021 PRE
FW Cheyna Matthews (1993-11-10) 10 November 1993 10 8 Racing Louisville v.  Costa Rica, 24 October 2021
FW Shania Hayles (1999-12-22) 22 December 1999 1 0 Aston Villa v.  United States, 13 June 2021
FW Shayla Smart (2000-05-30) 30 May 2000 1 0 Wake Forest Demon Deacons v.  Nigeria, 10 June 2021 PRE

PRE Preliminary squad

(Players are listed within position group by order of latest call-up, caps, and then alphabetically)

Previous squads

Records
As of 8 April 2018
Players in bold are still active, at least at club level.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup
Main article: Jamaica at the FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
1991Did not qualify
1995
1999Did not enter
2003Did not qualify
2007
2011Did not enter
2015Did not qualify
2019Group stage3003112-11
2023 To be determined
TotalGroup stage3003112-11
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
FIFA Women's World Cup history
YearRoundDateOpponentResultStadium
2019 Group stage9 June BrazilL 0–3Stade des Alpes, Grenoble
14 June ItalyL 0–5Stade Auguste-Delaune, Reims
18 June AustraliaL 1–4Stade des Alpes, Grenoble

Olympic Games
Summer Olympics record Qualifying record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
1996Did not qualify 1995 FIFA WWC
2000Did not enter 1999 FIFA WWC
2004Did not qualify 5203410
2008 75022814
2012Did not enter Did not enter
2016Did not qualify 4202204
2020 75024411
2024To be determined To be determined
Total-------- 2314099639
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CONCACAF W Championship
CONCACAF W Championship record Qualification record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD GP W D* L GF GA GD
1991Group stage3003112-11 -
1993Did not enter Did not enter
1994Fifth Place4004222-20 -
1998Did not enter Did not enter
2000
2002Group Stage3003113−12 4310130+13
2006Fourth Place310227-5 5500370+37
2010Did not enter Did not enter
2014Group Stage310285+3 2014 Caribbean Cup
2018Third Place52121210+2 7610414+37
2022Qualified 4400242+22
TotalThird Place2141162669-31 161420914+87
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Pan American Games
Pan American Games record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
1999 Did not enter
2003
2007 Preliminary Round4112317
2011 Did not enter
2015 Did not qualify
2019 Seventh Place410327
TotalSeventh Place8215524
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Central American and Caribbean Games
Central American and Caribbean Games record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
2010Did not enter
2014
2018Group Stage310245
2022To be determined
TotalGroup Stage310245
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

CFU Women's Caribbean Cup
CFU Women's Caribbean Cup record
Year Result Pld W D* L GF GA
2000Group Stage4301162
2014Runners-up6501363
TotalFirst round10802525
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

FIFA World Ranking
See also: FIFA Women's World Rankings
A line chart depicting the history of the Jamaica's year-end placements in the FIFA World Rankings.

Last update was on June 25, 2021 Source:[23]

  Best Ranking    Worst Ranking    Best Mover    Worst Mover  

Jamaica's FIFA World Ranking History
Year Rank Best Worst
Rank Move Rank Move
512021————
50202050 150
51201951 253
53201853 1171 7
64201764 164 1
65201665 468
72201567 774 5
72201471 172 7
—2013————
—2012————
—2011————
—2010————
65200965 467
71200870 373 1
76200774 276 2
74200674 781 3
76200576 179 3
7620047376 3
7220037073 4

See also

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