Jamaica’s female footballers created history after they became the first Caribbean team – male or female – to qualify for two consecutive FIFA World Cups.
The Jamaicans collected their ticket to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia/New Zealand by beating Haiti 4-0 in their final match of Group A of the 2022 Concacaf Women’s Championship on Monday night at the Estadio BBVA in Monterrey.The result also means that this is the second time in history that a Caribbean team have qualified for a Women’s World Cup.
Jamaica’s captain, Khadija Shaw, was proud of the country’s qualification to another World Cup.
“We are a small island, but we can do big things,” Shaw told reporters from Concacaf.
Jamaica will next play Canada in the semi-finals of the championships. USA and Costa Rica will meet in the other semi-final.
Haiti have finished in third place in Group A, and will advance to next February’s 10-team 2023 Women’s World Cup Playoff in New Zealand.
In the game, Jamaica were the ones to break the deadlock as some nice work from Khadija Shaw set up Trudi Carter, whose right-footed shot beat Haiti GK Nahomie Ambroise to make it 1-0 to the Reggae Girlz in the 26′.
Haiti went right to work to try to find an equalizer and Roselord Borgella had it all there to get it in the 52′ off a Jamaica turnover, but instead swung her shot wide of the post.
Haiti continued to push forward in search of a goal, but it left space behind for the Jamaican attack and Shaw was happy to take advantage of it by firing in a right-footed shot to double the Jamaica lead to 2-0 in the 58′.
Nevertheless, Haiti kept pushing and almost pulled a goal back in the 63’ through a blazing effort from Dumornay in the 63’, only to see Jamaica GK Rebecca Spencer parry the ball onto the post and eventually out of play.
However, the night belonged to Shaw and Jamaica and after a Haiti handball in the area, the Manchester City striker stepped up and fired in her third goal of the CWC from the penalty spot for a 3-0 lead in the 70′.
They then capped off their magical night in the 79′ with a well-placed header from Drew Spence off a free kick to complete the winning 4-0 scoreline, earning their first ever CWC win against Haiti in three attempts.
– additional reporting by Concacaf
