CONCACAF names Guyana’s U20 team for Women’s Championships

Another arm of the Lady Jags’ setup will spring into action this weekend as Guyana’s Under-20 Women’s team competes in the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championships in the Dominican Republic.

While there has been no word yet from local authorities on the team, the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) have released a 20-woman roster for all participating teams, including Guyana.
According to CONCACAF, Guyana’s team reads, Arden La Rose, Jessica Myers, Hasha Holder, Savannah Mosdesir- Singh, Shamya Daniels, Audrey Narine, Samantha Banfield, Jenea Knight, Shanic Thornhill, Kiana Khedoo, Alleia Alleyne, Aillianna Holder, Jessica Jagdeo, Rory Scott, Dylana Makarowski, Inari Moore, Gabriella Salvadore, Anessa O’Brien, Latesha Sutherland and Valentina Khan.
The Junior Lady Jags are in Group F with Mexico, Honduras and Panama, with their first game coming on Saturday, February 26 against Honduras.
For this tournament, there will be an initial group stage, after which the top three teams from each group would advance to another Round of 16, where they will meet the teams who qualified through the CONCACAF qualifiers in 2021.
The first, second and third place finishers in the Championships would each book a spot in the 2022 FIFA Women’s U-20 World Cup tournament in Costa Rica in August 2022.
On the basis of being the host country, Costa Rica has received automatic qualification to the U-20 World Cup, and would be the fourth team representing the CONCACAF Region at the games.
The current CONCACAF U20 Champions are the United States, having defeated Mexico 4-1 in the last edition of the tournament in 2020.
In the last Under-20 Championships, Guyana’s Women’s team reached the quarterfinals, the furthest the Guyanese team ever got in the competition.