Guyana bow out of Women’s U20 Championships with 3rd loss

It was a disappointing end to their CONCACAF Women’s U20 Championships run for Guyana’s Under-20 Lady Jags, who signed off their 2025 campaign with a 7-0 drubbing at the hands of Puerto Rico’s Women.
Several changes to the starting XI saw Captain Heike Clarke, goalkeeper Alexis Mars, Naomi Benjamin, Shareina Langevine, Jaida Tucker, Maliyah Gangadin, Sydney Glean, Liyah Menilek, Myanne Fernandes, Jayda Schoburgh and Se-Hanna Mars, taking first kick at the Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto in Costa Rica.
Ashley McMahon got the scoring started for Puerto Rico with a shot from 24 yards out in the fifth minute, escaping the grasp of Guyana’s keeper Mars. Just four minutes later, Estefania Gonzalez made it a 2-0 affair, with a perfectly-placed header off a set piece from the corner.

In the 34th minute, Susana Roberts approached the goal with Mars off her line. Beating the keeper, Roberts took the right- footed shot into the opposing corner of the net to give Puerto Rico a 3-0 lead at the half.
Gabriella Garnett gave the Guyanese side an unceremonious welcome to the second half with a rocket of a shot into the top of the net from some 30 yards out. Nine minutes later, Garnett followed up with a flat shot from a similar distance to complete her brace.
Guyana’s defences managed to hold on for some 15 minutes or so, but Puerto Rico resumed their relentless hunt in the dying minutes of the game. McMahon returned in the 85th minute to complete her brace with a shot from the edge of the six-yard box while Roberts brought up her second in the 90th+3 when her low shot seemed to be redirected away from the Guyanese goalkeeper.
As a result of the loss, Guyana’s U20 Lady Jags finished at the bottom of Group A in the Championships, not being able to secure any points while being burdened by a goal difference of -24. The top two finishers in the group will move on to the semi-finals and secure a spot in the FIFA 2026 Women’s U20 World Cup in Poland.