Guyana looking to topple in-form St Lucia

CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championships…

Guyana’s Lady Jags female football team will be looking to overthrow table-toppers St Lucia in their highly anticipated Group ‘A’ matchup today at the National Track and Field Centre at Leonora, WCD. The action starts at 20:30 hrs.
Both Guyana and St Lucia have remained unbeaten in their group stage matches. St Lucia, having scored a total of 9 goals in their three matches, are standing on 9 points; while the Lady Jags, having played only two matches and scored a total of 4 goals, are standing on 6 points.
St Lucia have thus far played three matches, with their most recent being against Antigua and Barbuda, whom they overcame 3-1.
Having recorded two victories — over Bermuda and Antigua and Barbuda — Guyana’s Lady Jags sit in second spot on six points.
The St Lucia side have been heavily dependent on their captain, Krysan St Lewis, who has scored 5 of their 9 goals in the three matches. She scored 3 against Antigua and Barbuda, and 2 against Bermuda, but was unable to score against Suriname.
St Lewis’s team mates Tanika Bernard and Britanya St Prix have scored three and one goal respectively. St Lucia are heavily dependent on St Lewis, Bernard and St Prix to take them over the line, as these players have a total of 8 goals between them.
If Guyana are to contain and prevent these top St Lucians from scoring, the pressure will automatically mount on the remaining players, who have each failed to announce their presence in the qualification stage.
The Guyanese side is without a captain, as coach Ivan Joseph believes that every player on the team possesses individual leadership skills. Thus the pressure will not be on an individual player, as thus far seen in Guyana’s two games.
In Guyana’s first game, goals were scored by Brianna Desa and Kianna Khedool; while, in the second game, goals were scored by Jenea Knight, who led them to victory with two goals.
If Guyana were to defeat St Lucia, they would automatically go to the top of Group ‘A’, while still having a final match to be played against Suriname on Sunday at 16:00h. ‘Group A’ consists of Bermuda, Antigua and Barbuda, Suriname and St. Lucia.
The CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Qualifiers will conclude on Sunday, July 21. The top three finishers of each group will advance to the knockout stage of the competition, joining the four teams that advanced from the qualifying stage.
Admission to all matches is free of charge.