Guyana to battle USA in 1st match of U20 Championships

…Junior Lady Jags drawn in Group A

Guyana’s Women’s Under-20 National Football team, the Junior Lady Jaguars, have been drawn in Group A of the CONCACAF Women’s U20 Championships following the official draw on Wednesday.
The Women’s U20 tournament scheduled for May 29 to June 8, 2025 at the Alejandro Morera Soto Stadium in Alajuela, Costa Rica, will serve as the official CONCACAF Region qualifier for the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
Guyana were drawn in Group A alongside USA, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico while Group B consists of Mexico, Canada, Panama, and Nicaragua.

The eight- team Championships will commence with group stage (two groups of four teams each) play, after which the group winners and runners-up (four teams in total) will advance to the semi-finals and qualify for the FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup in Poland next year.
Thereafter, the semifinal winners will advance to the final, where a champion will be crowned.

Guyana made their way into CONCACAF U20 Championships after topping Group A (alongside Haiti, Belize, and Antigua and Barbuda) in the U20 Championship Qualifiers in February with seven points from two wins and a draw.
Guyana’s ascension to their third Championships was a poetic one, edging Haiti 1-0 in their last, decisive game of the Qualifiers. In each edition of the Championship that Guyana have competed in (2020, 2022), Haiti were the team to oust Guyana from contention, first by a 3-0 margin in the quarter-finals in 2020 and by a 2-1 margin in 2022 during the knockout stage.
Guyana will begin their campaign in the 2025 U20 Women’s Championships on Friday, May 30 against the mighty USA. They will later battle Costa Rica and Puerto Rico on Sunday, June 1 and Tuesday, June 3 respectively.
The competition’s semi-finals are scheduled for Friday, June 6 with the anticipated final on Sunday, June 8, 2025.