The Guyana National Women’s Football Team, commonly referred to as the ‘Lady Jags’, has improved their standing in the FIFA/Coca Cola World Ranking moving four places up to 79.
This is their best move yet and comes at a time when much emphasis is being placed on women’s football development in Guyana and in a month when the
The Lady Jags celebrate after scoring against Guatemala in 2016
world observes International Women’s
Day.
President Wayne Forde expressed pleasure at the improvement and outline the plans for women’s football development, “The recently-concluded first ever Women’s Development League is evidence of the renewed focus we are placing on women’s football. The ‘Lady Jags’ have produced some of our proudest and most memorable moments as a football nation. I do believe that the time is upon us to match their efforts with a comprehensive domestic programme. The Executive Committee is fully committed to implementing such programmes in the coming years.”
The ‘Lady Jags’ had their most notable outing when they defeated Guatemala 2 – 1 in the Olympic
qualifier in 2016.
The team is placed 14 spots away from Jamaica (65) on the world rankings, the closest Caribbean
team, preceded by Trinidad and Tobago at 46. The United States of America holds the number one
spot.
The GFF wrapped up the National Women’s Development League last Sunday with the Guyana
Defence Force (GDF FC) as winners followed by Paiwomak Warriors FC in second and St.
Ignatius FC in third place. Additionally, as part of International Women’s Day, the GFF will profile
women in football during the course of the month on their social media portals and in the mass media.
