JAMAICA SUCCESS AT LAST

 Historic victory for Jamaica in the FIFA World Cup.

AND MORE GOOD NEWS... Jamaica, Sunshine Girls secure 2nd game with a 75 - 40 victory over Wales Netball World Cup 2023!

The Reggae Girlz have created history at the World Cup again, winning their first ever match at the summit of football. We believe the entire nation of Jamaica is jumping and shouting at this historic victory by the Girls over Panama following their draw with France.

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https://onefootball.com/en/match/2266748 or

https://onefootball.com/en/video/all-you-need-to-know-panama-vs-jamaica-37932909

• Next up? August 2nd BRAZIL.....NOTE...same colours! and then CONCACAF v Canada at home 18th September.

• Football in Jamaica has been a CASUAL pastime since the 1890s, when men's football was introduced by settlers. Since then, football has flourished due to the suitable climate as well as the numerous teams that play. The first women's football match in Jamaica was on 29 November 1935 in Kingston, held to raise funds for the Jubilee Memorial Fund. Further charitable matches followed, with regular coverage in local newspapers by 1936 and the first tournament between women's teams reported on 18 November 1936. In 1987, the women's national team was founded, with Andrea Lewis as its first president.

  In February 1990, a regional league in the Kingston and St. James region crowned a club named the Boogie Girls as its first champions. The league was disbanded in 1998 in favor of a national league founded in 1999, first won by the Portmore Strikers.

  In 2011, $33 million was spent on the women's youth development.

• The Jamaican national team played their first international match in 1991.

  In 2008 the national team was disbanded, and revived in 2014 due to the fundraising efforts and advocacy of Cedella Marleyt The federation disbanded the team in 2015 after it failed to qualify for the 2015 FIFA World Cup, then revived it briefly before suspending it again for a lack of budget in 2016. During this period the team raised its own funds for training camps and travel, used borrowed uniforms, and were coached by volunteer Hue Menzies.

• The national women's team qualified for the 2019 World Cup, its first such qualification and the first for any Caribbean nation. While Jamaica did not win a match at the tournament, Havana Solaun scored the nation's first goal at a Women's World Cup against Australia. Following Jamaica's success, Menzies was named the 2018 Womens' coach of the year by CONCACAF. However, the players and Menzies raised several mabour disputes over unpaid wages, eventually resulting in a player strike and Menzies' resignation. In July 2022, Jamaica qualified for their second World Cup, an historic feat considering Jamaica's men's counterparts have been unable to do the same.

  
  
  

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