NASSAU, BAHAMAS, CMC
THE BAHAMAS COACH Matthew Green is identifying the Jamaican team as their biggest challenge at the Women's Under-20 CONCACAF Caribbean Zone Qualification Group C qualifying this week in St Kitts.
Before departing this weekend, Green spoke lightly of their other rivals and acknowledged that Jamaica should be their toughest hurdle.
"We expect to do very well against Antigua and Barbuda and St Kitts, but obviously Jamaica is our toughest competition," Green told the Nassau Guardian.
"But the team has been training hard for the past three months, and I don't want them to be intimidated by the Jamaicans. As long as we stay focused, and put into practice what we have been learning, then we can win," he added.
Great asset
The Bahamas boast nine players from last year's Under-19 team, and their unit includes overseas-based Gerrainne Dorsett, a U.S.-based collegiate goalkeeper, Martyra Turnquest, who attends high school in the U.S., and Amanda Ritchie, a Canadian college student.
"These players should be a great asset to the team because they get to face a diverse level of competition in their play at school," said Green.
The Bahamians open against hosts St Kitts and Nevis on Monday, before tackling Antigua and Barbuda on Wednesday, and the Jamaicans on Friday.
Other countries competing for the right to move on to the CFU tournament include Anguilla, Dominica, Suriname, and Netherlands Antilles in Group B, and the British Virgin Islands, Haiti, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Dominican Republic in Group D.
Winners of each group will join the Group A winners Trinidad and Tobago, who eliminated Grenada, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines to advance in the CFU quadrangular finals in November.
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