Reggae Girls Leave for CONCACAF Gold Cup

The following players have been selected to represent Jamaica at the 2nd CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup competition, which takes place in Canada and the United States between October 27 and November 9. The squad left the island Monday, October 28, 2002.

Nickkesha Thomas – GK, Kerise Heywood – GK, Philicia Lewis, Michelle Depass , Genieva Sinclair, Hishamar Falconer, Bernadette Mairs, Denise Duncan , Diana Hue, Alicia James - (CAPTAIN), Jodi-Ann McGregor, Tanisha Francis, Suzette Murray, Sharika Evans, Nordia Reid, Nichole Berwise, Alicia Wilson, Latoya Linton

CONCACAF Gold Cup Schedule

The Football Confederation's Women's Gold Cup will also serve as CONCACAF qualifying for FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 in the People's Republic of China. The top two finishers gain automatic berths to next year's world championship, with the third-place winner in the Women's Gold Cup to face the third-placed team in the Asian Football Confederation qualifying tournament for the final spot.

 JAMAICA’S  SCHEDULE - FC WOMEN'S GOLD CUP 2002

GROUP 1: USA, MEXICO, PANAMA, TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
GROUP 2: CANADA, COSTA RICA, JAMAICA, HAITI

Wednesday 30 October 2002 (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
COSTA RICA v JAMAICA (18:00); CANADA v HAITI (20:00)

Friday 1 November 2002 (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
HAITI v COSTA RICA (18:00); CANADA v JAMAICA (20:00)

Sunday 3 November 2002 (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
JAMAICA v HAITI (12:00); CANADA v COSTA RICA (14:00)

Wednesday 6 November 2002 (Seattle, Washington USA)
SEMIFINAL 1: WINNER GROUP 2 v RUNNER-UP GROUP 1 (19:00*)
SEMIFINAL 2: WINNER GROUP 1 v RUNNER-UP GROUP 2 (21:30*)

Saturday 9 November 2002 (Pasadena, California USA)
THIRD-PLACE MATCH (16:30); FINAL (19:00)

 

JAMAICA vs. GUATEMALA

Two hours after the Reggae Girlz face Costa Rica, the Reggae Boyz  will take on Guatemala in an International Friendly in Guatemala City on Wednesday, October 30, at 8:00pm.

The squad to face Guatemala is: Donovan Ricketts, Kirk Hendricks, Thomas Grant, Sean Sawyers, Omar Daley, Linval Dixon, Roen Nelson, Johnathan Williams, Irvino English, Fabian Taylor, Marco McDonald, Tyrone Marshall, Craig Ziadie, Robert Scarlett, Winston Griffiths, Wolde Harris, Ian Goodison, William Wilson.

 

HARBOUR VIEW ADVANCE

HARBOUR VIEW advanced to the final round of the Caribbean Club Championship with a 7-1 second leg hammering of the Cayman Islands' Georgetown at the Harbour View Stadium on Sunday.

In yesterday's victory Fabian Taylor hit a hat-trick, substitute Nicholas McCreath a double while Jermaine Hue and Christopher Jackson had one each. Garth Anderson had the lone strike for Georgetown.

The home team advanced 10-1 on aggregate having won the first leg 3-0 two Thursdays ago. Harbour View now go on to Trinidad and Tobago for further qualifiers from December 11-15.

CONCACAF GOLD CUP QUALIFYERS

Jamaica will play alongside Guadeloupe, Barbados and hosts Grenada in one group of the qualifying rounds of the 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Games will be played on November 9, 11 and 13. Three other groups will be hosted in other part of the Caribbean in November.  The two top teams from each group will qualify for the CFU FINAL PLAYOFFS in Trinidad and Tobago, April 2003, to determine the Caribbean’s participants.

 

JAMAICAN REFEREES GET INTERNATIONAL APPOINTMENTS

CFU qualifying competition

Ricardo Morgan – FIFA assistant Ref. Group A,  Bermuda, Oct 30 – Nov 3.

Anthony Garwood – FIFA assistant ref, Group A, Cuba, Oct 27-30

CFU GOLD CUP QUALIFYING

Anthony Garwood and Ricardo Morgan - FIFA assistant refs, T&T, Nov. 10 -20.

19^th CAC GAMES – El Salvador

Victor Stewart, FIFA REFEREE, November 23 – December 6, 2002

 

ROADBLOCK FOR JAMAICA’S REFEREES

CONCACAF PROTESTS "THE WORST REFEREERING DECISION OF ALL TIME" – CONCACAF NEWS

28.10.02 - Zurich, October 21.- CONCACAF has launched an immediate and vehement protest against today's decision by the FIFA Referees' Committee that "the best referees and assistants, working as trios from the same countries, should be in charge of the next FIFA World Cup". Calling this "the worst refereering decision of all time", CONCACAF President Jack Warner said: "It is almost impossible to understand the sheer self-interest and thoughtlessness of those who made this decision. "This effectively means an almost impenetrable road-block for referees and assistants from CONCACAF, from Asia, from Africa, from Oceania...indeed from all but the select few of the high and mighty countries who do not mind taking all the playing talent from elsewhere but do not want anyone else to intrude. "Our collective refereeing development programs are now cut off at the neck and shoulders...one of our officials could work hard to rise through the ranks and then be cast aside because there are not two others of his standard from his country. "Maybe the Referees' Committee, in its total lack of wisdom, can tell the rest of us how to attract, retain and improve referees and assistants when they know they will never be invited to officiate at the most important events." CONCACAF Senior Vice President Lisle Austin (Barbados) and Carlos Ortiz (El Salvador), the Confederations' two members on the Referees' Committee, both spoke against the measure - which is intended to be implemented for the first time at the FIFA Youth championship next year. EDITORS' NOTE: JAMAICA’S PETER PRENDERGAST OFFICIATED AT THE WORLD CUP FINALS IN KOREA/JAPAN 2002. HE WAS THE LONE JAMAICAN OFFICIAL. OWEN POWELL WAS JAMAICA’S LONE REPRESENTATIVE AT THE 1998 WORLD CUP IN FRANCE.