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MEX | Jul 12, 2022

‘Bunny’ brace leads Jamaica through to World Cup after 4-0 Haiti thrashing

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Reggae Girlz captain Khadija Shaw celebrates scoring her second goal against Haiti in Group A of the CONCACAF Women’s Championships on Monday, July 11, 2022. The match, played at the Estadio BBVA in Monterrey, Mexico ended 4-0 in favour of the Jamaicans, confirming their qualification to the Women’s World Cup. (Photo: CONCACAF.com)

Jamaica punched their ticket to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia/New Zealand in commanding fashion with a 4-0 win over Haiti in their final match of Group A of the 2022 CONCACAF Women’s Championship on Monday night (July 12) at the Estadio BBVA in Monterrey.

The result means Jamaica have qualified for a second straight Women’s World Cup, making it the second time in history that a Caribbean team have qualified for a Women’s World Cup.

Haiti has finished in third place and will advance to next February’s 10-team 2023 Women’s World Cup playoff in New Zealand.

The blistering pace at the start made for a back-and-forth affair and Haiti’s Melchie Dumornay almost scored the opener with a dazzling solo run from her own half that ended with her shot ringing off the post.

An opening goal was bound to come and Jamaica were the ones to break the deadlock as some nice work from Khadija Shaw set up Trudi Carter, whose right-footed shot beat Haiti goalkeeper Nahomie Ambroise to make it 1-0 to the Reggae Girlz in the 26th minute.

Haiti went right to work to try to find an equalizer and Roselord Borgella had it all there to get it in the 52nd minute off a Jamaica turnover, but instead swung her shot wide of the post.

Haiti continued to push forward in search of a goal, but it left space behind for the Jamaican attack and Shaw was happy to take advantage of it by firing in a right-footed shot to double the Reggae Girlz’ lead to 2-0 in the 58th minute.

Nevertheless, Haiti kept pushing and almost pulled a goal back in the 63rd minute through a blazing effort from Dumornay, only to see Jamaican keeper Rebecca Spencer parry the ball onto the post and eventually out of play.

However, the night belonged to Shaw and Jamaica and after a Haiti handball in the area, the Manchester City striker stepped up and fired in her third goal of the CWC from the penalty spot for a 3-0 lead in the 70th minute.

(Photo: Twitter @JFF_Football)

They then capped off their magical night in the 79th minute with a well-placed header from Drew Spence off a free-kick to complete the winning 4-0 scoreline, earning their first-ever CWC win against Haiti in three attempts.

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