![]() In 2006, the team qualified for the Women’s Gold Cup again and finished in fourth place. In 2002, the Reggae Girlz qualified for the 2002 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup (the qualifying tournament for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup, but lost all of their preliminary round games. In August 1994, the Reggae Girlz were defeated 10–0 by the United States. On 17 April 1991 the team competed in its first international match against Haiti, which they lost 1–0. Women's football in Jamaica started with the founding of the Jamaican Women's Football association (founded by Andrea Lewis, its first president) in 1987. At the 2023 World Cup Jamaica made the Round of 16 for the first time, after holding both France and Brazil to 0–0 draws and winning their first ever match at a World Cup against Panama 1–0. Jamaica qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in 2019, but the team was eliminated after losing all its matches in the group stage. ![]() The team is backed by ambassador Cedella Marley, the daughter of Bob Marley she helps raise awareness for the team, encourages development, and provides for it financially. The program was restarted in 2014 after a nearly six-year hiatus, finishing second at the 2014 Women's Caribbean Cup after losing 1–0 against Trinidad and Tobago in the final. In 2008, the team was disbanded after it failed to get out of the group stage of Olympic Qualifying, which notably featured the United States and Mexico. They are one of the top women's national football teams in the Caribbean region along with Trinidad and Tobago and Haiti. The Jamaica women's national football team, nicknamed the "Reggae Girlz", represents Jamaica in international women's football. ![]() ![]() ( San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic 20 June 2014) ![]()
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