How they qualified
The Reggae Girlz rose to prominence in 2019 when they qualified, unexpectedly, for the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France. Their pre-tournament campaign was put together late with a federation that refused to fund training camps, eventually prompting Reggae royalty Cedilla Marley to step in alongside a crowd funded campaign.
Three years later and the Jamaican women have qualified for their second major tournament with an unbeaten record,
How they Qualified
Haiti stormed through their qualifying games scoring 44 times in four games and not conceding a single goal. Cuba and Honduras managed to keep the goals against down to six while St Vincent and the Grenadines and British Virgin Island shipped 11 and 21 goals respectively.
Star Player
Issy Les Moulineaux forward Roselord Borgella hit the back of the net 11 times while her teammate in France Batcheba Louis scored eight.
How they qualified
Panama topped their group winning all four games El Salvador, Belize, Barbados and Aruba without conceding a goal but scoring 24 of their own.
Star player
Panama goalkeeper Yenith Bailey came to the world’s attention at the 2018 tournament, aged 17. In goal for all six of Panama’s matches, she led her side to a fourth-place finishstarting in the group stage with a clean sheet in an opening 3-0 victory over Trinidad and Tobago.
Opened in 1967, the 42,000 capacity Estadio Universitario – nicknamed El Volcán – is one of Mexico’s most storied stadiums.
The home of LigaMX side Tigres UNAL, it was given to Sinergia Deportiva, the for-profit company that administers Tigres, as part of the club’s assets.
The stadium hosted four matches at the 1986 World Cup and also hosted Coap Libertadores de America matches in 2005 and 2006 when Tigres played outside of its own confederation Concacaf in the Conmebol championship.
How they Qualified
Despite hosting the 2022 CONCACAF W Championships, Mexico still had to endure four qualifying matches on the road to competing in their own back yard. Three-hundred and sixty minutes later, and ‘La Tri’ had blitzed through everything and everyone that stood before them, scoring 34 goals and conceding a triumphant 0. They are soon set for a real challenge, though, as they face title holders and neighbours USA in their last group game on the 11th of July.
How the Qualified
Costa Rica cruised through qualifying winning all four games, scoring 22 goals and not conceding any. Saint Kitts and Nevis, Guatemala, Curacao and US Virgin Islands were all put away by five goals or more.
Star Players
Raquel Rodriguez and Priscilla Chinchilla
Costa Rica’s strength is in their midfield. Portland Thorn’s Raquel Rodriguez is a pivotal box-to-box player for Costa Rica.
How they qualified
The US Womens’ national team, popularly branded ‘USWNT’, qualified automatically for this summer’s Concacaf W Championship, although their glittering reputation as the reigning World Champions would suggest they would’ve had very little difficulty securing their place in the group stages of a competition they are more than familiar with. They have been ranked the world’s number 1 team since 2018.
Tournament record
USWNT’s Concacaf W Championship record is outstanding,
How they Qualified
Trinidad topped their qualification group, two points ahead of Guyana who they drew with 2-2 in their final group game. Trinidad scored 19 goals in four games against Guyana, Nicaragua, Dominica and Turks and Caicos, condeding just three.
Star Player
Playing her club football at Hibernian in Scotland, at 27 Liana Hinds is one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most senior players as well as most versatile.
June 30 – The final 23-player rosters for the Concacaf W Championship have been released for the eight nations with the US and Canada, the two red-hot favourites for the tournament stacking their squads with in-form stars and big names.
June 24 – Every match from the Concacaf W Championship in Monterrey, Mexico, will be streamed live on Paramount+ with a number of games simulcast on sister network CBS Sports.
June 6 – German players will receive a record performance-related bonus €60,000 if they win the Women’s Euro 2022 following an agreement between the German FA (DFB) and the team’s representatives.
May 25 – The profile of women’s football has never been higher in England, and neither has the level of financial support.
May 24 – The Women’s EURO 2022 to be hosted in England this summer is projected to generate £54 million in economic activity for the host cities, according to an impact report released by UEFA and the tournament organisers.
May 23 – Olympique Lyon reclaimed the European crown in women’s football following a sweeping three-goal first half against FC Barcelona to run out 3-1 winners in the final of the Champions League in Turin.
