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In 2013, Busby signed on as Head Coach and general manager for the Seattle Sounders Women. [6] In 2019, Busby served as an assistant coach with the Jamaica women's national team during qualification and for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France. In 2020, he was named Head Coach for the Jamaica Women's national team for Olympic qualifying. [7]
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. 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.
Hue Alphanso Menzies (born 10 March 1964) is a football manager and former player. Menzies is most well known for leading the Jamaica women's national team to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup as its head coach and technical director, which was the first time a Caribbean nation had qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup.
On 9 December 2021, Theodore Whitmore was dismissed as senior national team head coach. [80] In September 2022, Icelander Heimir Hallgrímsson was hired as Jamaica's new coach. [81] On 21 November 2023, Jamaica qualified for the 2024 Copa América by reaching the 2023–24 CONCACAF Nations League A semifinals on a 3–2 comeback against Canada.
Jamaica's Women's World Cup run might be over for now, but the team's fight for support back home continues. The Reggae Girlz were disbanded 15 years ago when the Jamaican federation cut funding ...
Jamaica earned a historic first-ever Women’s World Cup win on Saturday, defeating Panama 1-0 following a goal from captain Allyson Swaby.
The national team qualified for 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, its first such qualification and the first for any Caribbean nation, by defeating Panama in a third-place playoff. [ 9 ] [ 12 ] [ 4 ] [ 13 ] While Jamaica did not win a match at the tournament, Havana Solaun scored the nation's first goal at a Women's World Cup against Australia . [ 14 ]
Defender Allyson Swaby scored in the 56th minute and Jamaica hung on to edge Panama 1-0 on Saturday for its first-ever win at the Women’s World Cup. Swaby, who grew up in West Hartford, Conn ...