Last night at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in Grand Cayman Dominica Women’s Under-17 Football team was thrashed 8 goals to 1 when they took on host country Cayman in their opening game in the qualifying phase of the CONCACAF Women’s Under-17 Football Championship. The Cayman ladies dominated each aspect of the game, tactically, technically, athletically and physically. In the first half striker Brittany Dennis gave Team Dominica some hope with her lone goal.
But if there is any consolation for the Dominica team in this crushing defeat is that the Cayman Islands U17 Women’s team suffers a worst defeat in 2010 in the same completion versus the United States. But maybe the bigger lesson is for the Dominica Football Association in setting year-round football academies not just for Women’s football but for all youth to enhance and sustain Dominica’s competitiveness in tournaments. Dominica takes on Antigua tomorrow night at 6:30 pm. Here is a disappointed Captain Alanna Finn
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