As long as they enforce the current rule I am fine.
Funny how some players act like Shaggy singing 'It Wasn't Me' even when they were obviously hair-pulling and it was caught on camera in 4K. Del Castillo, Vinicius Jr, and then Katie McCabe last season who said it wasn't on purpose. Shameless gaslighters 😅.
According to Sofascore, Bunny Shaw's ball-carrying against Mexico was a constant outlet for the Reggae Girlz, "with 11 ball carries and 104.1 metres of progressive distance, including a best single carry of 36.1 metres."
This goal by the Reggae Girlz against Mexico came after 33 passes. In the end, Chelsea goalkeeper Becky Spencer launched the ball to San Diego Wave right-back Mimi Van Zanten. She dribbled into the box and passed it to Kayla McKenna, who touched it on to Orlando Pride's Solai Washington for the goal
Bunny Shaw's goal for the Reggae Girlz against Mexico, made possible by Drew Spence stealing the ball from a Mexican player in midfield, and carrying it straight down the pitch before passing it to Bunny for the goal.
The Reggae Girlz opened the scoring against Mexico with this goal from Jody Brown. Look at the work from Bunny Shaw, collecting the ball in her own half and carrying it into the final third before passing it to Paige Bailey-Gayle, who delivers it to Jody for the tap-in.
I don't know of any official reason given but I would imagine it gives the teams a chance to adequately prepare after coming from the summer break. This way they don't have to go straight into the final round, but have a window in which to get some final preparation work done.
The Reggae Girlz' goals in their win over Mexico came from Jody Brown (Marseille), Bunny Shaw (Manchester City), Deneisha Blackwood (Toluca), and Solai Washington (Orlando Pride). Mexico's goals came from Lizbeth Ovalle (Orlando Pride), Rebeca Bernal (Manchester United), and Charlyn Corral (Pachuca)
The Reggae Girlz have beaten Mexico 4-3.
Mexico scores. It's 4-3 now to Jamaica. Maybe Mexico haven't lost this just yet.
Solai Washington makes it 4-2 for Jamaica. Mexico has lost this one.
Mexico pulls another goal back to reduce Jamaica to a 3-2 lead.
Agreed.
Deneisha Blackwood scores from the penalty spot to make it 3-1 for the Reggae Girlz against Mexico.
Bunny has gone down in a lot of pain. Worrying moment.
I don't rat the coach normally, but the way he is using Bunny today is brilliant. For three years now I've believed we could use her deeper like that. Most people forget she started in college as a midfielder.
Bunny Shaw makes it 2-0 for the Reggae Girlz against Mexico.
Jody Brown makes it 1-0 for the Reggae Girlz against Mexico.
It will be on the Mexican national team's social media channels apparently. Facebook, YouTube and Tik Tok. May need to use a VPN, I imagine.
That's why even though I like Kiki on the wing, I would move her to midfield in this Reggae Girlz team, because she can play that role well, too. And we need quality there. She is a workhorse for Houston Dash in both attacking and defending.
