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Impressive Jamaica leads USA, Dominican Republic into final eight
Written by Leighton Levy. Posted in CONCACAF U20 Championship. | 02 March 2020 | 2934 Views
Tags: Football, Jamaica, Jody Brown

Jamaica, United States, Canada and the Dominican Republic all punched their tickets to the quarterfinals of the 2020 Concacaf Under-20 Women’s Championship with commanding victories in the Round of 16 on Saturday.

The day started with Jamaica’s impressive 9-1 win over Bermuda at the Estadio Panamericano in San Cristobal.

Jody Brown (13’, 61’, 76’, 90+1’) was the star of the day scoring four goals, while Sydoney Clark (83’, 88’) bagged a brace and Lacey Murray (12’), Nevillegail Able (41’) and Chantelle Parker (53’) added scores. Nia Christopher (27’) scored the lone goal for Bermuda.

That was followed by Canada rolling past Cuba 6-0, also at the Estadio Panamericano in San Cristobal.

Both Tanya Boychuk (7’, 56’) and Jazmine Wilkinson (82’, 83’) had braces, while Leonie Portelance (90’) had a goal and Cuba’s Alianne Matamoro (36’) had an own goal.

The day’s other action took place the Estadio Olimpico Felix Sanchez in Santo Domingo, starting with a 6-0 victory for the United States against Saint Lucia.

Mia Fishel (8’, 76’) and Brianna Pinto (36’, 90’) each had braces, while Sierre Enge (24’) and an own goal from Saint Lucia’s Renala Francis (14’) completed the scoring for the U.S.

That day was capped by hosts Dominican Republic downing El Salvador 4-1.

The two sides were level at halftime 1-1 on goals from the Dominican Republic’s Jazlyn Oviedo (37’) and Yoselyn Lopez (21’). But in the second half, the home side would power through, thanks to another score from Oviedo (64’) and a brace from Mia Asenjo (52’, 78’).