Jamaica Reggae Girlz forward Kayla McCoy insists the team remains hungry for success despite achieving the historic feat of qualifying for back-to-back FIFA Women’s World Cups.
Having already secured a spot in next year's premier global football showpiece the Jamaican team could be forgiven for getting caught in celebration mode, ahead of Thursday’s Concacaf W Championship semi-finals against Canada.
According to the player, however, the team remains sharp and focused as the match-up against the Olympic champions will present a unique opportunity.
“Although it's very exciting that we qualified again, as a group we knew that we could and fully expected to do so,” McCoy told members of the media on Thursday.
“We’ve qualified but we know the job isn’t done yet and there’s still more to go, so, going into the game against Canada we are going to be firing on all cylinders. We are still hungry. We’ve qualified once and now we’ve qualified again but now we want to take it further and show what we can do,” she added.
So far, the Jamaicans have not had a happy time against the Canadians. The team has lost both times they have faced the North American heavyweights, with the most recent of those meetings ending in a 9-0 defeat.