Monica Ocampo scored two goals to lead Mexico to a 3-0 victory over Jamaica in the third-place game of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Sunday.
Mexico will play Japan in a two-game series for one of the two remaining berths in the 2007 Women's World Cup, which will take place in September in China.
Ocampo scored on a penalty kick in the 20th minute after being tripped in the penalty ...
Christine Sinclair scored two goals and set up another by Rhian Wilkinson as Canada overcome some early nerves to beat Jamaica 4-0 at the Gold Cup tournament Wednesday night and clinch a berth in the FIFA women's World Cup of soccer.
``We're going to China,'' Sinclair said after the game. ``That was our goal coming into this tournament and we've done it.''
The win also moves Canada into Sunday's Gold ...
Audia Sullivan's goal early in the match stood up, while Venicia Reid added another goal to lead Jamaica to a 2-0 victory over Panama on Sunday night in a CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup quarter-final match.
Jamaica still has not allowed a goal in six matches of Gold Cup play and has outscored opponents 38-0.
The victory advanced Jamaica to the Gold Cup semifinal against Canada on Wednesday at Carson, Calif. ...
Former U.S. coach Bora Milutinovic has agreed to manage the Jamaican national team, federation president Crenston Boxhill said.
Milutinovic, the only man to coach five different teams at the World Cup, agreed to a four-year contract which will pay him US$1 million a year, Boxhill said. The announcement came on the same day Jamaica played Peru to a 1-1 draw in Kingston.
The 62-year-old Milutinovic replaces Carl Brown, who had ...
Veteran coach Bora Milutinovic is close to taking over the Jamaican national team.
Crenston Boxhill, president of the Jamaica Football Federation, said he expects the Serbian-born Milutinovic to sign a coaching contract soon.
Milutinovic is the only man to coach five different teams at the World Cup, having led Mexico, Costa Rica, the United States, Nigeria and China.
Jamaica, which qualified for the 1998 World Cup in France, was eliminated ...
Luton Shelton and Demar Phillips scored
two minutes apart late in the first half and Jamaica rallied to beat
Canada 2-1 on Sunday, avenging last month's friendly loss in
Montreal.
Tomasz Radzinski gave the Canadians the lead in the ninth minute,
but Shelton's game-tying goal in the 35th minute followed by
Phillips' in the 37th minute put the Reggae Boyz ahead.
Besides revenge for its 1-0 loss on Sept. 4, the victory comes a
week after Jamaica was ...
Canadian men's soccer coach Stephen Hart will field a veteran lineup when his team goes for its second straight victory over Jamaica.
Canada, looking to stretch its unbeaten streak to five games, takes on the Reggae Boyz in Kingston, Jamaica on Oct. 8.
Rob Friend, who plays for Heerenveen in the Dutch League and was the lone goal-scorer in Canada's 1-0 win over Jamaica last month in Montreal, returns. He'll ...
