Belize beat Barbados 2-1 in Concacaf Women’s U17 Qualifying tournament

Published by BBNTEAM at October 22, 2021

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Posted: Friday, October 22, 2021. 1:40 pm CST.

By Rubén Morales Iglesias: The U17 Belize Women’s National Football Team this morning defeated Barbados 2-1 in a come-from-behind win to stay alive in the 2021 Concacaf Women’s U17 Qualifying tournament (CWU17) in Bradenton, Florida.

Khalydia Velasquez scored twice to lead Belize to an agonizing late victory striking in the 86’ and 90’+5 after the team had fallen behind 0-1 to Barbados a goal by Kayghun Rouse in the 42’.

Velasquez has now scored three goals in the competition.

Belize now have three points in the second position behind Curaçao that defeated our girls 3-1 on Wednesday. Curaçao and Barbados close the group on Sunday.

Only the group winners and the best ranked 2nd place team to the 2022 Concacaf Women’s U-17 Championship (CWU17).

Concacaf said the best second-place team will be determined using a weighted points system (total number of points divided by the number of matches played).

The groups are comprised in the following manner:

Group A: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Dominica, US Virgin Islands and Suriname
Group B: Barbados, Curaçao and Belize
Group C: Honduras, Anguilla, Guyana and Turks and Caicos Islands

The 2022 CWU17 Championship which features 16 teams is scheduled to take place in January.

The top three teams from the 2022 CWU17 will qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup which is scheduled to be played in India between October 11-30, 2022.

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