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Men’s and women’s teams to compete next month
Simba FrenchSend an emailAugust 15, 2023 52 2 minute readFacebookTwitterLinkedInShare via Email
The Bahamas men and women’s national soccer teams are gearing up for competition at the CONCACAF (Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football) level. The men will experience action in the Nations League competition and the women will compete in the 2023 ‘Road to CONCACAF’ Women’s Gold Cup. It is first-ever ‘Road to CONCACAF’ Women’s Gold Cup, and The Bahamas’ women will look to book a spot in the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup.
Both teams have been training almost daily as they prepare to take on various teams from the region.
The men’s team schedule and opening games are now known as they get their League B Group D action underway with a home game against Puerto Rico. That game will be held at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in New Providence on Saturday September 9. It gets underway at 6 p.m.
In their second game, they will make a trip down south to take on Guyana at the National Track and Field Center in Leonora, Guyana. That match will get underway at 6 p.m. on Tuesday September 12.
Those three teams are in Group D along with Antigua and Barbuda. It is a tough group for The Bahamas which is the lowest ranked team in the group at number 197 worldwide. The other fixtures will be released at a later date.
The Bahamas has played all three countries with matchups against Puerto Rico and Guyana in 2021.
The Bahamas, Puerto Rico and Guyana were in Group F in the CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers in 2021. Puerto Rico and The Bahamas battled in June that year in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, with the home team taking advantage of The Bahamas, coming away with a 7-0 victory. Guyana and The Bahamas played on neutral territory in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in 2021 with Guyana winning that battle 4-0 as the world, in sports, battled back in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Antigua and Barbuda and The Bahamas played in The Bahamas at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in October 2018 with the visitors winning 6-0.
The Bahamas will be looking to return the favor against those three teams.
After a two-year hiatus due to the global pandemic, The Bahamas women’s national team is making a comeback. They are in League C Group C with the U.S. Virgin Islands and Grenada.
Their first match is a home game scheduled for Wednesday September 20 against Grenada. This will be followed by an away match against the same team on Sunday September 24. In October, The Bahamas will play an away match against the U.S. Virgin Islands on Sunday October 29, and the final match at home against the U.S. Virgin Islands on Wednesday November 29.
The venues and times will be announced at a later date.
As mentioned earlier, the ‘Road to CONCACAF’ Gold Cup serves as a qualifier for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. This is a highly esteemed tournament within the world of women’s football. It presents teams from North and Central America and the Caribbean with an opportunity to compete for the prestigious Gold Cup title.
The upcoming matches are seen as a significant opportunity for the Bahamian teams to showcase their talent and the progress they have made.