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Saturday, February 09, 2008
A new era in women's football
Robert Bailey, Freelance Writer
LEFT: Portmore Strikers' Tashana Vincent (left) shields the ball from Waterhouse's Omolyn Davis during the final of the JFF/Sherwin Williams women's competition last month.
RIGHT: René Simoes: There is really not much difference with how men play game, how woman play game.
WHEN WATERHOUSE defeated Portmore Strikers 6-5 on aggregate, claiming their first lien on the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF)/Sherwin Williams Women's Premier League at the Drewsland Mini Stadium, it not only signalled the changing of the guard but also a new era in women's football.
The win represented the first time a team outside of the big three - Barbican, Harbour View and Portmore - had lifted the coveted title. In the A League, another first-timer, Reno, gained promotion to the Premier League by beating Arnett Gardens 5-0 on aggregate in the A League finals.
'The gap between the clubs in the league is certainly getting much closer because if you notice, the two finalists in this year's competition were not in the mid-season final,' said Xavier Gilbert, coach of Waterhouse and also a former national Under-20 coach.
http://www.reggaeboyzsc.com/articles...253&category=1
A new era in women's football
Robert Bailey, Freelance Writer
LEFT: Portmore Strikers' Tashana Vincent (left) shields the ball from Waterhouse's Omolyn Davis during the final of the JFF/Sherwin Williams women's competition last month.
RIGHT: René Simoes: There is really not much difference with how men play game, how woman play game.
WHEN WATERHOUSE defeated Portmore Strikers 6-5 on aggregate, claiming their first lien on the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF)/Sherwin Williams Women's Premier League at the Drewsland Mini Stadium, it not only signalled the changing of the guard but also a new era in women's football.
The win represented the first time a team outside of the big three - Barbican, Harbour View and Portmore - had lifted the coveted title. In the A League, another first-timer, Reno, gained promotion to the Premier League by beating Arnett Gardens 5-0 on aggregate in the A League finals.
'The gap between the clubs in the league is certainly getting much closer because if you notice, the two finalists in this year's competition were not in the mid-season final,' said Xavier Gilbert, coach of Waterhouse and also a former national Under-20 coach.
http://www.reggaeboyzsc.com/articles...253&category=1