{"id":20500,"date":"2024-06-13T15:29:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20500"},"modified":"2024-06-13T15:30:34","modified_gmt":"2024-06-13T15:30:34","slug":"golden-jaguars-fall-to-panama-2-0-in-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/golden-jaguars-fall-to-panama-2-0-in-fifa-world-cup-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Jaguars Fall to Panama 2-0 in FIFA World Cup Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Travis Seymour<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana national football team, known as the Golden Jaguars, faced a tough defeat against hosts Panama in their Concacaf Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup 2026. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match unfolded with Panama emerging victorious with a 2-0 scoreline, leaving Guyana grappling to regain momentum throughout the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana started the match strong, dominating play in the first half and launching several shots on goal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the turning point came late in the period when an offside call against Guyana seemed to disrupt their flow, visibly affecting their performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite their efforts and nine shots on target, they were unable to convert these opportunities into goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Panama seized the initiative in the second half, with Cristian Martinez breaking the deadlock in the 62nd minute by scoring from inside the box, connecting on a pass from Adalberto Carrasquilla. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just three minutes later, Jose Rodriguez extended Panama&#8217;s lead to 2-0 with a powerful strike, capitalizing on a service from Edgar Barcenas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Guyana&#8217;s efforts to mount a comeback, they were unable to breach Panama&#8217;s defense and ultimately succumbed to a 2-0 defeat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The loss places pressure on the Golden Jaguars as they navigate through Group D of the qualifiers, which includes strong opponents like Panama, Nicaragua, Montserrat, and Belize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ranked 19th in the CONCACAF region, Guyana faces an upcoming match against Belize, ranked 29th by CONCACAF. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This critical match is scheduled to take place in Barbados on Tuesday, June 11, at the Wildey Turf in Bridgetown, Barbados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result underscores the challenges and competitive nature of the FIFA World Cup qualifiers, as Guyana strives to advance in the tournament and make an impact on the international stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Travis Seymour The Guyana national football team, known as the Golden Jaguars, faced a tough defeat against hosts Panama in their Concacaf Qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup 2026.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sports"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20502,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20500\/revisions\/20502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}