{"id":26869,"date":"2025-03-12T13:44:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26869"},"modified":"2025-03-12T13:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T13:44:23","slug":"junior-jags-secure-first-victory-at-concacaf-u-17-mens-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/junior-jags-secure-first-victory-at-concacaf-u-17-mens-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Jags Secure First Victory at Concacaf U-17 Men\u2019s Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p> By Eric Collymore<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>February 12, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana\u2019s national U-17 football team, the <strong>Junior Jaguars<\/strong>, secured their first victory in the <strong>Concacaf U-17 Men\u2019s Qualifiers<\/strong> with a <strong>3-0 win<\/strong> over <strong>St. Maarten<\/strong> on Tuesday evening in <strong>Costa Rica<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result moves Guyana into <strong>second place in Group B<\/strong> with <strong>four points<\/strong>, behind <strong>Costa Rica<\/strong>, which leads the group with six points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Junior Jags entered the match aiming to secure their first win after drawing <strong>1-1 against Trinidad and Tobago<\/strong> in their opening fixture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They dominated possession early in the game, creating multiple scoring opportunities but initially failing to convert their chances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <strong>18th minute<\/strong>, <strong>Shaquan David<\/strong> found the net, giving Guyana a <strong>1-0 lead<\/strong> at halftime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team continued its strong performance in the second half, with <strong>Quaency Fraser<\/strong> scoring in the <strong>56th minute<\/strong>, followed by a <strong>73rd-minute goal from Jaden Harris<\/strong>, sealing a <strong>comfortable victory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this result, the Junior Jags now turn their attention to their <strong>next match against Costa Rica on Thursday<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The team\u2019s coaching staff has emphasized the need for continued focus and improvement as they prepare to face the tournament hosts, who currently sit at the top of the group standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match between <strong>Guyana and Costa Rica<\/strong> is scheduled to kick off at <strong>21:00 hrs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Eric Collymore February 12, 2025 Guyana\u2019s national U-17 football team, the Junior Jaguars, secured their first victory in the Concacaf U-17 Men\u2019s Qualifiers with a 3-0 win over St.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26869","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\/26869","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=26869"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26870,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26869\/revisions\/26870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}