{"id":27141,"date":"2025-03-31T22:11:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=27141"},"modified":"2025-03-31T22:11:30","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T22:11:30","slug":"guyana-secures-dominant-5-0-victory-over-antigua-in-concacaf-womens-u-20-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/guyana-secures-dominant-5-0-victory-over-antigua-in-concacaf-womens-u-20-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana Secures Dominant 5-0 Victory Over Antigua in CONCACAF Women\u2019s U-20 Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>February 24, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guyana\u2019s national under-20 women\u2019s football team delivered a commanding performance on Sunday, securing a 5-0 victory against Antigua and Barbuda in Group A of the CONCACAF Women\u2019s U-20 Qualifiers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The match took place at the ABFA Technical Center in Saint John&#8217;s, Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Striker Se-Hanna Mars led the charge for Guyana, demonstrating exceptional pace and skill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She opened the scoring in the 21st minute with a clinical penalty, setting the tone for the encounter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After halftime, she struck again from outside the penalty area, extending Guyana\u2019s lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mars completed her hat-trick in the 68th minute, giving her team an unassailable 3-0 advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyanese attack continued to capitalize on their opponents\u2019 defensive lapses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 78th minute, Liyah Menilek capitalized on a loose ball inside the penalty box to add her name to the scoresheet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The victory was sealed when Karmiellia Hughes netted in the 85th minute, cementing a dominant 5-0 triumph for Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their opening qualifier on Friday, Guyana settled for a goalless draw against Belize despite controlling possession and creating multiple scoring opportunities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A potential winning goal was ruled offside, denying the team a full three points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Goalkeeper Nya-Grace Young recorded her first clean sheets of the qualifiers, contributing to Guyana\u2019s strong defensive showing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The six group winners from the qualifiers will advance to the CONCACAF U-20 Championship, where they will compete for a spot in the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 24, 2025 Guyana\u2019s national under-20 women\u2019s football team delivered a commanding performance on Sunday, securing a 5-0 victory against Antigua and Barbuda in Group A of the CONCACAF Women\u2019s&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27141","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\/27141","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=27141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27142,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27141\/revisions\/27142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}