Members of Jamaica’s women’s football team said Saturday they will boycott next week’s Gold Cup qualifiers, citing “constant mistreatment” by the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF). In a statement released by several members of the Reggae Girlz squad on social media, the team said the national federation had failed to pay players in full for their performance at the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
“It is with great disappointment we share that the 2023 World Cup roster will not be participating in the upcoming October international window for the first ever Women’s Gold Cup qualifiers,” the statement said. “While this has been one of the hardest deci-sions we have had to make, we feel it is necessary to take such a drastic stance to put an end to the constant mistreatment we receive from the Jamaica Football Federation.”
The players said the JFF had given the squad information about coaching, medical and equipment staff in “an untimely manner”. The squad also complained they had only learned the identity of their new coach three days before they were due to report to camp, and then only via social media.—AFP
