PROVIDENCIALES, Turks & Caicos Islands; Thursday, May 22nd 2014 – Group Three of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Women’s Caribbean Cup takes place on the home pitch this weekend. The Turks & Caicos Islands Women’s National Soccer team will square up against Bermuda, St. Kitts & Nevis and the Cayman Islands for the preliminary qualification round. All matches will take place at the Turks & Caicos Islands Football Association’s (TCIFA) National Academy, Venetian Road, Providenciales.
The 2014 CFU Women’s Caribbean Cup will be the inaugural edition to the Caribbean Cup franchise, an international football competition for national teams of member nations affiliated with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) of the CONCACAF region. Winners of the inaugural CFU Women’s Caribbean Cup will qualify for both the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup and the FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Of the CFU Women’s Caribbean Cup, Candace Hanchell, President of the Women’s Football League said: “We have a dynamic and diverse group of players who will perform to the best if their abilities and will make Turks and Caicos proud.”
The tournament is a milestone for the Caribbean region, which recently hosted a successful women’s U20 tournament and boasts one of just three female FIFA executive committee members in Sonia Bien-Aime, who is also the TCIFA’s Secretary General.
20 national associations will be grouped into four groups of four nations and one group of three. The Final Round will be hosted by Trinidad & Tobago in August 2014. The eight team final round will feature the First Round Group Winners, the two Best Overall Second Place Teams from the four team groups and host country Trinidad & Tobago.
Games will be held at the TCIFA’s National Academy as follows:
| DATE | TIME | MATCHES |
| May 23rd | 5:00 pm | Cayman Islands vs St. Kitts-Nevis |
| 7:30 pm | Turks & Caicos Islands vs Bermuda | |
| May 25th | 5:00pm | Bermuda vs Cayman Islands |
| 7:30 pm | Turks & Caicos Islands vs St. Kitts-Nevis | |
| May 27th | 5:00 pm | St. Kitts-Nevis vs Bermuda |
| 7:30 pm | Turks & Caicos Islands vs Cayman Islands |
The 20-women squad for Team TCI consists of Jacinda Alfrena, Barbara Anderson, Gerlie Azemard, Bertha Belle, Britteny Bien-Aime, Briandie Brooks, Chanile Butterfield, Sarah Cenary, Jancilia Cox, Willandra Elliott, Olivia Gravely, Akia Guerrier, Tamara Hall, Melissa Jean Guy, Christma Jean-Louis, Josul Jeune, Vanessa Joseph, Emmanuela Meneide, Gaya Smith and Natalie Zaidan.
The general public is hereby invited out to support what is expected to be six spirited and exciting games.
For more information on the TCIFA and the TCI’s Women’s National Soccer Team, kindly contact Sonia Bien-Aime, Secretary General on 941-5532 or email tcifa@tciway.tc.
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ABOUT Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association – The Turks and Caicos Islands Football Association (TCIFA) is a non-for-profit organization in the business of football development throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands. The TCIFA has been in operation since 1996, and a member of FIFA, since 1998.
