Match Report
Mexica women beat Jamaica 7-0 in the Group Stage of the Central American and Caribbean Games on Saturday. The result extended Mexico's winning momentum while leaving Jamaica searching for answers after another heavy defeat.
And here's the thing about the opening minutes: Jamaica had a penalty chance in the twelfth minute but D. Richards missed, a moment that shifted the balance before the opening goal. Mexico took the lead fourteen minutes later when M. A. Rausch Tamayo found the net.
N. Coury doubled the advantage shortly after, then T. Sanchez made it three before half-time. The visitors controlled the tempo, and by then the scoreline told the story of a team that knew exactly what they were doing.
V. Vargas added a fifth in the sixty-sixth minute, Coury completed his brace six minutes later, and S. Flores pushed it to seven before the hour mark. Rausch Tamayo sealed the win in the eighty-sixth minute.
Statistics show Mexico registered 100 attacks compared with 59, and while possession sat at 0.5 for both sides, the difference came in shots on target: nine for the visitors against none for the hosts.
Jamaica have now lost three of their five matches in this competition, including defeats to Colombia and Puerto Rico. Mexico sit on three wins from five games and keep their qualification hopes firmly in their own hands.