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    Jamaica's 'Reggae Girls' Are The Unlikeliest Team Of The Women's World Cup

    The Jamaican women's national soccer team are the first from the Caribbean to ever make it to the Women's World Cup. Grit, luck and a little help from a reggae star helped them get there.
    by Jason Beaubien Jun 08, 2019 4 minutes
    Jamaican star forward, Khadija Shaw, battles for the ball during a friendly match against Scotland in Jamaica's last game before the Women's World Cup.

    The "Reggae Girlz" of Jamaica are the underdogs of this year's Women's World Cup.

    The Jamaican women's national soccer team debuts on Sunday, June 9 at the tournament in France against a highly-rated team from Brazil.

    FIFA, soccer's global governing body, ranks the Jamaicans the lowest among the 24 teams at the tournament. But don't try to tell that to any of the players.

    "Football is a very funny thing," says Jamaican midfielder Deneisha "Den-Den" Blackwood. "You can never predict what's going to happen. And I feel like we are going to be the team to shock everybody in this World Cup."

    Just five years ago, Jamaica didn't even have a women's national soccer team. Now they're the first team from the Caribbean

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