The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) has confirmed the dates for the Guyana senior men’s team, the ‘Golden Jaguars’ Nations League games against Barbados.
The two Nations will clash on March 26 and 31 respectively as they seek to qualify for the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup.
The first match of the two-round qualifier is scheduled for Barbados at 19:00hrs on March 26 while Guyana will be looking for home-court advantage in the final match scheduled for the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora at 20:00hrs in the return leg on March 31.
This was confirmed by Concacaf even as the Senior Men’s National Team, commonly referred to as the Golden Jaguars, has been engaged in preparation for the fixture.
Guyana will face off with Barbados as a result of being second in the group qualifiers (Group C, League B) behind Jamaica and Barbados having won their group (Group A, League C).
According to the tournament rules, the winner of this match will play the winner of League A, Group C, Trindad and Tobago, during the June FIFA International window with the victor ultimately qualifying for the 2021 Concacaf Gold Cup.
To date, 12 Nations have qualified for the tournament including Canada, Costa Rica, Curacao, El Salvador, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Panama, Suriname and the United States.
