Schools Football Academy the hub of ladies football training – Griffith

Lawrence Griffith

The Guyana Sports Development Foundation (GSDF) Scotiabank/Pepsi Schools Football Academy is being hailed as the centre of the development of female footballers, with its members winning several tournaments and even qualifying for the CONCACAF World Cup.   Lawrence Griffith, coordinator of the Academy, said many of its junior players represented Guyana at the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) U17 female World Cup Qualifiers two years ago.

“That team had 10 or nine girls in the squad, eventually seven made the final team where the team