THE National Under-20 female footballers’ five-day camp at the Golf View Hotel in Mandeville was very fruitful, according to head coach Vinimore “Vin” Blaine.

The young Reggae Girls are in the final preparation stage for the CONCACAF Under-20 Women’s Championship set for January 20, which serves as a qualifier for the FIFA World Cup.

“The camp went really well, the objective was met,” Blaine told the Sunday Observer on Friday. “The bonding was there as no cell phones were allowed in the camp.”

With the inclusion of several overseas-based players, Blaine believes he achieved the desired cohesiveness and ‘team vibes’ from the camp.

The squad has been strengthened by the overseas-based players such as Monigue Pryce, Jamilla Campbell-Henry, Cathryn Rogers, Zovel Hyre, Lia Blake, Leigh Ann Jaggon and Nicole Campbell.

These newcomers are familiar with the North American system, which will be crucial as they play the USA in their first encounter this Thursday.

In their final preparation, the Girlz lost 0-2 to a Clarendon College Under-15 male team last Wednesday at Brancourt and lost 1-4 to the Manchester Under-17 male team.

“We played two games against male opponents and what I wanted from the games was to see how they reacted under pressure,” Blaine pointed out.

“They responded well under pressure. However, I was a bit peeved in the first game because they didn’t come out with the intensity in the first half. I wanted them to know that in a three-game tournament, you have to be consistent. They are all high-intensity games,” Blaine added.

Jamaica, who are drawn alongside the USA, Mexico and Trinidad & Tobago in Group B, will depart the island on Tuesday.

Group B consists of hosts Guatemala, Canada, Cuba and Costa Rica, and only three of the eight teams will qualify for the FIFA World Cup set for Germany in July of this year.