Jamaica women's football coach Vin Blaine.

If hosts Jamaica felt they were going to have things all their own way in the Under-17 women's Caribbean Football Union (CFU) World Cup final round qualifiers they must now be having second thoughts.

After watching Trinidad and Tobago dispatch Guyana 8-0 in the curtain-raiser at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday evening, the hosts had to dig deep to overcome The Bahamas 2-0.

The young Reggae Girlz took the lead in the 9th minute when Shantell Thompson netted. They, however, found it hard to break down the resilient Bahamians thereafter despite dominating possession. The win was not formalised until the 89th when vice-captain Khadija Shaw turned in a corner.

Trinidad and Tobago's charge to victory was led by Diarra Simmons who netted a four-timer for the twin-island republic. She scored in the 9th, 43rd, 88th and 89th minutes. Marlique Asson (2nd), captain Anique Walker (17th), Khadisha Debesette (47th) and twin sister Khadisha Debesette (71st) were the other scorers as they routed the Guyanese.

Jamaica's head coach, Vin Blaine, had a lot of praise for the Bahamas team which pushed his charges to the wire.

"Definitely a hard fought game, not what we had expected ... hats off to Bahamas they played a very good game, but I think we stuck in there and defended well," Blaine expressed. "I think we made some bad choices in front of goal, but I am glad for the 2-0 victory," he added.

Despite the loss, Daria Adderley, head coach of The Bahamas, was pleased with her team's display.

"Even with the loss, I think the girls actually played very well; I think tonight they actually surprised Jamaica," Adderley said.

Jamaica will next face Guyana at the same venue tomorrow in a 6 p.m. encounter which will be preceded by a 3 p.m. meeting between Trinidad and Tobago and Bahamas. The Reggae Girlz will close out against Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday at the Harbour View Mini-Stadium with kick-off also set for 6 p.m. following the 3 p.m. meeting between The Bahamas and Guyana.

Three of the four competing teams will advance to the CONCACAF final round where they will do battle with five other teams for a place at next year's FIFA Women's Under-17 World Cup Finals tournament which will be played in Azerbijan in November.

The CONCACAF final round will be held in Guatemala next May. The three Caribbean representatives will compete against Canada, the United States of America, Mexico, Panama or Costa Rica and host nation Guatemala for the three World Cup places.