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Improvements yes, but JWPL still a work in progress
June 17, 2025
While coaches maintain the Jamaica Women's Premier League (JWPL) is heading in the right direction, they believe there is still a lot of work to be done before the league can become the right platform for the development of Jamaica's women's football.
The JWPL underwent a rebrand before the start of the current season, which also saw the launch of Professional Women's Football Jamaica Limited (PWFJL), which holds the mandate of commercialising, marketing and developing the local league.
Los Perfectos' coach Maurice Duncan pointed to the level of competition of some teams in the competition, explaining a lack of preparation and club structure has hampered their' ability.
"Those teams are the ones that are not doing so well and one of the reasons for that is I think they wanted to participate in the competition, but there is not enough groundwork done in terms of recruitment and development in getting better players to represent the team," Duncan said.
Duncan said this has led to situations where teams turn up to fixtures unprepared, and play at a level far below expectations.
He believes stakeholders, including the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), have a role to play in ensuring teams are putting the resources and infrastructure in place for the overall growth of the league.
"The different levels of club organisation really shows at the games and if the JFF can incentivise the coaches or incentivise the clubs and stuff like that, as to how they want the clubs to operate, then I think we will get better results," he stated.
RIGHT PATH
Mile Gully's head coach, Marlon Hylton, bemoaned inconsistency in the referee selection and officiating, but praised the league for efforts at improving its standards.
He pointed to the various sponsorships, including kit sponsors Hummel, as signs of improvement.
"Trust me, it has improved a lot. You can clearly see it where uniform is concerned and you can see it when the girls are coming out in the uniforms sponsored by Hummel and that is a big push for the league," Hylton said.
"We see a lot of workshops being held for the girls outside of being on the field. Those workshops have really helped the girls based on where they are now and where they want to be in the future."
