Reggae  girls  World  Cup  assistant  coach  Xavier Gilbert  will  be  the  head  coach  when  the  Reggae  Girls  take  on  Panama  and  Guatemala  in  their  upcoming  Concacaf  Gold  Cup  qualifying  assignments later  this  month.

The announcement for the Interim position, was made this afternoon by the Jamaica Football Federation, who officially appointed the experienced former under 20 reggae girls and Excelsior high school coach  following the  departure of Lorne Donaldson on September 30. 

Gilbert  will be  in  charge  for  the   October 25 game  against  Panama  and again on October 29   against  Guatemala at the National Stadium.

In  the  meantime  a  number  of  new  overseas  based  players  have  been  called up  for  the  two  games  in  the  absence  of  a  number  of  the  players  from  the  World  Cup  who  haver  indicated  that  they  will  not  be  available.

Captain  and  star  striker  Khadija  bunny  Shaw   is  among  the  players  who  will  be  unavailable  along  with  World  Cup  goal-scorer  Allyson  Swaby.

The twins  Mikayla dayes and  Malikae  Dayes  are  expected  to  return  to  the  squad, after being named to the Reggae Girls FIFA Women’s World Cup squad, that had a training camp in Florida back in January. 

A squad of players has been selected for the two games against Panama and Guatemala on October 25 and 29, respectively, and the names will be released in short order. 

A full Technical support staff has also been put in place, but the names of those staff members have not been released.