CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University women's soccer sophomore forward Cayla McFarlane has earned a spot on the Trinidad and Tobago Senior Women's National Team for upcoming CONCACAF Women's World Cup qualifiers.
 
Head coach Kenwyne Jones selected the team's 22-player roster ahead of Trinidad and Tobago's World Cup qualifying match against Nicaragua on Feb. 17 with players assembling for a residential camp at the TTFA Home of Football in Couva, Trinidad.
 
"We're very excited for the start of the World Cup qualifiers for 2023. Everyone is looking forward to settling into the camp and getting the best possible preparation over the next few days ahead of Thursday's match," Jones said. "I am definitely looking forward to working with this group of players and seeing how we can go about achieving what we set out to."
 
Trinidad and Tobago will take part in Group F of the 2022 CONCACAF Women's Championship qualification competition and will meet Dominica (Feb. 20), Turks and Caicos (Apr. 9) and Guyana (Apr. 12) later in the qualification cycle. Teams have been drawn into six groups of five and will play two home and two away matches in a single round robin format. The six group winners will advance to the final tournament.
 
The 2022 CONCACAF Women's Championship will feature eight teams competing in Mexico from July 4-20, 2022.
 
The tournament will serve as the CONCACAF qualifiers to the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, as well as for the tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics in France. The top two teams of each group will qualify for the World Cup, while the third-placed teams from each group will advance to the inter-confederation playoffs.
 
McFarlane has previously competed for Trinidad and Tobago's senior national team and earned three caps while competing in the 2020 CONCACAF Olympic qualifying competition. This past season for Harvard, McFarlane played in eight games, including six of the team's seven Ivy League contests.