FIFA Women's World Cup 2023: Bob Marley's daughter Cedella Marley takes Jamaican football to new heights. Here's how

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Jamaica has secured its first-ever point in the Women’s World Cup as its women’s national football team, a.k.a. Reggae Girlz, earned a goalless draw against giants France aka Les Bleues. For those unaware, this is Jamaica’s second participation at Women's World Cup, however, the first time didn’t turn out to be well as the Reggae Girlz lost all three games leading to a disappointment.

However, four years later, the team has come out strong to outperform the previous efforts. The credit should go where it's due and, Cedella Marley plays a significant role in changing the Jamaican football scenario on a larger scale. Being born to global icon Bob Marley who is to date listened to, grooved to and an inspiration to many, she has been closer to soccer.

She recalls a conversation with dad Bob Marley who would say that had he not been a musician, he would be a soccer player. Now, this somewhere ignited the fire within her and kept soccer closer to her heart. In an interview with CNN, she admitted that Bob Marley would play soccer every day – “on the road, you’d find a field, you’d find a team,” she describes.

She also recalled football legend Pele who recently passed away and lived a G.O.A.T all his life. “The ball is round and always take the penalty.” Things took a turn – and a turn-for-better, any football pundit would note. When in 2014, she took action after learning that the women's national team program had been disbanded due to underfunding.