The historical day is finally here as the people of this country have come face-to-face with yet another opportunity for our footballers to make an impression on the sporting world.
The path of achieving another level of sporting success has come to our doorsteps as our women football stars ploughed through some challenging moments in quite a short space of time.
The true lovers of the sport will have been taking notice of these women as they were drilled into the various portions of competence in the game of football.
The pioneer of women's football, the late Robbie Greenidge must be wearing a pleasant smile over the brilliance of this team, whose commitment and dedication were principles that the former Malvern defender demanded from all those who were coached by him.
The elevation from the normal features of women whose desire to develop exquisite strides in their running were quickly turned into aggression and intensity in order to cope with the rigours of football.
Today, these athletically capable women changed drastically and the game of football became as essential to their future as the ballet dancers, gymnasts, or even netballers.
Quietly, these girls took to the task of strenuous training sessions for a number of years, some achieving scholarships to attend universities in the USA to exchange their football talent for a bachelor's degree.
We are all aware of the difficulties and sometimes absolute embarrassment, but they kept their focus in an aim to reach the World Cup Finals in Canada next year.
It was clear that they had achieved the fitness level comparable to their opponents, especially against USA, the number one rated women's team in world football.
Our girls fought every game as though their life depended upon the result and could have been qualifiers earlier, if the tactics of adjusting their game was well understood. This deficiency offered desperate Mexico a "get out of jail free" card in the match minutes before the end of regular time which they later went on to win.
Ecuador may claim that their misses at goal in Quito may be most regretted, causing them to fight for a winning result away from home.
Statistically, they may well have analysed the T&T style of game as one which did not stop their chances of creating goals.
The Women Soca Warriors have had a well deserved rest, maybe a bit too much of a layoff. They may certainly be short of match play in order to retain the cohesiveness that will be valuable today.
However, my patriotism and desire for our country to enjoy the honour of qualifying for the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time in our history, will keep me praying for success.
As the elders tend to say: "Whatever starts badly tends to end in total satisfaction."
My sincerest congratulations for your commitment to the task. Any result will not wipe away the pride and joy which this team has brought to our nation.