Women’s Football Results Apr 15-18.  HB Køge seal a UWCL, Vihiga Queens extend advantage in Kenya, Palmeiras head in  Brasil, Chelsea and Man City claim Wembley spots.

The start of the championship in Cameroun 🇨🇲 produced a five goal thriller as Awa defeated Louves 3-2.

In Mali champions AS Mande crushed Sabaly 12-0 to commence the defence of their title.

The weekend in Kenya commenced with Gaspo and Thika playing out a goalless draw as Vihiga Queens took advantage on Sunday with a 3-0 victory at Transnzoia to extend their lead at the top of the table.

Ngid Bank bounced back to form in Ethiopia defeating Adama 5-0 and second place Hawassa recorded a 3-0 victory. Ngid Bank remain a point clear of Hawassa at the head of the table.

Liberia season came to a close with champions Determine being defeated for the first time in the season by second place Ambassador 5-3. Bountou Sylla produced another hatrick for the champions ending the season with 56 goals in 18 games. It was not all joy as DC Shooters suffered relegation after being defeated 3-1 by World Girls who finish the season in third spot.

Ghana’s Women’s Cup Quarter Finals commenced with  Hasaacas avoiding the shock when they finally overcame Kumasi 3-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Ampem disposed of the Police Ladies 2-0 Army put seven past Anglo and Ashtown defeated Fuso 4-1 to claim Semi Final spots.

Sofía Bouftini strikes five goals and leading scorer Ibtissam Jraidi scored four of her own in the 12-0 rout in a game delayed from last weekend due to international duties.


Rangers clinched their place in the UWCL 2022-23 after a 5-0 victory over Hibs, Glasgow City close in on their spot with a 4-0 away victory at Spartans

Manchester City and Chelsea claimed victories in the FA Cup semi finals. City defeated West Ham 4-1, Ellen White pounced to open the scoring in the 22nd minute, Chloe Kelly doubled the lead before Lisa Evans reduced the defecit for West Ham on the stroke of half time. A second half double from the exceptional Lauren Hemp proved to be the hammer blow as City completed the rout.   Chelsea overcame the Gunners after a tight fought first half Guro Reiten opened the scoring on 50 minutes. Ji added a second in the 61st minute as Chelsea took control of the game.   The final will be played at Wembley on May 15.

Wolfsburg again overcame rivals Bayern this time in the DFB Pokal Frauen semi finals. Jill Roord struck the opening goal in the 19th minute. Bayern battled back in a toughly fought contest and Jovana Damjanovic equalised on 50 minutes from the penalty spot. Roord got her brace as Wolfsburg regained the lead in the 61st minute and Tabea Waßmuth completed the scoring in the 80th minute to clinch their spot in the final.   In Mondays second semi final Turbine Potsdam defeated Leverkusen on penalties after a 1-1 draw in 120 minutes. Dina Blagojevic opened the scoring for the host in the 66th minute before Isabel Kerchowski levelled in the 83rd minute again from the penalty spot. Extra Time was hard fought but with no additional scoring taking the game to the spot kicks.   The final will be held in Köln on May 28.

In Spain the battle for the remaining uwcl positions remains tightly contested. Sociedad overcame Sevilla 2-1, Atlético cruised to a 3-0 victory over Bilbao, Tenerife claimed a 3-2 victory over Eibar and Real Madrid won 1-0 at Alaves.

HB Køge routed second place Fortuna 6-1 to clinch a second successive UWCL season and open a eight point gap at the top of the table. Dominating the game Cecile Fløe provided the ammunition with a first half brace and Madalyn Pokorny opened a 3-0 advantage in the 31st minute. Florentina Spanu give respite for Fortuna in the 39th minute reducing the defecit to 1-3 at the break. Cornelia Kramer restored the three goal advantage early in the second half before late goals from Kyra Carusa and a own goal from Maria Ficzay completed the rout.

As the early rounds of the Damallsvenskan begin to take shape BK Häcken lead the way on goal difference, Filippa Cumark’s hattrick leading the way to a comfortable 3-0 victory over AIK.  Rosengard cruised to a comfortable 5-2 win at Djugårdens, Linköpings early season impressive form continues with a 4-1 victory at Kalmar, all three are tied on seven points after three rounds.

Brann moved to the top of the league in Norways Toppserien winning the game of the round defeating Rosenborg 2-1, Elisabeth Terland scored twice for the host as Synne Hansen scored the visitors sole response. Vålerenga moved into second as they won 3-0 at Arna-Bjornar, LSK scored twice in stoppage time to defeat Lyn 3-1 and Avaldness recorded their first victory of the season with a 2-0 away win at Røa.

Ajax claimed the KNVB Beker Vrouwen Cup with a 2-1 victory over PSV. A cagey fought first half saw Nadine Noordam open the scoring in the 39th minute slotting the ball into the bottom corner from just inside the penalty area. Amalie Thestrup levelled the game from Anika Rodriguez assist on 74 minutes but PSV joy was short lived as Romee Leuchter headed home a great criss from Victoria Pelova just two minutes later. The Eindhoven club could not muster any further clear opportunities as Ajax held out to win the Cup.

Slavia Praha put one hand on regaining the title from rivals Sparta with a dominating performance they ran out 4-0 victors, Kristín Haugstad, Franny Cerna, Tereza Szewieczkova and Simona Necidova scored the goals. Slavia open up a 9 points advantage at the top of the table on 48 points.

Nwsl challenge Cup saw OL Reign clinch a semi final spot defeating Angel City 2-1. Nórth Carolina remained in control of their group three goals in the opening 9 minutes at Orlando paved the way to a 4-2 victory.  Portland held of a second half revival from San Diego to win 3-2, Washington on the back of a Trinity Rodman double defeated Gotham 3-1. Chicago’s hopes where dented as Louisville forced a 1-1 draw, meaning the Red Stars must win their final game in Kansas to advance.

Uchenna Kanu fired home a hattrick as Tigres dominated Santos 4-1 to remain second in the Liga Mx Femenil standings. Rayadas remain in first place Aylin Avilez scoring a second half brace to give them a 3-1 victory at Cruz Azul.  Chivas produced a second half rally to defeat Pumas 2-1 Alicia Cervantes struck the winning goal in the 83rd minute. Toluca climbed into Liguilla position as they disposed of Mazatlan 2-0 courtesy of Destiny Duron’s double. On the outside San Luis produced a excellent performance in defeating Leon 4-0 to move within a point of eighth place Xolos.

Round 6 commenced with Palmeiras coming out victors in the battle of the top two teams. Bia Zaneratto sealing the victory with a great individual effort in the 68th minute.

São José gained a battling point at bottom placed Red Bull with Bea pouncing for the equaliser to cancel out Mylena’s close range effort.

Gremio defeated a dogged effort from Esmac thanks to Pri Back’s 44th minute penalty

Champions Corinthians defeated Real Brasília 3-0. After being held at the interval Corinthians upped the pace in the second half, great talent Jacqueline a off season reinforcement from São Paulo fired home after Gabi Zanotti’s rocket strike came back off the crossbar. Zanotti wasn’t to be denied as she doubled the lead in the 56th minute and Adriana sealed the victory in the 66th minute with a penalty.

Thais Regina’s looping header over the goalkeeper in the 29th minute proved to be the only goal of the game as São Paulo defeated Avai 1-0.

In Monday evenings games a superb header from Lele gave Internacional a 1-0 victory at the Galo Feminino a win that sees them move to second position behind Palmeiras.

Santos disposed of promoted Cresspom 6-0 with league leading scorer Cristiane firing in a double, after a great strike from Ana Carla opened the floodgates. A excellent strike from the very talented Julia Daltoe Lordes a product of the great Gurias Coloradas youth system in her second year with Santos rounded off the scoring. In between Ana Carla completed her brace and Fernanda struck from close range.

In the final game of the round Cruzeiro stunned Flamengo with four goals in the opening 45 minutes. A superb hattrick from the exciting talent Marília who came from the Iranduba under 14 – 18 youth system and a Vanessinha penalty give the visitors a 4-0 lead at half time.
Late goals from Duda and Andressa reduced the final score in half as Cruzeiro ran out 4-2 victors.

Uruguay’s dynamic duo clinch their spot in the Cuadrangular round

Uruguay dynamic duo Wendy Carballo (9), Belen Aquino (11) celebrating, Carballo’s early strike, photo – conmebol

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Group B Results

Uruguay 🇺🇾 3 Ecuador 🇪🇨 1
Wendy Carballo 2 Paulina Rosillo 43
Belen Aquino 54 78

Brasil 🇧🇷 1 Paraguay 🇵🇾 0
Analuyza 54

Uruguay clinched the final Cuadrangular spot in a exciting encounter with Ecuador. Once again it was Uruguay’s dimamic duo of Wendy Carballo and Belen Aquino who provided the ammunition paving the way for the success. Wendy Carballo struck on 2 minutes but Ecuador battled back into the game, on 41 minutes La Tri thought they had a equaliser when Nahely Bolaños pounced on a cross at the back post only to be ruled offside a disputable decision. However Ecuador were not to be denied and two minutes later Paulina Rosillo struck the equaliser.
The second half saw Uruguay come out stronger and Belen Aquino scored the first of her brace on the 54th minute. Ecuador tried in vain to tie the game for a second time knowing they needed to win the game, Belen Aquino executed a excellent freekick on 75 minutes to seal Uruguays victory.

Uruguay celebrate their victory – photo Conmebol

Brasil entered the final game only requiring a point to claim first place in the group, resting many starters Brasil controlled the low key encounter and took to the 68th minute to take the lead through the excellent Analuyza. The 1-0 victory ensured first place as they prepare for the first match of the Cuadrangular round which will see two teams clinch their tickets to the Fifa Women’s Under 20 World Cup in Costa Rica

Analuyza celebration scoring the winning goal – photo conmebol
Cuadrangular schedule

Woso Tv April 16-18

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Apr 15 20hr ET
KC v Houston
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Apr 16 19hr ET
Orlando v NC
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OL Reign v LA
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Portland v San Diego
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Apr 16 12h45
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Apr 16 16hr
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Apr 16 17hr
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Apr 16 11hr
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Apr 17 11hr
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Apr 18 11hr
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Apr 19 15h30
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Apr 18 14hr
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Apr 16 15hr
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Apr 16 16hr
Gremio x Esmac
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Moldova 🇲🇩 Women’s Championship

Apr 17 14hr
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Russia WSL

Apr 16 12hr
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Apr 16 13hr
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Venezuela and Colombia advance to the Cuadrangular in Copa América Femenina under 20 championships.

Conmebol Women’s under 20 championship

Venezuela eliminated Argentina from the tournament in a very tightly contested game with little clear opportunities as both teams cancelled each other out. It took a fantastic free kick from Barbara Oliveiri to break the deadlock on 73 minutes curling the set peice into the top corner from fully 30 yards. Oliveiri sealed the victory in the 89th minute with a second dead ball strike however she received a red card for mouthing off in her celebration in the direction of the Argentina players. In stoppage time Dalila Ippolito frustration took over and in swinging a arm at Alexandra Giusti, who was shepherding the ball out for a goal kick, also received her marching orders to compound Argentina’s misery. The victory meant Venezuela clinched first place in the group.

Photo conmebol

Colombia entered the game against host Chile only requiring a point and struck the decisive blow in the fourth minute star Gisela Robledo running onto a through ball and cutting in onto her left foot powered in her shot at Antonio Canales near post. Colombia kept Chile at bay the remainder of the match in cruise control as they earned their classification to the Cuadrangular phase., in which they will likely open against Brasil on April 18th.

Gisela Robledo celebrates her decisive Goal. Photo Conmebol.
Photo Conmebol, Colombia pay tribute to Freddy Rincon
Cuadrangular as it stands

Brasil advance to the second stage

Conmebol Women’s under 20 championship

Brasil classify for the second phase

Results

Paraguay 🇵🇾 3 Bolívia 🇧🇴 2

Ecuador 🇪🇨 0 Brasil 🇧🇷 4

Paraguay gained their first victory of the competition with a 83rd minute winner from Zunida Coronel, Bolívia put in a brave performance fighting back from a early 0-2 defecit courtesy of a brace from Yuditza Salvatierra.

Photos – conmebol

Brasil became the first team to advance to the second phase defeating Ecuador 4-0. Giovaninha scored a quickfire brace on 14 and 18 minutes the first firing home Analuyza’s perfect cross from close range, and minutes later running onto a beautiful pass from Yaya to lob the ball over the advancing keeper. Bruninha provided a low cross for Fernandes on 28 minutes to extend Brasil’s lead to 3-0.
Early in the second half Brasil put the game to bed Analuyza pouncing on a rebound in the 54th minute from just outside the 6 yard box showing her strikers instincts.
Ecuador will meet Uruguay in the final group game needing to win as Uruguay hold the advantage in goal difference.

Africa Women’s Championships round up, Green Buffaloes and Simba Queens remain 100%

Africa Women’s Championships Results

Fabulous defeat Supreme 4-1 in the Sunday afternoon game in Ghana 🇬🇭 as Dreamz go top of the North standings after defeating Savannah 3-1 in Sundays morning match. It was a difficult game for Savannah club who suffered a highly published armed robbery Friday evening travelling to play the match and put in a brave performance

Vihiga Queens where held after a late equaliser gave Ulinzi a share of the spoils in Kenya’s Women’s Premier League, Rasoha Kuyundi cancelled out Phelistus Kadari’s 40th minute strike . Transnzoia closed the gap in the race for second after a thrilling 4-3 victory over Kangemi.

Simba Queens resumed their title quest with a 2-0 victory over Ruvuma early goals from Ashar Djafar and Amina Ramadhan paved the way to their victory.

She Corporate disposed of Kawempe 2-0 to remain 5 points clear at the top of the table in Uganda 🇺🇬

Green Buffaloes kept up their 100% record in Zambia 🇿🇲 group A with a 5-0 victory over bottom team Nkana.

Elite cruised to victory in Benin 🇧🇯 a fine performance saw them overpower Lionnes 5-0 and remain top of group A a point clear of Espoir. In group B Sam Nelly joined Dynamique on 28pts with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Naja.

In Saturdays action in Liberia Bountou Sylla added to her 51 goals in 16 games with a double strike as the already crowned champions defeated Hippo FC. 3-1. World Girls moved int

Conmebol Women’s under 20 Championships in Chile April 6-24

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Opening day action saw host Chile play out a goalless draw with Argentina before Venezuela overcame Peru 2-0 courtesy of a Kimberlyn Campos double strike. Campos opened the scoring on 47 minutes as Venezuela where awarded a penalty it took to added time when she rounded off a fine Venezuela move to seal the victory.

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Results
Brasil 🇧🇷 2 Uruguay 🇺🇾 0
Ecuador 🇪🇨 5 Bolívia 🇧🇴 1
Tarciane struck two quickfire goals midway through the second half to break the resistance of Uruguay., the first a penalty on 63 minutes followed by a header from a corner using all her 1m 87 heighr to tower over the defence and head home.
Nahely Bolaños struck four goals as Ecuador dismissed Bolivia 5-1 in the second game of the day. Bolivia gave brief resistance early in the match when Ingrid Gusman equalised a early Emily Arias opener.
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Host Chile record their first victory of the tournament defeating Peru 3-0. Mary Valencia opened the scoring on 3 minutes before Sonya Navarro doubled the lead on the stroke of half time scrambling home a second effort from close range. Michelle Ovares rounded off a excellent move firing into the bottom right hand corner to seal the victory on 57 minutes.

Earlier Argentina and Colombia cancelled each other out in a goalless draw, it was Argentina second 0-0 draw of the tournament as Colombia were playing its first match.

Results
Argentina 🇦🇷 0 Colombia 🇨🇴 0
Chile 🇨🇱 3 Peru 🇵🇪 0

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Results
Colombia 🇨🇴 1 Venezuela 🇻🇪 1
Argentina 🇦🇷 3 Peru 🇵🇪 0

A hard fought duel between Colombia and Venezuela saw the two teams settle for a point apiece. Kimberlyn Campos had the opportunity to open the scoring in the first period but saw her penalty saved. Colombia starlet Gisela Robledo pounced in the 52nd minute to open the scoring racing onto a through ball and drilling home. Venezuela equalised in the 65th minute when the great talent Campos pounced from close range. Neither team could manage a winner in a hotly contested group that will go to the wire.

Argentina overcame Peru in the second game of the evening, it took until the 31st minute to open the scoring when Argentina was awarded a penalty. Dalila Ippolito made no mistake ending 211 minutes without a goal in the tournament for Argentina. Ippolito doubled the advantage a minute later as Argentina caught fire, Paulina Gramaglia scored the third goal in four minutes to open a 3-0 advantage. To Peru’s credit they did not collapse and doggedly held out for the remainder of the game as no further scoring could be made.

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Results

Ecuador 🇪🇨 3 Paraguay 🇵🇾 1

Uruguay 13 Bolívia 0

Ecuador produced a excellent performance lead by very talented Nayeli Bolaños to defeat Paraguay 3-1, Bolaños fired home on 37 minutes giving Ecuador a well deserved lead. Fatima Acosta levelled the game in the 70th minute but Ecuador responded with a excellent goal from Emily Arias in the 83rd minute before Danna Pesantez sealed the victory in the 88th minute.

Uruguay blitzed Bolívia with 13 unanswered goals as the dynamic duo of Belen Aquino and Wendy Carballo acquiring 9 of them. Aquino fired in a double hattrick as Uruguay overpowered a tired looking Bolivia who entered the game on the back of a 0-10 defeat to Brasil. Carballo herself completed her own hattrick, Juliana Vieira scored a brace, Josefina Felix and Catalina Emanuele rounded off the scoring.

Women’s World Football Apr 1-3.  ASFAR clinch the title in Morocco, Wolfsburg blow away Bayern, Paris thwart PSG, Inac took another step towards clinching the WE League.

In a Action packed weekend around the world of Women’s Football numerous teams took big steps of their fate in their respective championships.

On Saturday ASFAR clinched the title in Morocco as they defeated AUSFAZ 6-1 and claim their spot in the second edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League.

Wolfsburg blew Bayern away in the eagerly anticipated top of the table clash in Germany. Svenja Huth set the tone with a fantastic strike from outside the box into the top corner in the 8th minute as they strode to a 6-0 victory. Maria-Joelle Wedemeyer quickly doubled Wolfsburgs advantage on 13 minutes paving the way for a comfortable victory. Tabea Waßmuth struck on 39 minutes to give the home team a 3-0 half time advantage. It took to the 77th minute before Alex Popp extended the lead before late goals from Lena Oberdorf (82) and Ewa Pajor (90+2) compounded a miserable week for Bayern. With the victory Wolfsburg move four points clear at the top of the table with 50pts as three games remain.

Potsdam defeated Köln 2-0 to stay in third position as Hoffenheim and Eintracht kept up the pressure in the hunt for Germanys third champions league spot.

In England it was high fives for the top two as Chelsea and Arsenal each recorded 5-0 victories. Arsenal defeating Leicester while Chelsea disposed of Reading. Manchester United remain in third through Lea Galton’s 68th minute goal. Manchester City kept up the pressure in fourth with a 2-0 away win at West Ham. Liverpool clinched the second tier championship title as they defeated Bristol City 4-2 to return to the super league in the 2022-23 season.

Paris FC thwarted PSG in a goalless match at Stade Charlety, as Lyon took advantage recording a 2-0 victory at Guingamp through goals from Catarina Macario and Ada Hegerberg to move five points clear at the top of D1 Arkema in France.

Real Madrid suffered a 3-1 defeat at Sporting Huelva as Anita struck a first half hatrick to cancel Claudia Zornoza’s fifth minute penalty, however Atletico could only manage a 1-1 draw at Real Betis as UDG came back to defeat Rayo Vallecano 2-1 with Mari Jose striking the winner in the 57th minute. Atlético remain third on 50 points tied with Tenerife with Real Madrid in fifth spot on 47 points though they hold a game in hand. Champions Barcelona overturned a 0-1 half time defecit scoring six goals without reply in the second half.

Juventus and Roma each recorded comfortable victories in Italy to stay in the top two positions, and close in on clinching champions league spots for the 2022-23 season, as Lazio give themselves a lifeline at the bottom of the table defeating Napoli, they move to within four points of the Naples club with a game in hand.

In Brasil Corinthians where held at home by São Paulo, the visitors took the lead after a corner was inadvertently directed into her own net by Yasmim in the 14th minute, it took to the 82nd minute before a delightful finish by Gabi Portilho who was called into the Brasil squad to visit Spain earlier in the week, to equalise and give the host a share of the spoils. Ferroviaria lead the table with a dominant 6-1 victory at Sao José, Palmeiras remain second after cruising to a 3-0 victory over Flamengo. Esmac earned a dramatic point at Cresspom as Karla struck with two late goals to earn a 2-2 draw.

INAC Kobe took a big step towards clinching the WE League title defeating second place NTV 3-1.

Rayadas romped to a 5-0 victory over Pachuca to remain three points clear of Tigres in Liga Mx Femenil, Tigres claimed a 1-0 victory at Pumas courtesy of Ovalle’s goal on the stroke of Half Time. Alicia Cervantes ninth minute strike gave third place Chivas a 1-0 win at Mazatlan.

Kenya’s Women’s Premier league resumed at the weekend with leaders Vihiga Queens overcoming Nakuru City courtesy of Agnes Olesi’s 4th minute strike. Vihiga remain 9pts clear on 34pts ahead of Ulinzi who moved into second position with a 7-0 victory over Kangemi.

In Turkey Besiktas and Alg Spor recorded victories to remain at the top of their respective groups, however the headlines were grabbed by a brawl at the end of the game between Amed and Fenerbache’s group B match. A fiercely contested game that saw Kennya Cordner score the winning goal in the tenth minute of additional time to give the visitors a 2-1 victory, much to the wrath of the Amed team who charged at the visitors bench on the final whistle.

A 57th minute goal from Lizzy Arnot give Rangers a crucial 1-0 victory at Motherwell in the only match of the SWPL this weekend. The victory moved the Glasgow side five points clear of second placed Glasgow City. In Wales the championship remained on ice for Swansea City who where held to a 1-1 draw by Aberystwyth Town.

Other action in Scotland saw the Scottish Cup Quarter Finals. Glasgow City scored 8 unanswered second half goals to defeat a dogged Stirling outfit. Partick Thistle defeated Hibs 4-2, Hearts eliminating Kilmarnock 2-1 and in Sundays tie Celtic won 2-0 at Aberdeen via goals from Shen Mengyu and Jodie Bartle.

America de Cali stormed to a 4-0 victory over rivals Deportivo courtesy of a own goal by Lizeth Ocampo, Tatiana Castenada and a late double from Catalina Usme to put the icing on the cake. America moved three points clear over Deportivo at the top of the Standings in Liga Dimayor with 25 points, and Santa Fe in third who recorded a 3-0 victory over Deportivo Tolima.

Malawi Women’s Championship

Group A
Moyale Barracks 0 Ntopwa 6
Skippers 0 Blantyre Zero 1

Group B
Bangwe Super Queens 0 CY Sister 12

Semi Finalists
Group A Blanytyre Zero Skippers
Group B Ascent Academy DD Sunshine

Puerto Rico Sol claimed a 41st consecutive victory a World record that continues to grow in domestic women’s football as they demolished Quintana 11-0 with Hannah Scafaria scoring a hattrick. In the other game of the league Carribean Stars defeated Fraigcomer 3-0

Standings in Puerto Rico