Women’s leagues across Concacaf deliver top moments before international break | OneFootball

MIAMI – Women’s professional football in the Concacaf region saw numerous players step up in key moments, even setting new records, prior to taking a pause for the upcoming international break.

Kansas City continues hot NWSL start

The top of the table of the NWSL belongs to the Kansas City Current, who started its season with three straight wins. The team’s most recent result came as a 4-2 victory against Angel City FC on Saturday afternoon.

Vanessa DiBernardo started the KC goal count in the 6’, ready in the box to send the ball to the top right corner. She also assisted the second goal, this time Alexa Spaanstra finding the back of the net in the 45 '+2 with a header.

Temwa Chawinga and Bia Zaneratto also got their names on the score to give KC Current the win. Sydney Leroux and Madison Curry pulled one goal each in the second half for Angel City FC, who is yet to get points this season.

History was written on Saturday afternoon when Nigerian international Uchenna Kanu scored a brace in five minutes and 40 seconds for Racing Louisville FC. It stands as the fastest brace in NWSL history, in a 2-2 draw against the Portland Thorns.

In the dying minutes of the match, 90 '+9, Sam Coffey scored a banger inside the box after getting past Louisville's defense to secure Portland’s first point of the season.

Liguilla race ignites in Mexico

The top teams in Liga MX Femenil are starting to clinch Liguilla spots while others are fighting to get to the top eight.

Club Leon added three points to move up to seventh place with a win over Mazatlan FC. An own goal from Samantha Lopez in the 2’ helped Leon take the lead in the first half. In the 50’, Daniela Calderon saw the back of the net with a shot inside the box. Lizbeth Angeles closed the scoring in the 73’ after controlling the ball from midfield.

Pachuca moved up to second in the standings by winning 3-1 at Atletico de San Luis on Saturday afternoon. Mexican women’s football legend Monica Ocampo showed up in the 36’ with a banger from outside the box for the visiting side.

Young star Alice Soto added another one to the Tuzas goal count of the day in the 36’ and Charlyn Corral got the team’s third goal in the 45 '+5. San Luis was able to pull one back in the 47’ thanks to Jamaican forward Trudi Carter, who took the ball into the box and found the bottom right corner.

Alajuelense leads in Costa Rica

The Apertura 2024 in Costa Rica is taking shape after three weeks of play. Defending champions LD Alajuelense command the top of the table after their latest 5-0 win against Tsunami Azul on Saturday afternoon, improving to a 3-0-0 record.

Sheika Scott had the first goal for the Leonas in the 6’ from outside the box, followed by Sianyf Aguero in the 9’ after shooting inside the penalty area. Katherine Arroyo kept the Alajuelense tally going, getting the third goal in the 38' when she found the top left corner.

The Leonas amplified their gap thanks to the great work of Angela Mesen, who scored the fourth in the 47’. The fifth and final goal of the match came from the boots of Emelie Valenciano in the 63’, with a banger from outside the box to put a bow on the result.

Municipal Pococi got another set of points after its win against Dimas Escazu on Sunday evening. The lone goal of the match came from the penalty spot as goalkeeper Vanessa Cordero converted in the 24’ to provide the match-winner.