The scratched of Monterey eliminated this Monday at gophers of Pachuca from Madrid Jennifer Beautiful, by beating them 5-2 in the quarterfinal series of the Apertura 2022 tournament of the Mexican women’s soccer league. Las Rayadas sealed their pass to the semifinal by beating Tuzas 4-0 this Monday, in the second leg of the quarterfinals; the first leg match ended 2-1 in favor of Pachuca.
Christina Burkenroad, Rebeca Bernal, Aylin Aviléz and Yamile Franco scored for Monterrey, which will face its closest rival, Tigres UANL, in the next round.
Hermoso, FC Barcelona’s top scorer in the Iberdrola League, could only contribute one goal in the series for Pachuca, in which she played every minute. The 2021 silver ball came to Mexican soccer in this Apertura, as the star signing of the women’s league. In the regular phase, Hermoso contributed one goal in seven games that helped Pachuca finish seventh in the table. In the final phase, Hermoso contributed one of the goals with which Pachuca beat Rayadas in the first leg.
The Eagles of Andrea Pereira do go to the ‘semis’
In another series of the quarterfinals, the Águilas del América, led by Spanish coach Ángel Villacampa and fellow former Barça player Andrea Pereira, defeated Tijuana 2-0 in the second leg to advance 3-0 to the semifinals.
Scarlett Camberos and Alison González converted the goals for Águilas, who will face their rivals, the champions Chivas del Guadalajara, in the semifinals.
Las Tigres confirmed their access to the semifinals by defeating Toluca 5-0 in the second leg and achieving a total of 9-0 in the tie. Mia Fishel, Liliana Mercado, Belén Cruz, Stephany Mayor and Jacqueline Ovalle converted for the felines , who will meet the Rayadas in the next phase.
In another semi-final series, which ended this Sunday, Chivas eliminated Cruz Azul 2-1, to secure their pass to the semi-finals in which they will challenge America.
