The final of the Women's Eagle League will be a duel between the top two of the tournament. América de Cali and Independiente Medellín reach the final with the best teams in the championship. Both finished the first phase of the tournament without defeats, with 5 wins and a draw, qualifying to quarterfinals leaders in their groups with 16 points.
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The first meeting will be at the home of the 'red devils', Pascual Guerrero Stadium, next Tuesday, September 24, at 7:45 pm, and for the return game the 'powerful' will receive America at the Athanasius Girardot on Monday September 30 at 8:00 pm
Medellín meets its first presentation in the Women's League and has been one of the protagonists since the beginning of the championship. His fence reaches the final with the title of the least defeated with 3 goals against in 10 games played, the team completes 22 annotations in his favor, 5 of which he scored for Atlético Huila, for the semifinals.
On the other hand, this is the third league for scarlet, who in 2017 stayed in the quarterfinals after losing to the National and in 2018 they advanced to the semifinal, where they were defeated by Atlético Huila, current champion.
With the passage to the final, both teams secured their quota to the Women's Libertadores Cup that will be held in Quito, Ecuador, between October 11 and 27, 2019.
The Scarlet Campaign
The red box of Cali reached this instance after finishing the first phase of the tournament as leader of the Vallecaucano group. The reds add 17 goals and 7 against. They have won 7 games, tied 2 and lost 1.
In the quarterfinals they faced Nacional, a team they beat 0-1 at home with a goal by Catalina Usme. Then, in Pascual Guerrero the paisas took advantage on the scoreboard that dominated 1-2 until the last play, when, again, Catalina Usme dressed as heroin when charging a free kick that the goalkeeper of the National, Katherine Tapia, could not stop. Thus, the final score 2-2 and the overall 3-2 ranked the caleñas to the semifinal.
In the semifinal instance the rojas red devils ’left Millionaires behind. In the first leg in Bogotá, the match ended with an advantage for the 0-2 caleñas, and the second leg at Pascual Guerrero finished 1-2 in favor of the visitor. Again the red goal had the still ball seal of Captain Usme. The global score 3-2 gave the Reds the step to the final.
The scorer of the tournament is of the scarlet squad. The 14-year-old Linda Caicedo has scored 7 goals so far and is consolidated as one of the revelation players in the League.
The offensive of América de Cali reaches the final of the League with a strong complement between the captain, Catalina Usme; one of his scorers, Farlyn Caicedo, and striker Linda Caicedo.
A dreamed debut
Deportivo Independiente Medellín qualified for the final after leaving Huila on the road.
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The ‘powerful of the mountain’ have played a dream Eagle League, with only one game lost and being the most effective team offensively, they dream of raising the championship trophy for the first time.
The Eagle League debutants starred in the group stage by winning 5 of the 6 matches played and drawing the next.
In the quarterfinals phase, the Medellin ended with the illusion of Copa del Cortuluá, a team that won 3-1 at the South Envigado Sports Center, with goals from Tatiana Castañeda, Oriánica Velásquez and Manuela Vanegas.
In the semifinal his rival was the current champion of the League and Copa Libertadores, Atlético Huila. In the first leg the opitas took advantage with a 1-0 score. But on the way back, the red ones became ‘powerful’ by finishing with a 5-0 score that placed them in the League final. The first two scores were from the central defense Manuela Vanegas, who for his double and two blunt defensive attacks ended up as a figure of the match.
The Antioquia team is the most scorer of the current League. The biggest win was given to Once Caldas, who defeated 0-6 as a visitor for the second date of group A.
The experienced archer Sandra Sepúlveda is part of her squad, to which only three goals have been scored in 10 dates.
Catalina Usme:
He has played 9 games in this league. Add 732 minutes this season.
He has 4 goals in the tournament, 3 of them free kick.
She is the maximum scarlet assistant of the championship.
He has been part of the American squad since 2018.
As a Tricolor player, she was the top scorer of the 2018 Women's Copa América with 9 goals and Pan American gold champion in Lima.
Catalina Usme scored a free kick against Millionaires.
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Manuela Vanegas
The independent Medellín power plant began its career at the Intimate Forms Club in 2011.
She was champion of all categories in the local league, champion in youth and majors in the tournaments organized by Dif Fútbol
She has been champion 7 times with the Antioquia Teams.
During this league he has 3 goals with Independiente Medellín, one in the quarterfinals and two in the semifinals.
Manuela Vanegas, central defender of Medellín.
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The history of the League
The first version of the Women's Eagle League was played in 2017 with the participation of 18 clubs. Santa Fe was the champion of that first tournament.
In 2018 the winning team was Huila, who was later crowned Copa Libertadores champion, becoming the first Colombian women's team to win an international competition. The women's Libertadores 2019 will be held in Quito between October 11 and 27.
América de Cali, Independiente Medellín and Atlético Huila will be part of the Copa Libertadores. The red ones for being in the final and you choose them defending their title.
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