Rebecca Henriquez
@RebeHenriquez
This Thursday, February 22, the group stage will begin for the El Salvador women’s team, against the Canadian team, at the Shell Energy Stadium, the first match in which Erick Acuña’s team will seek to have a good start in a historic participation in the W Gold Cup.
Of the playoff matches that were played the previous Saturday, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and El Salvador were the last three teams to join the competition.
In retrospect, the blue and white finished in group C of the group stage along with Canada, Costa Rica and Paraguay, three teams that Eric Acuña’s team will face in the next two weeks in search of a ticket to the quarterfinals. of final.
The team will face important rivals this week and next such as the maple leaf team, which will be measured this Thursday the 22nd at 8:00 pm El Salvador Time, in the United States.
On Sunday the 25th, at 7:00 pm, they will face Costa Rica, in the same stadium, and will close the phase against Paraguay on Wednesday the 28th in the same venue at 8:00 pm.
On its way to the group stage, the team had a perfect step in the qualifiers by beating Nicaragua, Honduras and Martinique, then in the playoff match the team beat Guatemala 3 to 1 with a hat trick from Brenda Cerén.
Group stage
Group A: Dominican Republic, Mexico, United States and Argentina.
Group B: Panama, Puerto Rico, Colombia and Brazil.
Group C: El Salvador, Paraguay, Costa Rica and Canada
The group stage is made up of three teams of four, of which the first two of each will advance to the quarterfinal stage and the third and best two from said stage will also be able to access the next round.
The national team, according to coach Erick Acuña, will seek to reach the quarterfinals between the two best third parties; However, the competition will have a significant level of rivalry.
This Tuesday the teams began the group stage, with clashes such as Mexico vs Argentina, USA vs Dominican Republic, Panama vs Colombia and Brazil vs Puerto Rico.
#Canada #test #womens #team #Gold #Cup #group #stage
