El Salvador debuted with an important 8-0 victory against the Bahamas, a result that places it in first place in the standings after England’s victory against the United States on penalties, on the first day of the El Salvador Beach Soccer Cup 2024.
The nationals defeated the Caribbean teams for the second consecutive time in this competition. In the first edition, in which they also played the opening duel against them, they won 5-2.
La Selecta went ahead with a goal from Cindy Turcios, both with which they went to halftime in the first period. In the second round the goals came more frequently, through Fátima Pérez (2-0), and Laura Varela (3-0), who made her debut with the national team.
Katherine Turcios, another of the debutants, made it 4-0. Pérez expanded her personal account by making it 5-0 and her double. Captain Daniela Rivera contributed a double by scoring goals six and eight; Cindy scored the seventh goal.
In another duel, the England team defeated the United States 7-6 on penalties, after ending the three periods in a 3-3 draw. The match gave a point to the Europeans who are competing in this tournament for the first time.
The scorers in regulation time, for England, were Chole Andrews who was in charge of scoring the hat trick. Meanwhile, the American goals came from Samantha Witteman, Vanessa Valentine and Janea Sunseri-Warp.
At the end of the day El Salvador is first with three points, followed by England with one, and in the last boxes are the United States and Bahamas.
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