{"id":247344,"date":"2026-06-08T20:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/club-america-beats-washington-spirit-for-the-concacaf-womens-champions-cup-title\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T20:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T20:00:20","slug":"club-america-beats-washington-spirit-for-the-concacaf-womens-champions-cup-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/08\/club-america-beats-washington-spirit-for-the-concacaf-womens-champions-cup-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Club Am\u00e9rica beats Washington Spirit for the CONCACAF Women\u2019s Champions Cup title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><b>PACHUCA, Mexico<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 On May 23, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Club Am\u00e9rica defeated the Washington Spirit 5-3 in the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CONCACAF Women\u2019s Champions Cup final. The matchup <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was a high-scoring affair with a total of eight goals in over 90 minutes. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Am\u00e9rica and Washington <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">faced off at the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estadio Hidalgo, a storied football stadium in Mexico.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CONCACAF Women\u2019s Champions Cup is an annual club competition that features some of the best teams throughout North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. The competition featured 11 teams from throughout the region and began in 2025. Winners of the tournament further elevate their teams on the international stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Club Am\u00e9rica were the first team to put themselves on the board. During the 22nd minute, on a pass from forward Scarlett Cambero, midfielder <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ayl\u00edn Avil\u00e9z put the ball in the back of the net.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61632\" style=\"width: 780px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61632 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/girlssoccernetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/APPhotoFernando-Llano.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlssoccernetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/APPhotoFernando-Llano.jpg 780w, https:\/\/girlssoccernetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/APPhotoFernando-Llano-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/girlssoccernetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/APPhotoFernando-Llano-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/girlssoccernetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/APPhotoFernando-Llano-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\"\/><\/noscript> (Photo Credit: AP Photo\/Fernando Llano)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It did not take long for <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Am\u00e9rica to double their lead. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five minutes later, forward Geyse secured<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the club\u2019s second goal on another assist from Cambero.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While a 2-0 deficit may seem intimidating for some, the Spirit were up to the task. Forward Sofia Cantore shot the ball from distance to put Washington on the board during the 30th minute.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thirty-six seconds into the second half, forward <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rosemonde Kouassi tied the match at two goals apiece.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIncredible effort from the team, to be two goals down and come back and tie it up,\u201d said Kate Wiesner, a defender for the Spirit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kouassi scored her second goal of the day during the 58th minute to give Washington their first and only lead of the game. Geyse quickly responded in the 61st minute with her second goal of the match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The game sat in a deadlock throughout the next 10 minutes, but <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Am\u00e9rica <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manager <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00c1ngel Villacampa made substitutions that turned the tides for the club. Midfielder <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irene Guerrero provided a spark off the bench. For Cambero\u2019s third assist, Guerrero scored in the 79th minute to regain the lead for Am\u00e9rica.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Geyse returned the favor from the first half and passed to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cambero who scored the eighth goal of the match. The goal sealed the win for the club with<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a goal in the 96th minute.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYtNYVpt3DU\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the winner of the CONCACAF Women\u2019s Champions Cup, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Club Am\u00e9rica earned a spot in the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2027 FIFA Women\u2019s Champions Cup and an opportunity to participate in the 2028 FIFA Women\u2019s Club World Cup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image via Manuel Velasquez\/Getty Images.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">_<br \/>GIRLS SOCCER NETWORK: YOUR SOURCE FOR GIRLS SOCCER NEWS<\/h4>\n<p> <!-- CONTENT END 2 --><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/girlssoccernetwork.com\/club-america-beats-washington-spirit-for-the-concacaf-womens-champions-cup-title\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PACHUCA, Mexico \u2013 On May 23, Club Am\u00e9rica defeated the Washington Spirit 5-3 in the CONCACAF Women\u2019s Champions Cup final. The matchup was a high-scoring affair with a total of eight goals in over 90 minutes. Am\u00e9rica and Washington faced off at the Estadio Hidalgo, a storied football stadium in Mexico.\u00a0 The CONCACAF Women\u2019s Champions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":247345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-247344","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247344"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247344\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}