The Canadian women’s team defeated El Salvador 0-6 this Thursday in Houston at the close of the first day of the Group stage of the Gold Cup shortly after witnessing Paraguay’s narrow 0-1 victory over Costa Delicious. Although with a marked difference in goals, Canada and Paraguay lead Group C of the tournament being held in the United States with three points.
Canada today joined the ‘club of the highest scorers’, which is made up of Colombia, which on Wednesday beat Panama 0-6 in the opening of Group B, and the United States, which on Tuesday crushed the Republic of Panama 5-0 in Group A. After three days of activity in the Gold Cup, which brings together eight Concacaf countries and four invited teams from Conmebol, nineteen goals have been scored in six games.
The list of scorers is led with two goals by the American Olivia Moultrie, the Colombian Manuela Pavi, and the Canadian Adriana Kristina Leon.
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