{"id":184690,"date":"2023-08-08T13:55:18","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T10:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/?p=184690"},"modified":"2023-08-08T13:55:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T10:55:46","slug":"colombia-reach-first-womens-world-cup-quarter-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/colombia-reach-first-womens-world-cup-quarter-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia reach first Women\u2019s World Cup quarter-final"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A second-half goal by Catalina Usme fired Colombia to a 1-0 win over Jamaica and carried the South Americans to their first Women\u2019s World Cup quarter-final.<\/p>\n

The captain\u2019s 51st-minute strike sent Colombian fans into delirium at a packed Melbourne Rectangular Stadium on Tuesday and ensured they will battle England for a place in the last four.<\/p>\n

What had been a testy and physical clash up to halftime exploded into life after Usme\u2019s breakthrough, the first time Jamaica\u2019s defence has been breached in this World Cup, with both teams attacking furiously.<\/p>\n

Jamaica\u2019s \u201cReggae Girlz\u201d had chances to level the match but bowed out swinging, having reached the knockout phase in their second World Cup.<\/p>\n

Having not conceded a goal all tournament, Jamaica stifled the Colombians early, often leaving their players splayed on the turf with heavy tackles.<\/p>\n

Colombia wunderkind Linda Caicedo was kept quiet on the left flank, and the South Americans\u2019 first decent scoring chance had to wait until a corner in the 38th minute.<\/p>\n

It was wasted, though, with Jorelyn Carabali sending a wild volley from the edge of the area sailing over the bar.<\/p>\n

Referee Kate Jacewicz lost patience with the Jamaicans\u2019 physicality, handing out two yellow cards in five minutes to defender Chantelle Swaby and midfielder Drew Spence near halftime.<\/p>\n

It was Colombia\u2019s new girl Ana Maria Guzman breaking the game open after the break, the 18-year-old full back finding Usme in space on the right with a long cross.<\/p>\n

Usme took the ball past Jamaica defender Deneisha Blackwood and fired a low, left-foot strike inside the far post.<\/p>\n

Jamaica had a golden chance to level three minutes later when Blackwood\u2019s corner picked out Jody Brown in front of goal but the midfielder\u2019s header pinged off the base of the left post.<\/p>\n

Jamaica pushed forward in desperation as regulation time dwindled.<\/p>\n

Drew Spence rose to meet a Tiffany Cameron cross but thumped her header just wide of the left post in the 82nd minute, allowing Colombia to hold firm to the finish.<\/p>\n

Jamaica\u2019s Khadija Shaw was an attacking force with Manchester City last season, scoring 20 goals in 22 league games, but she ended up scoreless at the World Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just have to be proud of our performance and lift our heads up,\u201d Shaw said in a post-game television interview. \u201cThe gap is closing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A second-half goal by Catalina Usme fired Colombia to a 1-0 win over Jamaica and carried the South Americans to their first Women\u2019s World Cup quarter-final. The captain\u2019s 51st-minute strike sent Colombian fans into delirium at a packed Melbourne Rectangular Stadium on Tuesday and ensured they will battle England for a place in the last […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10221280388112155_325455220908133":"","twitter_917774835383787521_917774835383787521":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184690"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184697,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184690\/revisions\/184697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}