Photo: Tigres Femenil.
Tigres Femenil and Club América Femenil have seen nonstop action for a week.
In Liga MX Femenil league play, both sides — who currently occupy the first and second place spots on the table, with América at the top with 24 points, while Tigres has 22 points — featured on Friday, Aug. 25. Both teams picked up victories, with América earning a road win over Mazatlán, 3-1, while Tigres hosted Atlas for a 2-0 victory.
For América, Andrea Pereira, Katty Martínez and Kiana Palacios found the back of the net, with Martínez and Palacios scoring within two minutes from each other. But it was Pereira’s goal that owns the highlight reel, taking a free kick outside the box and tucking it right under the crossbar.
Meanwhile, in league play, Tigres topped Atlas and earned a clean sheet. After a scoreless first half, Stephany Mayor opened up the scoring in the 49th minute. Mayor collected a pass from Lizbeth Ovalle and headed it up and over the goalkeeper.
In the 67th minute, Ovalle broke free down…
