Daily News | Women’s World Cup: The Philippines shock co-hosts New Zealand for historic victory
This summer was already a historic one for the Philippines, which was playing in its first Women’s World Cup. Tuesday provided more firsts for the island nation of 114 million people, as the Philippines not only scored its first World Cup goal but managed to pull offCalifornia-born Sarina Bolden provided the magic moment for thehead home from close range in the 24th minute.
The Philippines’ victory throws a major wrench in Group A, which will now have all four teams — New Zealand, the Philippines, Switzerland, and Norway — alive on the final day of group play. In the other game in the group, Norway and Switzerland played to a scoreless draw. The game saw Norway coach Hege Riise make three surprising changes to her starting lineup, including benching superstar Carolina Graham Hansen. Norway’s other superstar Ada Hegerberg was also
. Switzerland can thank goalkeeper Gaëlle Thalmann for grabbing the country a point, as she made five pivotal saves to thwart the Norwegians.Meanwhile, Colombia cruised to a 2-0 victory in Group H, riding two goals in nine first-half minutes to the finish line. The second of those came in the 39th minute
, whose effort on goal was bobbled into the net by South Korea keeper Yoon Young-geul. The goal was an especially powerful moment for the 18-year-old Caicedo, who is an ovarian cancer survivor.
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