Colombia win first-ever World Cup knockout game to book quarter-final with England
Captain Catalina Usme scored the only goal of the last-16 tie against Jamaica.
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Captain Catalina Usme scored the only goal of the last-16 tie against Jamaica.
France and Colombia have both advanced to the quarter-finals of the women's World Cup.
The 25th-ranked Colombians carried the form into a sold-out Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, grinding down a resolute and physical Jamaica side who had not conceded a goal all tournament.
Jamaica's brilliant run at the Women's World Cup ended Tuesday as Catalina Usme scored the only goal conceded by Jamaica in the entrire tournament to give Colombia's "Superpowers" a 1-0 victory over the Reggae Girlz to secure their first ever quarter-final against European champions England.
FIFPRO is assisting the Nigerian women's team in their fight with the country's football federation to receive wages owed since 2021, the global players' union said.