Daily News | Women’s World Cup: Canada stumbles, Spain dominates, Philippines debuts on Day 2
Featuring Olympic champions Canada, title contender Spain, and the Philippines’ tournament debut, Day 2 of the Women’s World Cup proved a worthy follow-up to the tournament’sThe Canadians opened as one of the favorites in Group B but missed out on an early opportunity for three points, playing to a scoreless draw against Nigeria at Melbourne Rectangular Stadium.
The draw left co-host Australia atop arguably the toughest of the eight groups in this year’s tournament. The next match marked the first time the Philippines have appeared in a World Cup on either the men’s or women’s side. The Filipinas fell 2-0 to Switzerland at Dunedin Stadium, as an early strike from Katrina Guillou briefly sent the crowd into a frenzy but was ruled offside. The Swiss goals came from Ramona Bachmann’s first-half penalty and a second-half score from Seraina Piubel.
Capping off Day 2, Spain outshot Costa Rica 46-1 and came away with a commanding 3-0 victory at Wellington Regional Stadium, a game that might have been more lopsided if not for the play of Las Ticas goalie Daniela Solera.behind the United States, saw two-time world player of the year Alexia Putellas enter as a substitute in the 77th minute as she returns to form after an ACL injury. La Roja scored on an own goal and first-half strikes from Aitana Bonmatí and Esther González.
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