América Women beat Pumas UNAM 2:1 in the Liga MX Regular Season on Friday evening. The result keeps the visitors top of the table after six matches, while the hosts drop further behind. It was a game decided by moments rather than sustained pressure.
S. Ribeiro gave Pumas the lead in the eighteenth minute, a goal that put the home side ahead and shifted the momentum. To be fair, it was a rare bright spot in what proved to be a difficult afternoon. América responded through Geyse in the forty-second minute, equalising before the break.
The match turned on the incident involving C. Montero in the sixty-sixth minute. She had already picked up a yellow card in the sixty-second, and a second booking brought her a straight red. By then América were pushing for a winner, and playing with ten women changed the dynamic. It gave the visitors space to work, and they took it.
Pumas tried to hold on, but the old head of América settled them down. Geyse notched her second in the eighty-ninth minute, and the game was effectively over. The home side made several changes — M. Hernandez, S. Ribeiro, P. Chinchilla, X. Rios, S. Luebbert and K. Rodriguez — but none could turn the tide. The incident went to review, but there was nothing left to review.
The result extends América's unbeaten run to eight matches across all competitions. They remain six points clear at the top with a perfect record of six wins from six. Pumas sit seventh with nine points from three victories and three defeats. The draw brought them together early, but the gap is clear.