Alianza vs Whitecaps | 2024/25 Concacaf W Champions Cup | Preliminary Round

It's a historic night tonight. CONCACAF W Champions Cup, the very first match ever. Alianza and Vancouver Whitecaps here in San Salvador. W Champions Cup, and we're underway here tonight in El Salvador. Utilize that over the 90-minute marathon that this match will be. Out of the reach here of Jordan Ziff. Flag would have been up for offside, nevertheless. Segovia, Rivas, Segovia glides past one, fires this into the box. Martin gets a piece of it on a very dangerous ball. Glides this ball along. It's Raquel Ramirez. Right along the chalk, it's McCaslin that picks it up. Four teams, the team captain. Nearly 30 caps for El Salvador. Gives the ball away. It's loose. The first-time shot whistles wide. And a great opportunity after Hernandez-Gray had the steal. Nearly an opener for Vancouver. Here's some time and space. Hunter chases after it. Kaylee Hunter gets a poke. Kaylee Hunter goes down, and it is a penalty. And Vancouver will have a chance to score first in this tournament. Rosemary Mendoza will be shown a yellow card. 17-year-old Emily Wong strikes it and hits the net. Emily Wong has the first-ever goal in the CONCACAF Women's Champions Cup. Vancouver out in front, 1-0. Longhurst pokes this ball into the 18. DiFilippo is carry out, looking for space. Bounces this off the chest of one defender, asking for a handball. Ball bounces off. A chase, a trickle, and that ball's saved off the line. Rosenos is able to get there in time to clear that ball away and prevent a second from Vancouver. How about this? Yet again, it is Hunter. Pokes that at once. Gets it back. Jordan Ziff's shot hits the head of Priscilla Ortiz and goes out for another Vancouver corner. Harpio had the initial touch. And then it is Kirial that gets fouled. And it might be more here in the end. In the opening 45 minutes, sees the team from Canada. Vancouver out in front. This ball played through. Peralt pokes at it. It's Kirial winding up the left-hand side. And this poking ball in from Rivas. And here's a lengthy run and a brilliant run at that by Hernandez. Gray winds up the right-hand side. Chloe Taylor is offside. It's Segovia out wide. Irma Hernandez. Hernandez through. And McCaslin had to be sure-handed there. Kirial was on one side. Zuniga was on the other. Ramirez through. It's Hernandez on the touch. Hernandez in. And McCaslin cradles in the end, the daughter of a former Akron. A second goal would be critical. Here's Jamie Peralt. Peralt cutting it back. Jamie Peralt with the left foot. And it finds Vega's hands. On the slide, it's Wong. She's saying that she won the ball cleanly. She did not. Is on top of it. Segovia passes this ball in. The header goes wide. Here's Saron once more. Saron, thought about winding up. Is able to create some space. Takes a tumble. And it's a goal kick. Crystal Sobers was standing right there with that pass. Doesn't go very far. Leads to this opportunity. Flag, though, up for offside. Kirial. Ball won cleanly. Here's a whistling shot. McCaslin saves the first. And the rebound is wide. Includes a defender. Fires this all the way across. Peralt brings it in. Peralt's shot is blocked. Hunter's shot goes over the top of the bar. She's done everything tonight but score. There's the full-time whistle. Vancouver punches its ticket to the group stage.