They have already played together, in clubs and in the Colombian National Team. This Sunday, on different shores, Linda Caicedo, wearing the Deportivo Cali jersey, and Catalina Usme, wearing the América jersey, will take to the field at the Pascual Guerrero stadium to seek the title of champions of the sixth edition of the Women’s League. The game will be seen on Win Sports +, starting at 5:05 in the afternoon.
The final match for the crown
Cali vs. America Women’s League
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Deportivo Cali arrives with a 2-1 lead, having won the first leg of the final. But America is confident in the comeback and in the performance of the tournament’s record player. At some point in their careers, Linda and Cata played together. América was champion in 2019, defeating Medellín-Formas Íntimas in the final. Linda was just a child, but she had a very outstanding tournament: she scored seven goals, one of them in the first leg of the final, and provided an assist.
However, the year after that title, Linda accepted the challenge of joining Deportivo Cali, which in its first year in the Women’s League did not make it past the group stage. She continued to grow: her team was left out in the quarterfinals in 2020, in which they fell to Millonarios. But in 2021 she had her revenge and won the title, in the final against Santa Fe.
Today, Linda still does not have a citizenship card, but she has already celebrated the achievement of two stars, one with America and the other, last year, with Cali, contributing five goals and three assists.
In addition, his great moment allowed him to qualify for the U-17 World Cup with the National Team. And he missed the South American and the classification in the U-20, due to injury. After that problem, Caicedo has shone in the local tournament.
Some experts in the Women’s League assume that Linda’s days in local football are over and there is even talk of a possibility of going to Barcelona.
“You have to grow little by little, I have this year here in Colombia, you have to wait if the opportunity to leave the other year is given. Nothing is certain, I would only go out, but I don’t have a fixed team “, said Linda, who was also fundamental for Colombia’s qualification for the Women’s U-17 World Cup. At such a young age, she already has experience, and quite a bit, even in the senior team.
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On the red side, Catalina Usme is the leader of America on and off the field. A member of this team since her first match in the Women’s League, Cata does not stop breaking records: she is, by far, the top scorer in the history of the tournament, with 53 goals. Those who follow her are 25 away and two of them are no longer in Colombia: Venezuelans Oriana Altuve and Joemar Guarecuco. The other, Manuela González, is at Deportivo Cali.
“I have always said that in long tournaments is when the processes are seen the most, it lets you see a mark not only physical, but also technical and tactical, and the structure of the two institutions came to light for this final and for me the main thing is that Two teams arrive with stable and serious projects”Usme said before the first game.
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