Team Chicago Academy-Cruzeiro defeated Cincinnati Cup 6-1 to maintain a perfect record in the U14 Girls Premier I Division of the Midwest Regional League (MRL). With the win Cruzeiro is now 3-0-0 with a goal difference of 12-1.

In the 13th minute Erin “Bean” Sweda broke up a play and found Riley O’Brien on the right flank. Riley played a nice diagonal ball into Jamie Goralski’s feet, and Jamie then spun away from her defender and played a perfect diagonal through-ball into the run of Kerry Abello on the weak side. Kerry calmly slotted the ball home at the foot of the far post. Less than a minute later right-back Sarah Avery doubled the lead after persistent pressure on the Cup defenders inside their 18.

With 12 minutes left in the first half Kerry Abello doubled her tally with a bomb from 18 yards out. Center-back Katie Wieland split the Cup midfield and found Alyssa Bombacino who played a great diagonal ball to Kerry on top of the 18.

5 minutes into the 2nd half Riley O’Brien stressed the Cup midfield and won the ball. She quickly found Alyssa Bombacino with a through-ball and Alyssa made it 4-0 when she walked it in and coolly beat the on-rushing GK to the far post.

Cup got one back midway through the 2nd half, but Cruzeiro closed out the game as Alyssa Bombacino found Kerry Abello on the left flank, and she beat her defender 1v1 and toe-poked it past the GK to make it 5-1. And in the dying minutes Claire Hensley and Madison Zaleski combined to assist on Francesca Marconi’s goal to make it 6-1 final.