Gotham FC’s bid to repeat as CONCACAF W Champions Cup winners got here to a screeching halt Wednesday evening.
Membership América defeated Gotham 4-1, breaking a 1-1 tie within the second half with targets within the 57th, seventieth and 87th minutes to get rid of the defending champions at Estadio Hidalgo in Pachuca, Hidalgo, . Scarlett Camberos recorded a hat trick in opposition to Gotham, and , who performed for Gotham FC on mortgage in 2025, had three assists within the match.
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“Very, very tough recreation for us,” Gotham head coach Juan Carlos Amorós stated. “I’ve to present numerous credit score to my gamers. They gave completely all the things that they had in these circumstances. Within the first half, we actually struggled to adapt. They have been higher.
Scarlett Camberos, who had a hat trick, celebrates after scoring considered one of her three targets in Membership América’s 4-1 win over Gotham FC within the CONCACAF W Champions Cup semifinal matchup on Could 20, 2026. Getty Photos
“Within the second half, we began rather well with that purpose to equalize. Then they solely had these conditions on the counter, and so they killed us there. That’s the spotlight of the sport.”
Esther González scored Gotham’s solely purpose of the match within the forty eighth minute, which briefly tied the competition at 1-1. Gotham will play within the event’s third-place recreation Saturday and can face the loser of the Washington Spirit’s match in opposition to CF Pachuca.
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Getting into Wednesday’s semifinal, Gotham had been on a five-game unbeaten streak in NWSL play and conceded only one purpose in that stretch.
Esther Gonzalez of Gotham controls the ball through the semifinals match between America and Nueva York Gotham Metropolis as a part of the Concacaf W Champions Cup 2026 at Hidalgo Stadium on Could 20, 2026 in Pachuca, Mexico. Getty Photos
Membership América took a little bit of revenge on the 2025 CONCACAF W Champions Cup champions this time round after Gotham had routed their Liga MX Femenil counterparts in final 12 months’s event on their approach to profitable the crown.
Camberos scored her first of three targets within the twenty first minute when she redirected a cross into the field previous Gotham goalkeeper . Camberos broke the 1-1 tie early within the second half after she obtained behind the Gotham protection for a lead go and buried her shot.
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Aylín Aviléz prolonged the result in two targets when Geyse set her up together with her third help within the seventieth minute, and Camberos accomplished the hat trick with Membership América’s fourth purpose of the evening.
Berger needed to be stretchered off the pitch after she got here out to problem Camberos on the ultimate play of the primary half, and the 2 collided laborious.
The Gotham goalkeeper was in seen ache, had a minimize on her head and needed to be attended to by the membership’s medical workers earlier than being taken off the sector on a stretcher.
Katrin Berger (I) Gotham FC goalkeeper after her damage through the semifinals match between America and Nueva York Gotham Metropolis as a part of the Concacaf W Champions Cup 2026 at Hidalgo Stadium on Could 20, 2026 in Pachuca, Mexico. Getty Photos
Shelby Hogan got here into the sport for Gotham to start out the second half.
Amorós didn’t have any replace on her situation, however did say that she was taken to the hospital.
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“It was very tough for us, clearly understanding that Ann needed to go to the hospital after that problem within the first half,” he stated.
Hogan stated that the membership was “clearly all behind her” after the damage.
“We’ll assist her in any method she wants. We have been actually unhappy to see her go down, and we wished to get that win for her,” she stated.