USA’s Catarina Macario scores in harm return, Chelsea debut

Nathalie Björn, Mayra Ramírez and Catarina Macario all netted their first Girls’s Tremendous League targets for Chelsea as they cruised to a 4-0 win over Leicester Metropolis on Sunday to return to the highest of the desk, above Manchester Metropolis on aim distinction.

The aim was an enormous one for United States ahead Macario, who was making her Chelsea debut and return from an ACL harm that had stored her out since her former membership group Lyon’s ultimate sport of the 2021-22 marketing campaign.

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Macario had initially hoped to be again sooner, however ended up lacking greater than 20 months, together with the USWNT’s participation within the Girls’s World Cup in 2023.

Sweden defender Bjorn, who joined the Blues from Everton in January, broke the impasse within the thirty eighth minute after Leicester didn’t clear a nook, hooking a shot again throughout the aim and over the pinnacle of keeper Lize Kop to make it 1-0.

Ramirez, one other January arrival, added the second within the forty fourth minute with an excellent solo effort, profitable the ball in her personal half and working half the size of the sector earlier than coolly rounding Kop and slotting the ball residence.

Winger Johanna Rytting Kaneryd added a 3rd earlier than the Brazil-born Macario got here off the bench to spherical out the scoring.

Chelsea moved again to the summit on 37 factors because of a three-goal cushion over Manchester Metropolis, who beat Everton 2-1 on Saturday.

Data from Reuters was used on this story.