Nigeria’s U-17 women team, the Flamingos, have crashed out of the ongoing U-17 Women World Cup after losing 0-2 to the US in the quarter-final on Saturday.
Nigeria won all three games in Group A of the competition, scoring nine goals and bagging the same points to reach the last eight.
But against the US at Santiago, Nigeria looked lethargic and rarely threatened their opponents.
Topscorer Moshood Shakirat compounded matters for the Flamingos after her tackle on Jocelyn Travers was adjudged as penalty following a lengthy video review.
US’ Kennedy Fuller tucked the spot kick away just two minutes before half-time to hand the Americans the lead.
In the second half, Nigeria did little to restore the parity and expectedly gave away another goal when Kimmi Ascanio finished off a slick counter-attack in the 74th minute to seal the semi-final ticket for the Americans.
The semi-final berth is the US’ first since their appearance in that stage of the competition in the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2008.
