
AFC Women's Champions League
Rhea Chan and Malia Cerdon netted twice for the side from the Philippines, who moved into pole position in the standings ahead of their final match against Myanmar’s ISPE WFC on Sunday. Only the winners of the group are guaranteed to advance to the next phase.

It took Stallion Laguna just two minutes to strike, Chan’s cross from the right eventually landing at the feet of Mia Bookhard, who sidestepped the defence to slot past Ha’ani Byerly.
In the 18th minute McDaniel opened her account, thumping a shot high into the roof of the net at the end of a driving run after being released behind the Strykers defence.
McDaniel then hit the crossbar seconds before Bookhard was brought down in the area by Maya Iriarte and McDaniel confidently converted from the spot to add to her team’s lead in the 26th minute.

Ten minutes before the interval Stallion Laguna cut through the Strykers defence again, Charisa Lemoran’s through pass releasing Chan into space inside the box and she stroked a first-time effort beyond Byerly.
McDaniel rattled home her side’s fifth with a trademark right foot free kick from 20 yards out a further two minutes later to complete her hat-trick while Cerdon hit the sixth with a first time finish into the bottom corner with a minute left in the half.
McDaniel scored from Isabella Pasion’s low cross from the right less than two minutes into the second half as Stallion Laguna continued their march towards victory with Chan tapping in from six yards out after a mistake by Byerly to claim the eighth in the 52nd minute.
The goals continued to flow, with McDaniel scoring with another free kick from 20 yards in the 56th minute and Cerdon looped her shot over Byerly’s head a minute later to take Stallion Laguna into double figures.
McDaniel cut inside onto her right foot to slot in the 11th in the 64th minute from the edge of the area and Jenna Merrill headed in McDaniel’s corner in the 69th minute to add to her team’s lead. Lemoran scored from distance in the 89th minute to complete the rout.
