Frazzoni, Nolan and Burch-Waldron guide respective teams to maximum points
Eva Frazzoni, Aaliyah Nolan, and K’Shaela Burch-Waldron all tasted victory in England, while head coach Khano Smith saw his USL Championship playoff run end in dramatic fashion from the penalty spot.
In the Eastern Region Women’s Football League, Bermuda captain Eva Frazzoni helped guide AFC Sudbury Women to an entertaining 3-2 victory over Watford Ladies at the MEL Group Stadium. Sudbury held their nerve through a pulsating encounter to claim all three points on home turf.
Up north in the FA Women’s National League, Bermudian internationals Aaliyah Nolan and Trinae Edwards featured as Barnsley Women mounted two spirited fightbacks to secure a dramatic 3-2 win. Nolan got herself on the scoresheet alongside goals from Amber Sewell and Milly Wortley, completing a resilient team display that saw Barnsley dig deep to turn the match on its head.
On the south coast, K’Shaela Burch-Waldron starred for Sutton United Women in a clinical 2-0 away win against Worthing FC Women at the Sussex Transport Community Stadium. Burch-Waldron led from the front, finding the net alongside team-mate Bradley to cap a commanding performance and seal maximum points on the road.
Across the Atlantic, Khano Smith’s Rhode Island FC suffered penalty-shootout agony against the Charleston Battery in the USL Championship Eastern Conference quarter-finals at Patriots Point.
The Ocean State club looked on course for the semi-finals after taking an early first-half lead through Jojea Kwizera.However, Charleston struck a dramatic equaliser deep into stoppage time to level the tie at 1-1 and force extra time.With neither side able to find a winner, the contest was decided by spot-kicks for the second straight postseason, where Charleston edged a tense sudden-death shootout 5-4 to end Smith’s campaign.
