Ordega scores in the 87th minute to pull Nigeria into 3-3 tie with Sweden

VANCOUVER – Gaelle Enganamouit had a hat trick for Cameroon in a 6-0 rout of Ecuador on Monday in the Women’s World Cup debuts for both nations.

Cameroon converted three penalty kicks. Enganamouit scored in the 36th and 73rd minutes, then got a penalty kick in the fourth minute of stoppage time.

Madeleine Ngono Mani put Les Lionnes ahead in the 34th minute, and captain Christine Manie’s penalty kick made it 3-0 in the 44th.

Aboudi Onguene converted a penalty kick in the 79th.

Ligia Moreira of 48th-ranked Ecuador was given a red card for a foul in the 66th minute.

Also, Francisca Ordega’s 87th-minute goal pulled Nigeria into a 3-3 draw with Sweden in Winnipeg.

Linda Sembrant came off the bench to put Sweden ahead 3-2 before Ordega’s drive sailed between goalkeeper Hedvig Lindahl’s legs.

Nilla Fischer put Sweden up 2-0 in the first half with a goal in the 31st minute after Nigeria conceded an own goal. Nigeria evened it in the second half when Ngozi Okobi and Asisat Oshoala scored in a 3-minute span.

In the final match of the day Aya Miyama converted on a penalty kick in the 29th minute to lift Japan to a 1-0 win over Switzerland in Vancouver.

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