BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Corinthians clinched its sixth Women's Copa Libertadores crown after defeating Deportivo Cali on penalties after struggling for much of the final on Saturday.
The teams finished regulation scoreless, prompting the shootout. Cali's Kelly Ibargüen suffered the only miss and Ingrid Aparecida Jhonson Borges secured the 5-3 shootout win when she tricked goalkeeper Luisa Agudelo into diving the wrong way.
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Dayana Rodriguez (31) of Brazil's Corinthians and Paola Garcia of Colombia's Deportivo Cali battle for the ball during the Women’s Copa Libertadores final soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luciano Gonzalez)
Victoria Albuquerque, right, of Brazil's Corinthians and Zharick Montoya of Colombia's Deportivo Cali go for a header during the Women’s Copa Libertadores final soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luciano Gonzalez)
Gabriela Zanotti of Brazil's Corinthians celebrates with the trophy after defeating Colombia's Deportivo Cali and winning the Women's Copa Libertadores final soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luciano Gonzalez)
Players of Brazil's Corinthians celebrate with the trophy after defeating Colombia's Deportivo Cali and winning the Women's Copa Libertadores final soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luciano Gonzalez)
Corinthians celebrated a record third consecutive Copa title. It has not conceded a goal in regulation in its last five finals dating to 2019. The result also underlined Brazil’s supremacy in South American women's club soccer, producing at least one finalist in 16 of the 17 finals and the champion 14 times.
“We gave it our all. The penalties were a lucky draw, and I’m very proud of my team,” Cali's Stefanía Perlaza said.
In addition to winning the $2 million in prize money, Corinthians earned the right to compete in the first Women’s Champions Cup in January-February in London.
In the match for third place, Brazil’s Ferroviaria defeated Chile’s Colo Colo 1-0 with an early goal from Katiuscia Fernandes Soares.
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Dayana Rodriguez (31) of Brazil's Corinthians and Paola Garcia of Colombia's Deportivo Cali battle for the ball during the Women’s Copa Libertadores final soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luciano Gonzalez)
Victoria Albuquerque, right, of Brazil's Corinthians and Zharick Montoya of Colombia's Deportivo Cali go for a header during the Women’s Copa Libertadores final soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luciano Gonzalez)
Gabriela Zanotti of Brazil's Corinthians celebrates with the trophy after defeating Colombia's Deportivo Cali and winning the Women's Copa Libertadores final soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luciano Gonzalez)
Players of Brazil's Corinthians celebrate with the trophy after defeating Colombia's Deportivo Cali and winning the Women's Copa Libertadores final soccer match in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Luciano Gonzalez)
Jamahl Mosley was fired as coach of the Orlando Magic on Monday, paying the widely expected price after the team blew a 3-1 series lead and got eliminated by the Detroit Pistons in Round 1 of the Eastern Conference playoffs, a person with knowledge of the move told The Associated Press.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity pending the team announcement.
It was Orlando’s third consecutive first-round playoff exit, and easily the most disappointing. Not only did the eighth-seeded Magic lose all three chances to upset the top-seeded Pistons, but one of those games saw Orlando have a 24-point second-half lead at home and still lose. Orlando missed 23 consecutive shots in that Game 6 loss on Friday, getting booed by fans when it was over.
That loss probably was the one that sealed Mosley’s fate, even though the loss in Game 7 at Detroit on Sunday was the one that ended the season.
Mosley is the third-winningest coach in Magic history, his 189 wins behind only Brian Hill (267) and Stan Van Gundy (259). He inherited a team that was in the early stages of a rebuild, with Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs entering the league as rookies in his first season and then the Magic winning the lottery to draft Paolo Banchero No. 1 overall before Mosley’s second season.
Orlando won 22 games in Mosley’s first season, improved to 34-48 in Year 2 and has been .500 or better in all three seasons since — 47-35 in 2023-24, 41-41 last season and 45-37 this season.
That makes the Magic one of 10 teams — Boston, Cleveland, Denver, Houston, the Los Angeles Clippers, the Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota, New York, Oklahoma City are the others — to have not finished below .500 in any of the last three seasons.
It wasn’t enough. And with much of the team’s core — Banchero, Wagner, Suggs, Desmond Bane and more — under contract for the foreseeable future, the Magic clearly felt the best way to shake things up was to bring in a new coach.
“It’s been absolutely amazing journey with these guys,” Mosley said. “Their ability to grow, communicate ... we’re going to fight until the final horn goes off. And that’s what you’ve seen for a majority of the five years.”
It is a roster in need of upgrading in some ways, shooting perhaps foremost among them after Orlando was only 27th in the 30-team league in 3-point percentage this season. Injuries have also been a major issue for the Magic, including in the playoffs — with Wagner unable to play in the final three games, all losses, against Detroit.
Mosley’s job security was a talking point for much of the season, especially amid reports that he and Banchero were not on the same page. In March, Banchero acknowledged that were some moments of conflict — but thought Orlando was better for going through that.
“We’re both competitors,” Banchero said when asked then about his relationship with Mosley. “There were times where I was frustrated and I wasn’t playing as well as I think I should be. But it never became me pointing the finger at him or being disrespectful. It was all constructive; he’s talking to me, I’m talking to him. And winning, it cures everything.”
Evidently, there wasn’t enough winning.
Mosley had two seasons left on an extension that he and the Magic agreed on in March 2024. The team lauded his “preparation, work ethic, ability to connect with the players and passion he brings to the job every day brings positive results, both on the court and off” when announcing that deal.
Barely two years later, he and the Magic were parting ways.
Only seven coaches have been in their current jobs longer than Mosley was with Orlando — Miami’s Erik Spoelstra (hired in 2008), Golden State’s Steve Kerr (2014), the Clippers’ Tyronn Lue (2020), Oklahoma City’s Mark Daigneault (2020), Minnesota’s Chris Finch (2021), Indiana’s Rick Carlisle (2021) and Dallas’ Jason Kidd (2021).
Mosley spent 15 years as an assistant in Denver, Cleveland and Dallas — and was often mentioned as a candidate for head-coaching jobs around the league over that span — before Orlando hired him. He had a long relationship with Magic basketball operations president Jeff Weltman, who first took note of Mosley when they worked together with the Nuggets.
Mosley was the 14th coach in Magic history, the 15th if counting Billy Donovan — who accepted the job in 2007, then had second thoughts and returned to the University of Florida. Donovan just left the Chicago Bulls after six seasons as their coach, which sparked speculation that he could be the frontrunner in Orlando if the Magic indeed would be moving on from Mosley.
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Orlando Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley shouts to his team during the first half in Game 2 of a first-round NBA basketball playoffs series against the Detroit Pistons Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)
Orlando Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley directs his team against the Detroit Pistons during the first half in Game 6 of a first-round NBA basketball playoffs series, Friday, May 1, 2026, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Orlando Magic head coach Jamahl Mosley shouts at referee Curtis Blair (74) during the second half in Game 5 of a first-round NBA basketball playoffs series against the Detroit Pistons Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)
