Bedoya on target for Helsingborg

Alejandro Bedoya is getting warmed up quite nicely for Helsingborg’s upcoming Allsvenskan league season in Sweden.

Bedoya scored in his second straight Swedish Cup match, netting Helsingborg’s fourth goal in a 5-0 dismantling of second-tier side Varberg in a Group 6 bout on Sunday.

The win gives Helsingborg four points with one group game against fellow top-flight side Gefle remaining, and – because of the club’s plus-five goal differential – a win would likely guarantee a knockout stage spot.

The winners of each of the eight groups move on to the quarter-finals of the competition.

The United States international winger got on the board in the 79th minute, building off his goal in last weekend’s 1-1 draw with second-tier club Assyriska.

The three Swedish Cup matches act as a precursor to the league season, which begins for Bedoya and Helsingborg on March 31 at home against Djurgarden.