LTA Agency’s striker Maria Ruiz, better known as Mery, scored two goals in as many games in La Copa de La Reina Final Four tournament in Basauri to help RCD Espanyol de Barcelona retain their Spanish Cup crown.

The win caps a highly successful season for Espanyol which lost the Superliga Final by one goal to Rayo and won the Spanish Cup for the second time in a row. Mery and LTA’s Italian international forward Pamela Conti were instrumental in Espanyol’s impressive run this season by notching 17 and 27 goals respectively. They both add the first Spanish Cup title to the Cup triumphs they have previously experienced in the USA and Italy. Mery was part of FC Indiana’s 2008 US Open Cup winning team, and Conti has 4 Coppa Italia titles to her name won with Eurospin Torres in her native Italy.

Both prolific strikers are subject to a number of potential offers from leading clubs in Spain, Europe, and the US, but RCD Espanyol seems to be in the pole position to retain the services of Mery and Conti for the upcoming 2010-2011 season.

The LTA agency client has proved an instant hit with the Spanish outfit and has taken her current goal tally to 15 in only 12 appearances. In the game vs FC Barcelona she had an assist on the first goal by Lara before floating a beautiful left-footed half-volley over the hosts’ keeper to make the score 2:0.

Largely outplayed over the course of the match FC Barcelona cut the deficit thanks to former Espanyolista Marta Cubi. The game also featured another LTA Agency striker Espanyol’s Madrid-born Mery.

Palermo native, Conti will look to continue her sensational scoring form as RCD Espanyol commence the final phase of the 2009-2010 Superliga season by taking on Conti’s former club Levante UD in Valencia on Sunday January 10.