The US women’s national team, arriving in Mexico this week for two purposes, has already achieved its first goal. After a biased victory over Jamaica on Thursday night, the United States entered the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
Winning 5-0 was the second American match at the Concacaf Women’s Championship. The championship serves not only as a regional championship, but also as a qualifying tournament for the Women’s World Cup and the 2024 Paris Olympics. The United States beat Haiti 3-0 in the opening round on Monday.
Under the format of a redesigned eight-team regional tournament, the official brand of the Conca Cuff W Championship, the top two in each of the four team groups will qualify for the Women’s World Cup, two-time defending champion in the United States. Is automatically acquired.
The United States has guaranteed to be one of the top finishers with overwhelming performance against Jamaica. Sophia Smith scored two goals in the first eight minutes, while Roselabel, Christie Muis and Trinity Rodman added goals in the second half. Onslaught of US depth and scoring chances.
However, when Haiti defeated host Mexico in the second game of the night, the American position in the World Cup was secured hours later. As a result, the United States has achieved a top two finish in the first round group and is guaranteed to compete in the 32 teams World Cup in Australia and New Zealand next summer.
The United States, along with South Korea, Japan, China, the Philippines and Vietnam in Asia, is the 12th country to join and qualify as a co-sponsor. From Europe Sweden, France, Denmark, Spain.
Canada, the women’s champion of the Olympics and America’s biggest regional rival, is expected to join the group when they face Panama in the second match of the tournament on Friday. But the biggest story of the tournament may be Haiti. Winning Mexico 3-0 means that you only need to draw with Jamaica in the final group game to win your first trip to the World Cup.
Meanwhile, the next goal of the United States is to secure a place for the Paris Olympics. Throughout the Conca Cuff Olympic Playoffs in September 2023, there are lifelines for countries in 2nd and 3rd place, but only the winner of the Concaft Tournament will win a direct place in that tournament.
US coach Vratko Andnovsky manages the transitioning team as they move on to both tournaments. The team he brought to Mexico is a blend of World Cup veterans such as Ravel, Lindsey Horan and Becky Sourbrunn and newcomers like Smith. DF Naomi Gilma assisted Smith’s first goal in just the third match in the United States. And Rodman, the daughter of former NBA star Dennis Rodman.
Its versatile options give the team a glimpse into the future of the championship team, including veterans such as Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan, for now. Thirteen members of the Andnovsky team participated in the team’s first World Cup or Olympic qualifying tournament, and eight participated in the tournament with less than ten international appearances.
Smith gave a hint of his free promise in the opening minutes. On her first goal, she took a long pass on her right side, lifted the ball over the defender’s head on a run, cut back, and flicked it with her right foot past the Jamaican goalkeeper.
Her second came a few minutes later, after a similar reading ball in the lower right, and finished just as well: First touch flip On top of the goalkeeper confirmed after a brief video review.
Two more goals in the first half (Ashley Hatch in the 11th minute and Mallory Pugh in the 27th minute) were erased by the video review used in the women’s championship for the first time this year.
But the result was unquestionable. The unmarked Ravel scored 3-0 in the back post in the 59th minute. Kristie Mewis changed the penalty after Midge Perth threw the ball in the area in the 82nd minute. And Rodman scored his second international goal four minutes later with a cross from Pew.
