Los Angeles – Travel in ConcacAF Gold Cup reached a road on the last day of playing groups for the United States women’s national football team.
With the first place on the line on Monday, the USWNT lost 2–0 in Mexico. This was just the second disadvantage against Mexico in 43 meetings, the first loss for the national team in California, the first loss against a ConcacAF rival since 2000 and the 80-game winning streak on US soil against the ConcacAF opponents took away the streak.
On Sunday, a new week was faced, the team’s attention is still on winning the tournament. The USWNT will face Colombia in the quarter -finals (5:15 PM, Paramount+, ESPN+) at BMO Stadium.
USWNT interim coach Twila Kilgore said, “The standard for this team is very high and is expected to win the event.” “But the reality is this, sometimes when you are working on things, it is not far away. Sometimes the opponents are really good and they are moments and we understand how we answer them. Everything is everything. When we are known to win, we are also known to compete, come back and bounce back and we will continue in the right direction.”
USWNT forward Alex Morgan said the team took advantage of the time between the end of the group stage play and the quarter -finals.
“We are really in a good place,” he said. “In fact I think the way the tournament was revealed, lost that last game in Mexico and the length between the Games, gave us an opportunity to start not only to close the loop on Mexico and focus on Colombia, but also supported themselves and supported each other.”
The USWNT and Colombia met in October in a pair of Friendlies. The first ended in a scorer draw and the second was 3–0 USWNT win, thanks to three second-haf goals.
Columbia, which moved forward in the quarterfinals of last year’s Women’s World Cup, finished second in Group B. Each of the three groups resumed 1-8 for the top two teams as well as two-Survashreshtha third place teams for the knockout phase of the tournament.
Linda Jaipur (Real Madrid) and Katalina USME (Pachuka) scored two goals in the group stage for the fifth seed Colombia.
Morgan said, “We have played him many times in recent years, so we are very familiar with him.” “He did very well in the World Cup and has done well in this tournament so far. We have this extra time where we are capable of taking extra time on the field and in our meeting room and focusing on working on things that we need to move beyond the previous game. ,
The group phase of the Gold Cup has proved that the fourth seed is not an easy way for USWNT. The disadvantage of Mexico has definitely opened both eyes inside and outside the program.
Morgan said, “We have a lot of hope on ourselves.” “Everyone does and it is for a good reason because we have won major tournaments, but of course as everyone has seen and we would like to see, the quality of women’s football at the global level is only developing and getting better and football is more opportunities for women to play year-to-year.
“I don’t know that this next game is something that we are saying that we need to prove something, but certainly every game is a step in one direction that we are trying to make as this team right now. Despite the previous game, I think we think our ability is very high. So, it is keeping all the pieces together and it is working on the things that we do not work for the last game, which we do not have success in the next game that we do not succeed in the next game. Was able to gain excellence and hopefully beyond this.
Sunday’s doubleheader will kick with Mexico, number 3 seed with number 6 paraguay (2 pm, paramount+, ESPN+). Mexico did not score a goal in three group-phase games and won 11 of their last 12 matches, with seven consecutive shutouts.
Jacqueline Oval (Tigress) leads the team with three goals and two assistance.
Mexico coach Pedro Lopez said, “We have a perspective that we can win this tournament.” “Now we have to focus on Paraguay and focus on because it will be a difficult game.”
Concacaf Women’s Gold Cup Quarter Final
Number 3 Mexico vs No 6 Paraguay
When: Sunday at 2 pm
Where: BMO Stadium
TV: ESPN+, Paramount+
Number 4 United States vs Number 5 Columbia
When: Sunday at 5:15
Where: BMO Stadium
TV: ESPN+, Paramount+