The U.S. Women’s National Team booked its spot at the 2019 FIFA Women’s
World Cup by
rolling past Jamaica 6-0 in the semifinal
of the 2018 Concacaf Women’s Championship, and will now look to win its
sixth Concacaf Women’s Championship title when it takes on Canada on
Wednesday, Oct. 17 at 8 p.m. ET. The match broadcast will likely start on
FS2 and then switch to FS1 depending on the completion of the MLB
playoff game. The game is also being broadcast on UDN.
The 2018 Concacaf Women’s Championship has qualified two teams to the 2019
FIFA Women’s World Cup in France and a third will book its ticket with a
win in the Third-Place game. The fourth-place finisher will go into a
two-game playoff with Argentina, the third-place team from South America.
As winners of their respective semifinals, the USA and Canada have already
secured their spots at next summer’s event but one remains for the winner
of the Third-Place match between Jamaica and Panama on Oct. 17 (4 p.m. CT;
FS2). The loser of the Third-Place Match heads into the two-game playoff.
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U.S. WNT CONCACAF WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP ROSTER BY POSITION (CAPS/GOALS)
GOALKEEPERS (2):
18- Ashlyn Harris
(Orlando Pride; 18/0), 1-
Alyssa Naeher
(Chicago Red Stars; 36/0)
DEFENDERS (7):
7-
Abby Dahlkemper
(NC Courage; 27/0), 19-
Crystal Dunn
(NC Courage; 72/24), 20- Hailie Mace
(UCLA; 3/0), 5- Kelley O’Hara
(Utah Royals FC; 111/2), 4-
Becky Sauerbrunn
(Utah Royals FC; 146/0), 14- Casey Short
(Chicago Red Stars; 26/0), 2-
Emily Sonnett
(Portland Thorns FC; 24/0)
MIDFIELDERS (5):
6- Morgan Brian
(Chicago Red Stars; 81/6), 8- Julie Ertz
(Chicago Red Stars; 70/18); 9-
Lindsey Horan
(Portland Thorns FC; 60/7), 16- Rose Lavelle
(Washington Spirit; 17/5), 3-
Samantha Mewis
(NC Courage; 40/8)
FORWARDS (6):
17-Tobin Heath
(Portland Thorns; 141/25), 10-
Carli Lloyd
(Sky Blue FC; 262/105), 13-
Alex Morgan
(Orlando Pride; 150/96), 12-
Christen Press
(Utah Royals FC; 106/46), 11- Mallory Pugh
(Washington Spirit; 40/12), 15-
Megan Rapinoe
(Seattle Reign FC; 143/41)
STORYLINES
USA vs. Canada:
The USA is 48-3-7 all-time against Canada and the Americans have had a long
history of success in this series, but the 12 meetings since the turn of
the decade have featured three ties and four one-goal wins for the USA. The
most recent meetings were pair of friendlies between the teams, the first
on Nov. 9, 2017 at BC Place in Vancouver, Canada, a 1-1 draw that saw Alex
Morgan score for the U.S., followed by a second game on Nov.12 at Avaya
Stadium in San Jose, California, where the U.S. won 3-1 on goals from Carli
Lloyd, Julie Ertz and Morgan.
Most Common Opponent:
Canada is the country the USA has played more times than any other in its
history. The USA and Canada have been playing since the second year of the
U.S. Women's National Team program in 1986 and met in the fifth and sixth
matches in U.S. history, which also were the first domestic games for the
U.S. Women. They’ve played in back-to-back games in a home-and-away format
three times. Multiple meetings in a calendar year between the USA and
Canada are far from a rarity. In fact, the teams played five times in both
2000 and 2008, tied for the most meetings in a year for the U.S. team
against any opponent.
USA Aims for Sixth Concacaf World Cup Qualifying Title:
The USA is 31-1-0 all-time in World Cup qualifying, including 17-0-0 at
home. The U.S. WNT hasn’t conceded a goal in 10 straight WCQ games (963
minutes) dating back to 2010. The last goal allowed came in the 27th minute
against Mexico on Nov. 5, 2010. Under Jill Ellis the USA has a record of
9-0-0 with 45 goals scored and 0 against. This will be the seventh Concacaf
qualifying tournament that USA has contested. The U.S. women have won five
of six of those tournaments, finishing first in the qualifying competitions
for the 1991, 1995, 2003, 2007 and 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cups. The USA
finished third in the qualifying tournament for the 2011 FIFA Women’s World
Cup and had to go through a two-game playoff against Italy to qualify for
Germany 2011. The USA played Canada in the championship game of each of the
first four tournaments in which both participated (the USA did not have to
qualify as host in 1999). The USA has scored 182 goals in WWC qualifying
(an average of 5.7 per game) while allowing five, and has played nine
different countries in World Cup qualifying with Mexico being the most
common opponent with seven games between the teams.
Winning:
The U.S. team has a 15-0-2 record in 2018 and has not lost since the 2017
Tournament of Nations, a 1-0 setback to Australia. It has gone 22-0-3 over
the past 15 months. The USA’s 2018 has so far featured wins over Denmark,
Germany, England, Mexico (thrice), China PR (twice), Japan, Brazil, Chile
(twice), Panama, Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica, along with ties vs.
France and Australia. The WNT hasn’t conceded a goal in 614 minutes in
2018, with the last one coming against Brazil during the Tournament of
Nations on Aug. 2. This is the longest streak without conceding for the WNT
since 2016.
100 Goals Watch:
After adding two more goals against Jamaica on Oct. 14, Alex Morgan now has
96 goals and at age 29 sits in sole possession of seventh place on the
USA’s all-time goal scoring list. She has scored 23 goals over her last 23
WNT matches through the end of 2017 and deep into 2018. With her hat trick
against Japan on July 26, the fourth of her career, Morgan is now tied with
Michelle Akers in third place all-time in multi-goal games (26) behind Abby
Wambach (45) and Mia Hamm (38). She has 22 career two-goal games.
Lloyd Keeps Adding Her Name to the Record Books:
On Oct. 7 vs. Panama, Lloyd scored her eighth career hat trick and upped
her career total to 105 goals. She is now two goals away from tying
Michelle Akers for fourth all-time in the U.S. goals list. With her hat
trick, Lloyd tied Mia Hamm for most three-goals games all-time in U.S. WNT
history. Hamm also scored two four-goal games in her career. Lloyd is tied
with Kristine Lilly and Cindy Parlow for fifth-all time in multi-goal games
with 17. Against Panama, Lloyd (36 years, 83 days) became the oldest player
to score a hat trick for the U.S. WNT. She broke Wambach’s record of 34
years, 186 days. Since turning 30, she has scored 69 goals in 127 games in
six years. The 127 games after the age of 30 rank her fourth all-time in
U.S. history in that category and is four caps away from tying Shannon Boxx
in third place. Christie Rampone is far and away the leader with 175.
2018 WCQ Goal Scorers:
Ten different players have scored in the 2018 tournament thus far: Alex
Morgan (6), Tobin Heath (4), Carli Lloyd (3), Megan Rapinoe (3), Rose
Lavelle (2), Julie Ertz (2), Crystal Dunn, Lindsey Horan, Christen Press
and Samantha Mewis.
The U.S. forwards have combined for 45 of the USA’s 61 goals this year. All
six of the forwards on this roster have played in a world championship, and
five of them have played in in multiple world championships. Six of the
eight players who have not found the net are defenders. Nine players have
assists, with Lindsey Horan leading the way with four. The average age of
the U.S. roster for this tournament is 27.9. The average age of USA’s 2015
Women’s World Cup Team was just over 28 years of age.
Since the 2017 SheBelieves Cup, the USA has failed to score in just one
game (against Australia at the 2017 Tournament of Nations). That’s a
30-game span. Through 2017 and 2018, 14 different players have scored goals
for the USA. The U.S. has now scored 4+ goals in six of their last seven
games and in five straight.
Team Effort:
All 20 players on the U.S. roster have seen minutes so far in the
tournament. No player has played the total of 360 minutes, but defender
Abby Dahlkemper has been on the field the most (347 minutes).
WCQ History Goal Scorers:
Eleven players on this U.S. roster have scored in a Women’s World Cup
qualifying tournament: Lloyd (10), Morgan (8), Rapinoe (6), Heath (6),
Press (3), Lavelle (2), Ertz (2), Mewis (1), Dunn (1), Horan (1) and Brian
(1). Lloyd has now tied Carin Gabarra in fourth place on the all-time goal
list in World Cup qualifying. She sits two goals behind third-place Mia
Hamm (12).
2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifiers: The 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup will be held from June 7-July 7 in nine
cities in France. So far, 17 countries have qualified with teams from
Concacaf, Africa and Oceania still to be determined. The Final Draw for the
2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup will be conducted in Paris on December 8. This
will be the second World Cup with 24 nations, up from 16 that were in
Germany in 2011. The qualified nations so far are: host, France; England,
Germany, Italy, Norway, Scotland, Spain and Sweden from UEFA. Brazil and
Chile from South America, and Australia, China PR, Japan, Korea Republic
and Thailand from the AFC and the USA and Canada from Concacaf.