The United States has been to every World Cup since the tournament started in 1991. Jamaica and Costa Rica have each been to the World Cup once before. Rocky Rodriguez, who plays for the Portland Thorns in the National Women’s Soccer League, hit the post with a shot in stoppage time, and the game went to overtime.Ĭosta Rica fell to the United States, 3-0, in the semifinals, while Jamaica lost to Canada, 3-0. “I talked to her before she goes in and told her there’s a goal in those boots and she nodded to me and it gave her some confidence,” said Jamaica coach Lorne Donaldson, who just took over the Reggae Girlz early last month amid upheaval.Ĭosta Rica had perhaps the best opportunity in the first half when Melissa Herrera faced Jamaica goalkeeper Rebecca Spencer alone, but her shot when wide left. Van Zanten, who plays for Notre Dame, came into the game as a substitute in the 99th minute and scored on a well-placed pass from Drew Spence. Kalyssa van Zanten scored in the 102nd minute to give Jamaica the edge in the earlier game. So we gave it everything and that’s all you can ask,” Canada coach Bev Priestman said. “I think what I was most pleased with is after you get that penalty call, the bounce back from the group after that, they showed that they were willing to do anything to get the result back. Smith had another chance in the 64th, but it went wide.Ĭanada had a flurry of late opportunities, including a header from Jordyn Huitema that went wide. She made another in the 45th, with an assist from teammate Kadeisha Buchanan, on Smith’s scramble to score at the goal line. Sheridan had a big save in the 31st minute when Pugh made a break down the right side and took a hard shot at the goal. Temperatures hovered in the low 90s at the start of the match at Estadio BBVA. All three are veterans of two World Cup titles and know what it takes to perform on the big stage. The United States has changed since the Olympics, and Morgan is now one of the older players on the roster surrounded by up-and-coming talent like forward Sophia Smith and Mallory Pugh.īut the team has clearly benefitted from the steady veteran presence of Morgan, Megan Rapinoe and Becky Sauerbrunn.

Defender Emily Fox also returned to the lineup from COVID-19 protocol. team finished with the bronze.Īlyssa Naeher was in goal for the United States instead of Casey Murphy, who started the last game at the tournament. The Canadians went on to win the gold medal on a penalty shootout with Sweden. Canada edged the United States, 1-0, on a late penalty kick to advance to the final, its first victory over the Americans in 20 years. The game was a rematch of the Olympic semifinal a year ago in Tokyo. “I feel good overall, I’m happy, healthy and confident and feel like I can contribute exactly what is being asked of me. “So I could just focus on San Diego and that helped me mentally and physically and then coming back to the team my role just increased and that felt good. “I wasn’t with the team the last eight months,” added Morgan, a Diamond Bar High product.

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