Mexico Upsets U.S. in CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifier
A new U.S. v Mexico rivalry may have been born last night when El Tri upset the US Women’s National Team with a 2-1 victory. The U.S. upset came in the semifinal of the 2010 CONCACAF Women’s World Cup Qualifying tournament played in Cancun Mexico in front of a capacity crowd at Estadio Beto Avila. The U.S. is ranked 1st in the FIFA Women’s rankings while Mexico is rated 22nd best in the world.
The U.S. now faces a third-place match against Costa Rica for the right to play Italy in a home-and-home playoff series for the final berth to the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
It was the first ever CONCACAF Women’s World Cup qualifying loss by the USA, which dropped to 19-1-0, and the first time the USA has failed to advance to the championship of a CONCACAF event. It was just the second loss in 60 matches under U.S. head coach Pia Sundhage and first since the opening game of the 2008 Olympics.
“You can’t take anything for granted,” said Sundhage. “We knew Mexico would be a good team and that it would be a good game. Today, they scored one more goal than we did and their early goal made a big difference. They got the 12th player, the crowd, to support them and they had so much energy. Not only that, when we scored to tie the game, they came back to score right after.”
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Always tough for any US team to play and win in Mexico. The road becomes longer
Ouch!
Our WNT is still top notch, but many other countries are coming from behind…and very very rapidly. While the US had more chances I actually feel that the Mexico team was much more composed, and their goals were great goals. I think out WNT will still qualify, but this loss will force them to concentrate on every game. Go USA!