Canada must get previous the US to make it to the inaugural CONCACAF W Gold Cup last.
The People, ranked second on this planet, defeated No. 23 Colombia 3-0 in a chippy contest Sunday to arrange a semifinal date on Wednesday with the Tenth-ranked Canadians at San Diego’s Snapdragon Stadium.
The U.S.-Colombia match performed at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, noticed seven yellow playing cards together with 4 to the South People.
Canada superior to the ultimate 4 on Saturday by edging No. 43 Costa Rica 1-0 after additional time in Los Angeles.
WATCH l Canada beats Costa Rica in additional time:
Substitute Evelyne Viens scores within the 104th minute and lifts Canada to 1-0 win over Costa Rica within the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF W Gold Cup
No. 35 Mexico, which defeated No. 50 Paraguay 3-2 earlier Sunday at BMO Stadium, will tackle No. 11 Brazil within the different semifinal Wednesday.
The championship recreation is about for subsequent Sunday in San Diego.
Canada went into the quarterfinals as the highest seed with Costa Rica needing to win a drawing of heaps to turn out to be the No. 8 seed after completed tied with Puerto Rico on all the opposite tiebreakers.
A 2-0 upset loss to Mexico dropped the People to second place in Group A — and fourth seed within the knockout spherical.
U.S. gained final assembly at SheBelieves Cup
Canada final confronted the U.S. on Feb. 16, 2023, on the SheBelieves Cup, shedding 2-0 in Orlando. One may maybe connect an asterisk to that end result, nonetheless, with the Canadian ladies distracted by the continuing labour battle with Canada Soccer.
The loss on the SheBelieves Cup dropped Canada’s all-time report in opposition to the People to 4-53-7.
Earlier than that, the North American rivals final met in June 2022 when the U.S. gained 1-0 within the last of the CONCACAF W Championship in Guadalupe, Mexico, on a 78th-minute Alex Morgan penalty.
That marked the primary contest between the 2 since Canada’s 1-0 semifinal triumph on the Tokyo Olympics in August 2021.
WATCH | U.S. tops Canada at SheBelieves Cup:
An emotional night time on the She Believes Cup, American Mallory Swanson had the one two objectives because the U.S. defeated Canada 2-0.
