The Mexican National Team succumbed to the favorite United States in extra time and was eliminated from the Colombia 2024 World Cup
BOGOTÁ — The attacker’s insistence Jordynn Dudleyof the Florida State Seminoles, allowed him to USA win this Wednesday by 2-3 Mexico and make it to the quarter-finals of the Women’s U-20 World Cup in Colombiain which they expect a rival between Germany and Argentina.
The 19-year-old striker broke the deadlock in the 98th minute at Bogotá’s El Campín stadium, where her team took the lead twice with goals from Pietra Tordin and Ally Sentnor, but saw their rivals equalize on both occasions with goals from the wingers. Valerie Vargas y Montserrat Saldívar.
He USWNT came out with everything, led by midfielder Claire Hutton who started to be the partner of all her teammates. The first clear chance came in the 5th minute with a shot by Sentnor that was cleared by a defender off the line.
Mexico lost in extra time to the United States at the U-20 Women’s World Cup. EFE
However, the goal was not long in coming and in the 10th minute the winger Emeri Adames launched a mid-height cross that was caught by the top scorer Tordin, who deflected the ball and thus reached her fourth goal in the championship.
The Americans maintained dominance and even came close to scoring, but Montserrat Saldivar He appeared for the first time in the match at 22 to, in a lethal counterattack, send a cross ball from the left to the other side of the area that reached him Valerie Vargaswho with a left-footed blow overcame the resistance of Teagan Wy, who until then was just another spectator.
The match was balanced, although Tracey Kevins’ team regained the lead very quickly, just five minutes later, when Sentnor received the ball outside the area, found a gap between two rivals and launched a powerful shot that hung the goalkeeper. Renatta Cota.
The back and forth continued. In that context Mexico tied the game again at 39 when the midfielder Alice Soto He sent a filtered pass to Montserratwho received the ball on the left flank, broke through in the area of the full-back Savannah King and fired a right-footed shot that was impossible for Wy to stop.
In the second half, the USWNT took back control and, in a great collective play, which ended with a filtered pass from Sentnor to Tordin, who sent the ball to the back of the net in front of the exit of CotaHowever, the goal was disallowed after a request for review by Mexicodue to an offside by full-back Gisele Thompson at the start of the play.
The game was lost, but both teams came back to life in the final minutes, a back-and-forth affair in which either of the two could have taken the victory.
First it was a long-distance shot by Leah Klenke that was saved, with great effort, by the Mexican goalkeeper, whose team responded with a shot of Soto which crashed into the horizontal.
Then, in a very good collective play, the attacker Dudley who entered in the final minutes made a shot with his backheel that was saved brilliantly Cota on an unforgettable night for her.
The match went into overtime and the Americans continued to attack the Mexicans, who were clearly tired at this point in the match.
He took advantage of that USWNT who found the 2-3 at 98 when an error in the exit of the midfielder Yareli Valadez The ball fell to her rivals and midfielder Yuna McCormack set up Dudleyentered the area and overcame the resistance of Cotawho on this occasion could do nothing to prevent the celebration.
In the second half of extra time, the center Natalia Colin She brought down Maddie Dahlien in the area and after reviewing the video, the referee called a penalty, which was saved by the Mexican goalkeeper. Mariángela Medinawho replaced the injured Cotato keep his team’s hope alive.
However, the wear and tear of the Tri It was evident at the end of the game, in which he did not reach Wy’s goal again and said goodbye to a tournament in which he dreamed big but was left in the round of 16 against his fiercest rival.
