The Americans, two-time world champions in football, qualified for the Paris Olympics in 2024 by winning against Canada (1-0), reigning Olympic champions, the final of the Concacaf Cup on Monday in Monterrey (Mexico).
The Americans defeated the Canadians in the final of this continental competition – which they won Monday for the third time in a row – thanks to a penalty ofAlex Morgan in the 78th minute, the 118th goal of the striker in selection.
They thus took their revenge after their defeat against this opponent in the semi-finals of the Olympics last year in Japan.
“We did not approach this meeting as a revenge, because 60% of the workforce is different and for this reason, the players did not think of this defeat in Tokyo”, however underlined the technical director of the team. American Vlatko Andonovski.
“We are delighted to witness the beginning of what we are going to see in the coming months: we are going to prepare for the World Cup and now we have that we are going to the Olympics,” he added.
In addition to a ticket to the 2024 Games, the competition which pitted eight teams from North America against each other also offered places for the next World Cup, which will take place in 2023 in Australia and New Zealand: by reaching the half -finals, USA, Canada, Jamaica and Costa Rica won a ticket.
The Canadians, for their part, can still qualify for the Paris Games during a play-off against Jamaica disputed next year. The “Reggae Girlz” have indeed won the match for 3rd place, against Costa Rica (1-0 ap), which gives them the right to play this play-off.
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