Feb. 7, 2020 | Dignity Health Sports Park

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After rolling through Group A at the 2020 Concacaf Women’s Olympic Qualifying tournament with a 4-0 victory vs. Haiti, an 8-0 win against Panama and a 6-0 win vs. Costa Rica, the USA earned first place in the group and a semifinal berth against the Group B runner-up Mexico on Friday, Feb. 7 (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT on FS1 and Galavision) at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. The winner will earn a berth to the 2020 Olympics in Japan. The USA is riding a 26-game unbeaten streak and have scored two or more goals in 23 of those games.



USWNT 2020 Olympic Qualifying Roster by Position (Club; Caps/Goals):

GOALKEEPERS (3): 12-Adrianna Franch (Portland Thorns FC; 3/0), 18-Ashlyn Harris (Orlando Pride; 25/0), 1-Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars; 59/0)

DEFENDERS (6): 7-Abby Dahlkemper (North Carolina Courage; 56/0), 19-Crystal Dunn (North Carolina Courage; 99/24), 11-Ali Krieger (Orlando Pride; 106/1), 5-Kelley O’Hara (Utah Royals FC; 127/2), 4-Becky Sauerbrunn (Utah Royals FC; 173/0), 2-Emily Sonnett (Orlando Pride; 43/0)

MIDFIELDERS (5): 8-Julie Ertz (Chicago Red Stars; 97/19), 9-Lindsey Horan (Portland Thorns FC; 81/17), 16-Rose Lavelle (Washington Spirit; 40/11), 3-Samantha Mewis (North Carolina Courage; 62/16), 6-Andi Sullivan (Washington Spirit; 16/0)

FORWARDS (6): 17-Tobin Heath (Portland Thorns FC; 164/33), 10-Carli Lloyd (Sky Blue FC; 290/122), 14-Jessica McDonald (North Carolina Courage; 16/4), 20-Christen Press (Utah Royals FC; 133/55), 15-Megan Rapinoe (Reign FC; 163/50), 13-Lynn Williams (North Carolina Courage; 23/8)



2020 USWNT OLYMPIC QUALIFYING SCHEDULE:

Date Match-Up Time TV Venue Feb. 7 CAN vs. CRC 4 p.m. PT Fox Soccer Plus Dignity Health Sports Park; Carson, Calif. Feb. 7 USA vs. MEX 7 p.m. PT FS1, Galavision Dignity Health Sports Park; Carson, Calif. Feb. 9 Championship 3 p.m. PT FS2, Galavision Dignity Health Sports Park; Carson, Calif.

HOW THEY GOT HERE:

Both the USA and Mexico produced quality group play results on their way to the semifinal of the 2020 Olympic Women’s Qualifying Tournament. This will be the fifth meeting between the USA and Mexico in Olympic Qualifying. In fact, the teams have met in every Olympic Qualifying tournament the USA has participated in, but all have been during group play, so this will be the first knockout round game between the teams at Olympic Qualifying. The teams have also met seven times in World Cup Qualifying, which also marks every World Cup qualifying tournament the USA has participated in. Four of those meetings came in group play and three came in semifinal matches, one of which was Mexico’s only win over the USA, that coming during qualifying for the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup that forced the USA into a two-game playoff with Italy to earn its World Cup berth.



Road to 2020 CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Semifinal:

USA

Date Opponent Score U.S. Goal Scorers

Jan. 28 Haiti 4-0 W Press, Williams, Horan, Lloyd

Jan. 31 Panama 8-0 W Horan (3), Williams, Lavelle, Press, McDonald, Heath

Feb. 3 Costa Rica 6-0 W Press (2), Horan, Mewis (2), McDonald



SIX IN, SIX TO GO:

Half of the Women’s Olympic Soccer Tournament field is set, with host Japan, Brazil (coached by former U.S. WNT head coach Pia Sundhage) from South America, Great Britain, Netherlands and Sweden from Europe and New Zealand (coached by former U.S. WNT head coach Tom Sermanni) from Oceania having booked tickets to Japan. Still to be determined are the two representatives from Concacaf, one from Africa, two from Asia and the winner of a playoff between the second-placed team from Africa and Chile, which finished second in the most recent South American qualifying tournament.



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