The U.S. women’s national team turned in a virtuoso performance in the
nation’s capital and overpowered Canada 3-0 on Wednesday night.
The USA advanced to the Gold Cup semifinals with its most entertaining and dramatic performance of the Mauricio Pochettino era.
Emma Hayes made 11 changes to her starting lineup but the outcome was the same as the USA beat Ireland, 4-0.
The quartet of strikes came from four different players, with Emma Hayes’ starting XI including two debutants and six players with 10 or fewer caps.
The USA completed Gold Cup group play with a third-straight win, edging Haiti, 2-1, in the home of the Dallas Cowboys.
Chris Richards delivered the clutch performance as the USA spent the game mostly laboring fruitlessly.
Facing team No. 100 in FIFA’s World Rankings proved a fine remedy for Coach Mauricio Pochettino’s struggling U.S. team — for now at least.
Mauricio Pochettino wanted his men to play “like wolves or lions,” but they went down like lambs against Switzerland on Tuesday night in Nashville.
A beautiful 1st-minute goal by Jack McGlynn proved a false dawn for Mauricio Pochettino’s young team on a rainy Saturday afternoon in Connecticut.
The U.S. women’s national team breezed past Jamaica 4-0 on a balmy evening at Energizer Park.
