The USA isn’t going to mess around with Olympic women’s qualifying. It wasn’t the 14-0 rout of its opener against the Dominican Republic four years ago, but the 5-0 win over Costa Rica was impressiveenough: the opening goal, by Alex Morgan, came after 12 seconds, and three goals were scored in the first 15 minutes.

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