Carli Lloyd scored a pair of goals in a 3-0 semifinal win over Mexico on Friday night in Philadelphia, securing the United States’ trip to next year’s World Cup and a spot in the CONCACAF Woman’s Championship match at 4 p.m. Sunday. The U.S. women will face Costa Rica, which earned its first World Cup appearance by beating Trinidad and Tobago on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw in the earlier match at PPL Park on Friday night. Christen Press scored into an empty net after working around Mexico goalkeeper Pamela Tajonar, who came off her line in the 56th minute.
Carli Lloyd scored a pair of goals in a 3-0 semifinal win over Mexico on Friday night in Philadelphia, securing the United States’ trip to next year’s World Cup and a spot in the CONCACAF Woman’s Championship match at 4 p.m. Sunday. The U.S. women will face Costa Rica, which earned its first World Cup appearance by beating Trinidad and Tobago on penalty kicks after a 1-1 draw in the earlier match at PPL Park on Friday night. Christen Press scored into an empty net after working around Mexico goalkeeper Pamela Tajonar, who came off her line in the 56th minute.Rich Schultz/Associated Press