Costa Rica and USA have qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™. Both sides qualified on Friday 24 October through the 2014 CONCACAF Women’s Championship in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Costa Rica was the first to qualify after a 3-0 win on kicks from the penalty mark following a 1:1 a.e.t. draw with Trinidad and Tobago. Goalkeeper Dinnia Díaz stopped all three kicks to help secure the Canada 2015 spot.
This marks the first time Costa Rica has qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup™. Costa Rica now advances to the CONCACAF final for the first time.
USA qualified next after a 3:0 win over Mexico in the second CONCACAF semi-final on 24 October. USA took the lead inside the first 10 minutes and never looked back.
USA has now qualified for every edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ dating back to the first edition in 1991.
One more CONCACAF nation will qualify this weekend on Sunday 26 October in the match for third place. While the Trinidad and Tobago – Mexico winner will qualify now, the fourth place team will advance to a CONCACAF-CONMEBOL play-off against Ecuador.
From more than 129 competing nations, 24 countries from around the world will take part in next summer’s FIFA Women’s World Cup Canada 2015™. With 19 nations now qualified, five more spots still have to be filled before the Official Draw 6 December 2014.
QUALIFIED (19 of 24):
Canada (host)
Australia
Brazil
Cameroon
China PR
Colombia
Costa Rica
England
France
Germany
Japan
Korea Republic
Nigeria
Norway
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
USA
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