All that stands between the U.S. women’s soccer team and a seventh straight Olympic berth is Mexico.
The Americans and Mexicans meet in the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament semifinals on Friday in Carson, Calif. The winner goes to Tokyo. The loser is eliminated from Olympic qualifying.
While the U.S. and Mexico have a fierce rivalry in men’s soccer, the U.S. women dominate the neighbors to the south. The Americans own a 36-1-1 record in the all-time series.
That one loss was memorable. It came in 2011 World Cup qualifying, forcing the U.S. into must-wins against Costa Rica and Italy to grab the last spot in the World Cup.