For the U.S. women’s national team, ensuring that it has the chance to go for a Women’s World Cup three-peat didn’t prove to be all that difficult.
Two games into the Concacaf W Championship, the tournament that doubles as 2023 World Cup and 2024 Olympic qualifying, the U.S. has punched its ticket to Australia and New Zealand next summer by securing a top-two group finish. The eight-team W Championship field was split into two groups of four, with the top two in each group claiming the region’s four places at the first 32-team Women’s World Cup next summer.