Canada’s women’s national soccer team lost a close game 1-0 in the CONCACAF W Championship to the United States after a late Alex Morgan penalty proved to be all the scoring the Americans needed to clinch victory on Monday night in Monterrey, Mexico.
Recap:
If you’re a betting person, the smart bet heading into this tournament was for the Canadians and Americans to meet in the final. After virtually identical runs to the tournament’s showpiece, both teams arrived having won every game, scoring 12 and allowing none.
The game seemed like it may be settled by penalties throughout, but it was a single spot-kick in normal time that did the trick.