The Americans came away with a victory in a match between two teams already qualified for this summer's Olympics in Brazil.
HOUSTON — So much for a bloodbath. Or bragging rights. In the end, the U.S. walked away with a 2-0 win over Canada at the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship final.
The match was more noteworthy for continued amazing story of teenager Mallory Pugh's emergence and the solidification of U.S. women's national team roster that is light-years leaner and faster than the squad that won the 2015 Women's World Cup.
With both the U.S. and Canada having already booked their tickets to the 2016 Rio Olympics with semifinal victories, their meeting in the CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship final did not produce the fireworks that might have been expected.