The U20’s advance to the semi-final round of the 2016 U20 WWC with a lucky 2-1 win over Mexico. Sometimes it is better to strike lucky than to dominate a match and the U20’s managed to turn a dominant Mexico performance into a late comeback win. The United States were outshot and outchanced the majority of the match but goals from substitutes Ally Watt and Kelcie Hedge proved to be the winning difference.
Mexico unequivocally dominated the first half of the match; they did everything to the United States but finish the chances they were creating. This story extended into first 20 minutes of the second half culminated in a Maria Sanchez goal off of a free kick just outside of the 18-yard box.