The Concacaf W Gold Cup quarterfinals are set.
Canada beat Costa Rica 3-0 on Wednesday to take the No. 1 seed, while Paraguay beat El Salvador on a late comeback 3-2. El Salvador went up 2-1 in the 83rd minute, but Jessica Martínez had two late goals – including one in stoppage time – to secure a hat trick and give Paraguay the win. The win pushed them past Costa Rica for second place in Group C.
Due to the win, Costa Rica and Puerto Rico wound up tied on all of the tie-breaking criteria for the eighth spot. Thus, a “drawing of the lots” took place, with Costa Rica securing the final spot in the knockout rounds. That means they will once again play Canada in the quarterfinals.
The USWNT enters the knockout rounds as the fourth seed, holding a tiebreaker over Colombia after the teams tied on points and goal differential. The USWNT scored nine goals in the group stages as opposed to Colombia’s eight to win the tiebreaker. They’ll now play Colombia in the quarterfinals.
The full schedule:
- No. 1 Canada vs. No. 8 Costa Rica on March 2 at 7pm
- No. 2 Brazil vs. No. 7 Argentina on March 2 at 10:15pm
- No. 3 Mexico vs. No. 6 Paraguay on March 3 at 5pm
- No. 4 USWNT vs. No. 5 Colombia on March 3 at 8:15pm