Ladies First: Gold Cup 2024 Final USA Brasil

Finale 

10 mars 2024

Snapdragon Stadium San Diego

ENG (Canada)

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 Les États-Unis affrontaient le Brésil en finale de la première édition de la Gold Cup féminine de la CONCACAF. Les Stars and Stripes ont pu compter sur une Lyonnaise pour l’emporter face à la Seleção : bien servie au second poteau par Emily Fox, la capitaine Lindsey Horan a inscrit le seul but de la rencontre d’un coup de casque.

 Cette « CONCACAF W Gold Cup », une nouvelle compétition créée en parallèle du championnat féminin de la CONCACAF, a vu douze équipes d’Amérique du Nord, centrale et latine s’affronter dans trois poules, puis dans des phases à élimination directe. Les États-Unis ont terminé deuxièmes de leur groupe après une défaite face au Mexique lors du troisième match, et ont ensuite fait tomber la Colombie puis le Canada pour accéder à la finale. Le Brésil a de son côté remporté toutes ses rencontres, écrasant notamment l’Argentine (5-1) en quarts de finale.

Lindsey Horan scored the game’s only goal just before halftime, giving the USWNT a 1-0 win in the final of the inaugural Concacaf W Gold Cup. It was exactly what the USWNT needed in a transition tournament — coming off a disastrous World Cup, coached by an interim in Twila Kilgore, and looking ahead to the Olympics this summer under Emma Hayes. After a first half that was low on quality and scoring chances from both sides, Horan came through with a clutch goal just before the break.

Trinity Rodman caught up to a long ball and held it up well, finding Emily Fox with a backward pass from the end line. The Arsenal right back floated up a deep cross and Horan simply ran past her marker to head home at the back post. For a team that had won all five of its Gold Cup games and scored 15 goals in the process, Brazil offered precious little to threaten the USWNT’s goal. The Seleção controlled possession in the game but struggled to connect passes in the final third throughout. Even as the game entered its closing stages and the USWNT dropped into a more defensive posture, there was little goal threat from the South Americans. Two late set-piece chances were the best Brazil could get, but neither including a free kick in perfect goalscoring range from Debinha — produced a shot on target.Ultimately the final whistle blew with Alyssa Naeher not facing a single shot on target. The USWNT only had three, but it only needed a header from its captain to see out the title.