It was Smith’s fourth goal of the tournament. The two finalists and third-place side at the eight-team CONCACAF tournament will represent North and Central America and the Caribbean at the FIFA U-20 World Cup.ĭown 3-2, Canada tied it up in the 74th minute with a lunging Olivia Smith poking in a low cross from Briggs before crashing into the goalpost.
Captain Fatima Servin’s 88th-minute goal decided the game.
2-1 in the final later Sunday, with both having already booked their ticket to the World Cup. The 16-year-old from Ottawa added an insurance goal in the 121st minute, curling in a shot past the outstretched Genesis Perez. Chukwu had come off the bench to open the second half and had a string of scoring opportunities, hitting the post with one of them before delivering the go-ahead goal. Kayla Briggs dispossessed a Costa Rican defender and Ella Ottey sent in a perfect cross for an unmarked Chukwu to knock home in the 101st minute. SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Substitute Annabelle Chukwu scored twice in extra time Sunday to send Canada to next year’s FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup with a 5-3 comeback win over Costa Rica in the third-place match at the CONCACAF Women’s Under-20 Championship.
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