Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.- The Mexican Women’s Under-17 National Team decisively defeated the Puerto Rican squad to secure a place in the World Cup in India. With perfect pace, the national team reached the Grand Final for the fourth time in a row and for the third time they will face the United States for the tournament trophy.
Professor Ana Laura Galindo’s team has completed the Concacaf Qualifier that is being held in the Dominican Republic, without defeats or goals against it will be in the final game with direct flight to the seventh edition of the World Cup with pride to go take the crown from the Americans who defeated Canada in the semifinals.
In the two previous finals -in Granada 2016 and Nicaragua-Florida 2018-, the United States won the title and Mexico was runner-up, this time everything goes differently that the National Team is positioned as the candidate to win the cup in Caribbean.
The Women’s Tri surpassed six contests in a row and in all of them they shone and liked at the same time, sealing severe goals that made them the Mexican National Team with the highest number of goals scored, the 5-0 of this day made it reach the final with 57 annotations and the stamp heading to India.
“The players came out to play a great role. I’m proud of them. We’ve got a pass to the World Cup and now we’re going for the next goal, which is the cup,” said technical director Ana Laur Galindo after finishing the semifinal match.
In the last six versions of the tournament that offers three positions to the World Cup, the Mexican National Team has finished among the first four places, only in Trinidad and Tobago 2008 was it left out of the World Cup by losing the third and fourth place match against Canada, the rest of his participations thus ended the Mexican National Team:
- Costa Rica 2010: Runner-up
- Guatemala 2012: Third place
- Jamaica 2013: Champion
- Granada 2016: Runner-up
- Nicaragua-Florida: Runner-up
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The final of the Concacaf qualifier will take place next Sunday, May 8, at the Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium, a venue where Mexico played all its matches prior to the final. The Classic of the area will be at 4:00 p.m.
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