USA qualify for FIFA World Cup Qatar , Costa Rica to face NZ for World Cup spot

 

USA  men’s national team have qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup following a 2-0 loss to Costa Rica in the final match of Concacaf qualifying Wednesday evening at Estadio Nacional in San Jose, Costa Rica on Thursday, in the 14th  and final round of the North American and Caribbean qualifiers for the World Cup.
Juan Pablo Vargas got behind Walker Zimmerman and headed Brandon Aguilera’s corner kick past goalkeeper Zack Steffen in the 51st minute, and Anthony Contreras knocked in a cross off a scramble in the 59th after Steffen couldn’t hold onto a free kick.USA team stopped at 25 points in third place in the North American and Caribbean qualifiers
Canada, which had clinched its first World Cup trip since 1986 with a win Sunday, finished first with 28 points after a 1-0 loss at Panama, ahead of Mexico on goal difference. El Tri moved ahead of the U.S. and clinched its eighth straight World Cup, while the U.S. finished third with 25 points and a plus-11 goal difference. Costa Rica's tally rose to the same number of points, in fourth place, and is in the international playoffs against New Zealand, the champions of Oceania.
Canada qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 36 years on Sunday with an emphatic 4-0 victory over Jamaica in Toronto.


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