A 3-2 round-of-16 overtime win over Mexico in Bogotá, Colombia, puts the USA one victory away from its best run at the U-20 Women’s World Cup since its fourth-place finish in 2016.
Princeton striker Pietra Tordin’s fourth goal of the tournament gave the USA a 10th-minute lead, which Californian Val Vargas, a UCLA sophomore, equalized 12 minutes later.
The USA’s second first-half lead, a strike by the Utah Royals’ Ally Sentnor, also lasted only 12 minutes. The Mexicans, outshot 22-13, survived a barrage until Florida State’s Jordynn Dudley hit the overtime gamewinner.
Quarterfinal clash: The USA, which won its last of three U-20 World Cups in 2012, will play the winner of Germany-Argentina on Sunday (8 pm ET).
Sept. 11 in Bogotá, Colombia
USA 3 Mexico 2 (OT). Goals: Tordin 10, Sentnor 27, Dudley 97; Vargas 22, Saldivar 39.
USA — Wy; Thompson (Klenke, 64), Bugg, Gilchrist, King (Evans, 101); Hutton (Lemos, 101), Jackson, Suarez (McCormack, 64); Sentnor, Tordin (Dudley, 86), Adames (Dahlien, 74).
Mexico — Cota (Medina, 118); Fong (Esquivias, 57), Mendoza (Flores, 118), Colin, Espinozal; Servin (Gonzalez, 84), Valadez, Soto; Vargas (Flores, 68), Garcia (18-Frías, 68), Saldivar.
Referee: Luliana Demetrescu (Romania)
Att.: 4,352.
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