GOAL SCORING RUNDOWN:
USA – Madeline Dahlien, 3rd minute: As Canada attempted to play out of the back, a defender passed back to the Canadian goalkeeper inside the box. Dahlien picked up the cue from over 20 yards out and sprinted to pressure, capitalizing on the ‘keeper’s heavy touch to black the ball into the back of the net on her first touch from point-blank range. USA 1, CAN 0
USA – Ally Sentnor (Jasmine Aikey), 11th minute: Aikey played Sentnor in on goal with a through ball into the left side of the box and the U.S. forward took a glance at goal from 10 yards out before smashing a powerful left-footed strike on her first touch inside the back post. USA 2, CAN 0
USA – Gisele Thompson (Penalty Kick), 45+1 minute: The USA earned a penalty kick after Maddie Dahlien was cut down while dribbling across the top of the penalty area. Thompson stepped up to the spot and converted into the corner as the goalkeeper went the wrong way. USA 3, CAN 0
CAN – Amanda Allen (Penalty Kick), 54th minute: -Canada earned a penalty following a U.S. handball inside the box on an attempted clearance. Allen stepped up and converted her shot into the bottom right corner to cut the deficit. USA 3, CAN 1
USA – Ally Sentnor (Shae Harvey), 55th minute: Harvey got the ball near the top of the box off a rebound and played a clever pass to Sentnor inside the box. She fired hard from 12 yards out into the left side of the goal in a quick answer back seconds after the USA had giving up a goal. USA 4, CAN 1
USA – Zoe Markesini (Own Goal), 61st minute: Shae Harvey found Onyeka Gamero in the right side of the box. She turned to beat her defender on the dribble and fired a shot level with the six-yard box that deflected off the toe Markensini and looped over the goalkeeper and into the net. USA 5, CAN 1
CAN – Nyah Rose (Ella Ottey), 67th minute: Ottey played a long ball down the left flank to Rose, who cut inside to beat her defender and finished low to the near post from 12 yards out. USA 5, CAN 2
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- Forward Madeline Dahlien’s goal marked her fourth goal of the tournament and fourth career U-20 goal.
- With her two goals on the night, forward Ally Sentnor tied Dahlien as the team’s leading scorer at this tournament. Sentnor has now scored five goals at the U-20 level.
- Midfielder Jasmine Aikey’s assist to set up Sentnor’s first goal was her first assist of the tournament.
- Defender Gisele Thompson’s converted penalty kick marked her first goal at the U-20 level. Thompson scored once at the U-17 level, that coming the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup vs. India.
-U.S. Under-20 Women’s Youth National Team Match Report-
Match: United States Under-20 Women’s Youth National Team vs. Canada
Date: May 30, 2023
Competition: Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship
Venue: Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Attendance: 75
Kickoff: 6 p.m. ET
Weather: 84 degrees, humid, partly cloudy
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA 3 2 5
CAN 0 2 2
USA – Maddie Dahlien 3rd minute
USA – Aly Sentnor (Jasmine Aikey) 11
USA – Gisele Thompson (Penalty Kick) 45+1
CAN – Amanda Allen (Penalty Kick) 54
USA – Ally Sentnor (Shae Harvey) 55
USA – Zoe Markesini (Own Goal) 61
CAN -- Nyah Rose (Ella Ottey) 67
Lineups:
USA: 1-Teagan Wy; 2-Gisele Thompson (13-Tessa Dellarose, 46), 5-Elise Evans (Capt.), 14-Leah Klenke, 3-Savannah King; 6-Ally Lemos (16-Jill Flammia, 46), 18-Jasmine Aikey (20-Sofia Cook, 73), 10-Shae Harvey; 17-Onyeka Gamero, 9-Ally Sentnor (15-Maggie Cagle, 81), 19-Madeline Dahlien (11-Kat Rader, 62)
Substitutes Not Used: 4-Ella Emri, 7-Jordynn Dudley, 8-Lauren Martinho, 12-Valentina Amaral, 21-Makenzie Gress
Head Coach: Tracey Kevins
CAN: 1-Coralie Lallier; 2-Mya Archibald, 4-Zoe Markesini, 14-Sophie Murdock (5-Clare Logan, 26), 3-Ella Ottey; 18-Jeneva Hernadez Gray (8-Ella McBride, 46), 6-Thaea Mouratidis (13-Florianne Jourde, 73), 7-Amanda Allen; 17-Kayla Briggs, 10-Olivia Smith (Capt.) (11-Rosa Maalouf, 46), 9-Annabelle Chukwu (12-Nyah Rose, 46)
Substitutes not used: 15-Jaime Perrault, 16-Renee Watson, 19-Jadea Collin, 20-Faith Fenwick, 21-Noelle Henning
Head Coach: Cindy Tye
Stats Summary: USA / CAN
Shots: 17 / 5
Shots on Goal: 7 / 4
Saves: 2 / 2
Corner Kicks: 3 / 1
Fouls: 8 / 8
Offside: 3 / 2
Misconduct Summary:
CAN -- Zoe Markesini (Caution) 45
USA – Maggie Cagle (Caution) 83
Officials:
Referee: Katia Garcia (MEX)
1st Assistant Referee: Mijensa Rensch (SUR)
2nd Assistant Referee: Iris Vail (GUA)
4th Official: Sandra Benitez (SLV)
VAR: Francia Gonzalez (MEX)
AVAR1: Selvin Brown (HON)
