U.S. Under-20 Women’s Youth National Team Downs Mexico, 3-0, And Will Face The Netherlands Next With The Sud Ladies Cup Title On The Line

AUBAGNE, France (June 26, 2022) – The U.S. Under-20 Women’s Youth National Team defeated Concacaf foe Mexico, 3-0, in its second match of the Sud Ladies Cup as forward Trinity Byars scored her third goal of the tournament while Korbin Albert and Jaedyn Shaw scored early and late, respectively.

With the victory, the USA puts itself in prime position to win tournament title in its final match, which will be against the Netherlands on June 28. The USA needs a win or a tie against the Dutch to lift the trophy, and can even take first place with a loss, depending on the result of the France-Mexico game. The USA and Netherlands will also face each other in group play at the 2022 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in August.

All the matches are being played in Aubagne, which is located 12 miles east of Marseille in the south of France.

The USA and Mexico met on March 12 in the title game of the 2022 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship, a 2-0 win for the USA, and the USA got a strong defensive effort once again in today’s match.

The Americans opened the scoring in the 15^th minute after a shot from Ayo Oke bounced off a defender and fell to Albert in the right side of the penalty box. Albert shot high from a tight angle and the ball deflected off the tips of the Mexican goalkeeper’s gloves and into the roof of the net. It was her first international goal at the U-20 level.

The match stayed tight until the 80^th minute when Byars, who scored twice in the USA’s 3-1 win over France on June 24, maneuvered through three Mexican defenders to slot the ball low into the right corner.

The USA clinched the match in the 86^th minute off a nice sequence of possession with midfielder Alexis Missimo receiving the ball at the top of the penalty box. She then scooped a pass over two Mexican defenders to Shaw who took a touch before nutmegging the ‘keeper. It was Shaw’s second career international goal at the U-20 level.

The matches in the Sud Ladies’ Cup will be the final ones for the U.S. U-20s before head coach Tracey Kevins selects a roster for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup to be staged from Aug. 10-28 in Costa Rica. All four teams participating in the Sud Ladies Cup have earned berths to Costa Rica.

The USA was drawn into Group D at the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup and opens the tournament on Thursday, Aug. 11 against Ghana, faces the Netherlands on Sunday, Aug. 14 and finishes the group stage vs. Japan on Wednesday, Aug. 17. The U.S. will play its first and third group games at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto in Alajuela, Costa Rica and its second group game at the Estadio Nacional in San José.

France is in Group C with Nigeria, Canada and South Korea while Mexico is in Group B with Germany, Colombia and New Zealand.

Follow the U-20 WNT throughout the tournament on ussoccer.com as well as U.S. Soccer Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

-U.S. Under-20 Women’s Youth National Team Match Report-

Match: United States U-20 Women’s Youth National Team vs. Mexico U-20 Women’s Youth National Team

Date: June 26, 2022

Competition: Sud Ladies Cup

Venue: Stade de Lattre; Aubagne, France

Weather: 75 degrees, sunny

Audience: 100

Scoring Summary:   1          2          F         

USA                              1          2          3

MEX                             0          0          0

USA – Korbin Albert (Ayo Oke)                      15^th minute

USA – Trinity Byars                                        80                   

USA – Jaedyn Shaw (Alexis Missimo)           86

Lineups:

USA: 1-Mia Justus (Neeku Purcell, 46); 3-Ayo Oke (19-Andrea Kitahata, 62), 5-Lilly Reale, 14-Lauren Flynn, 11-Makenna Morris, 20-Talia DellaPeruta (Capt.), (17-Sally Menti, 46), 13-Olivia Moultrie, 21-Korbin Albert (10-Alexis Missimo, 46), 16-Avery Patterson (25-Jaedyn Shaw, 79), 18-Trinity Byars, 23-Ally Sentnor (7-Simone Jackson, 62)

Subs not used: 2-Evelyn Shores, 4-Emily Mason, 6-Emily Colton, 8-Carina Lageyre, 9-Michelle Cooper

Head Coach: Tracey Kevins

MEX: 1-Celeste Espino; 2-Daniela Monroy, 4-Kimberly Guzman, 5-Alexxandra Ramirez (13-Karol Bernal, 69), 6-Jana Gutierrez, 8-Daniela Delgado (3-Samantha Lopez, 79), 9-Alexia Villanueva (18-America Frias, 69), 10-Anette Vazquez (Capt.), 14-Carol Cazares (17-Ammanda Marroquin), 16-Natalia Mauleon, 19-Paola Chavero

Subs not used:  7-Aylin Avilez, 11-Bridgette Marin, 12-Paola Manrique, 15-Isabella Gutierrez, 20-Blanky Serrano

Head Coach: Maribel Dominguez

Stats Summary: USA / MEX           

Shots: 11 / 4

Shots on Goal: 10 / 2

Saves: 2 / 7

Corner Kicks: 5 / 2

Fouls: 5 / 3

Offside: 1 / 2

Misconduct Summary:

MEX – Carol Cazares (Caution)                     70^th minute

Officials:

Referee: Siham Benmahammed (FRA)

Assistant Referee 1: Clothilde Brassart (FRA)

Assistant Referee 2: Camille Daas (FRA)

Fourth Official: Marion Salemme (FRA)

2022 Sud Ladies’ Cup Standings