At the end of the half, USA had promising possession but were unable to find an outcome.
Canada started the third with a quick set piece that was denied by the stick of Luke Jackson.
In the 42nd minute, Max Schönfelder put Canada’s defenders under pressure, forced a turnover and earned USA a penalty corner. Unsuccessful on the first, another was earned, but Mehtab Grewal’s drag was saved.
Canada put USA under a lot of pressure and won back-to-back penalty corners in the 49th minute, where Luke Jackson denied the second chance.
The game was decided in the 57th minute when a hard foul outside the circle was upgraded to a Canada penalty corner. On the chance, Satpreet Dhadda deflected it in for the lone goal of the game.
USA pulled goalkeeper Luke Jackson with 2 minutes to go but couldn’t generate enough attack to respond as they fell 1-0.
By USWNT
