With quarterfinals clinched, Canada aims for top seed at W Gold Cup

Having won twice already, the Olympic champion Canadian women are assured of making the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF W Gold Cup.

Canada has already dispatched No. 104 El Salvador 6-0 and No. 50 Paraguay 4-0. Costa Rica lost 1-0 to Paraguay before defeating El Salvador 2-0.

The only other team at the 12-country tournament that can finish with three wins in group play is No. 11 Brazil, which faced No. 55 Panama late Tuesday in San Diego.

"We should know going into our game, besides our group really, where things sit," said Canada coach Bev Priestman. "Obviously we have our own aims and objectives in terms of the win and keeping the momentum going that we've got going.

"But of course as technical staff we've got one eye on what's going on elsewhere. Our aim will be to obviously come out of this game with really good differential and another win. But ultimately the process the players have been focused on is just keep pushing and building on the performances that we've had."

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It's a milestone 50th game in charge for Priestman, who is 30-9-10 at the Canadian helm since being named coach in October 2020.

The tournament produced a major upset Monday when Mexico blanked the United States 2-0. in Carson, Calif. It marked Mexico's first win over the U.S. since 2010, a span of 16 matches, and improved the Mexican record against the U.S. to 2-40-1.

Mexico (2-0-1) tops Group A, ahead of the Americans (2-1-0).

The loss, the first ever for the U.S. women in California, snapped the Americans' 33-game run of clean sheets in CONCACAF competition. It was also the first loss in regulation time since a defeat at the hands of Germany in November 2022, snapping a 21-game unbeaten