{"id":239483,"date":"2026-04-20T21:06:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/field-is-set-for-concacaf-w-championship-equalizer-soccer\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T21:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:06:06","slug":"field-is-set-for-concacaf-w-championship-equalizer-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/field-is-set-for-concacaf-w-championship-equalizer-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"Field is set for Concacaf W Championship \u2013 Equalizer Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The final eight teams are officially in place for the Concacaf W Championship, which will take place in November and December 2026. The tournament will serve as the qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup and the 2028 Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n

Concacaf will have four automatic qualification spots for the World Cup, which will go to the four teams that make the W Championship semifinals. There are two playoff spots from Concacaf up for grabs, too, which will go to the winners of the four-team play-in matches.<\/p>\n

As for the Olympics, the two teams in the W Championship finale match will qualify, as well as the third-place finisher. The Olympics have expanded to 16 teams, with three from Concacaf.<\/p>\n

The United States women\u2019s national team<\/a><\/strong> and Canada qualified for the Concacaf W Championship automatically due to their FIFA rankings in August 2025. The top-two teams from Concacaf that rank highest from FIFA earn their qualification to the Concacaf W Tournament automatically.<\/p>\n

Six other nations \u2014 Mexico, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Panama, Haiti and El Salvador \u2014 qualified through the Concacaf W Championship Qualification matches. Each team finished at the top of their respective groups.<\/p>\n

Here is a breakdown of how all eight teams qualified.<\/p>\n

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United States & Canada <\/h2>\n

The United States and Canada both qualified for the Concacaf W Tournament due to their FIFA rankings on August 14, 2025. The U.S. was ranked at No. 2 \u2014 just behind Spain \u2014 while Canada was ranked at No. 9.<\/p>\n

Mexico<\/h2>\n

Mexico won all four of its Concacaf W qualifiers in Group A. Last year, to kick off the qualifiers, the Mexican women\u2019s national team earned a 14-0 win against Saint Vincent and the Grenadines \u2014 on the road. Charlyn Corral scored a whopping seven goals in the win. Mexico earned a 7-0 win against Saint Lucia in another road victory.<\/p>\n

El Tri Femenil earned April victories against the U.S. Virgin Islands (9-0) and Puerto Rico (6-0) to close out the tournament. In the match against the U.S. Virgin Islands, Tigres forward Maria Sanchez scored four goals.<\/p>\n

Corral was the qualifiers\u2019 leading scorer across all 29 teams, totaling 13 goals. She scored twice against Saint Lucia, added two against the U.S. Virgin Islands and closed the tournament with two against Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n

Mexico is looking to qualify for its first FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup since 2015. Mexico hosted the last iteration of the Concacaf W Championship in 2022 but failed to qualify for the World Cup.<\/p>\n

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Jamaica<\/h2>\n

The Reggae Girlz also earned a perfect outing in their qualifiers for the Concacaf W Championship. Jamaica faced off with Nicaragua, Guyana, Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>\n

Jamaica kicked off the qualifiers with a massive 18-0 victory against Dominica, which saw nine players score. Manchester City striker Kadija \u201cBunny\u201d Shaw scored a hat-trick, along with Jody Brown. In March, Jamaica found themselves earning a slim 3-2 win on the road, against Nicaragua. Shaw scored twice, but it was Shania Hayles, who features for Newcastle United, who scored the game-winning goal.<\/p>\n

In April, the Reggae Girlz earned a 4-0 victory against Antigua and Barbuda, then finished Group B competition with a 2-0 win against Guyana.<\/p>\n

Shaw led Jamaica with nine goals, while Hayles, Brown and Daneisha Blackwood all tied for three goals apiece. Jamaica qualified for its first-ever FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup in 2019, and also featured in the 2023 tournament. In 2023, the Reggae Girlz punched their ticket to the Round of 16.<\/p>\n

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Costa Rica <\/h2>\n

The Costa Rican women\u2019s national team went four-for-four in Group C, facing off with Guatemala, Bermuda, Grenada and the Cayman Islands.<\/p>\n

It was the game against the Cayman Islands that made headlines, as the Ticas earned a 21-0 victory \u2014 the largest win in the Concacaf W qualifiers. In that outing, which took place in Alajuela, Costa Rica, on April 10, Priscila Chinchilla scored seven goals, while seven other players found the back of the net. Rocky Rodriguez, of the Kansas City Current, and Mar\u00eda Paula Salas, of Fenerbah\u00e7e S.K., both earned hat-tricks.<\/p>\n

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Costa Rica began its campaign, however, with a 2-1 win against Grenada, with Chinchilla scoring both goals. The Ticas went into the locker room tied at 1-1, before Chinchilla scored the game-winning goal in the 61st minute. In March, Costa Rica earned an 8-0 win against Bermuda, with Chinchilla and 19-year-old Sheika Scott earning braces. In April, the Ticas earned the 21-0 win against the Cayman Island and then closed Group C with a 3-0 win against Guatemala, thanks to goals from Chinchilla, Scott and Gloriana Villalobos.<\/p>\n

Chinchilla led the Costa Ricans with 12 goals, the second-most of all players in the 29-team qualifiers. Scott, who plays for Paris FC, added five goals.<\/p>\n

Costa Rica qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup \u2014 the first in the nation\u2019s history \u2014 but failed to qualify for the 2019 tournament. The Ticas made their comeback in 2023 but bowed out in the group stage after disastrous performances against Japan, Spain and Zambia.<\/p>\n

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Haiti<\/h2>\n

For the last eight years, no other team in Concacaf has seen an explosion of talent quite like Haiti. Les Grenadi\u00e8res qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup, marking their first-ever appearance in the tournament. Despite finishing in the group stage, the Haitians held England and China to just one goal each.<\/p>\n

Haiti began play in the Concacaf W qualifiers, in Group D, with a 9-0 win against Belize. N\u00e9rilia Mond\u00e9sir of the Seattle Reign, scored four goals, while Fleury striker Batcheba Louis and Lyon midfielder Melchie Dumornay added two goals each. Haiti went on to defeat Suriname 2-0 on the road, with Nantes winger Roseline \u00c9loissaint scoring in the 68th minute and Dumornay netting a penalty in the 89th minute.<\/p>\n

Haiti closed out qualifiers with a 5-0 win against Anguilla, with goals from Darlina Joseph (brace), Chelsea Domond, Sherly Jeudy and Claire Constant, as well as a 1-1 tie against the Dominican Republic. For Haiti, Jeudy scored the lone goal, but Stella Tapia of the University of Michigan scored the tying goal for the visiting side.<\/p>\n

Haiti qualified thanks to a 3-1-0 record, while the Dominican Republic faired 2-2-0, thanks to ties against both Haiti and Suriname. Mond\u00e9sir finished as Haiti\u2019s top scorer with four goals. <\/p>\n

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Panama<\/h2>\n

Panama went perfect in Group E, thanks to victories against Cuba, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Aruba and Cura\u00e7ao. However, Panama did split clean sheets: two matches with zero goals against, two matches with at least one goal scored against.<\/p>\n

Las Canaleras earned a 6-1 win against Cura\u00e7ao to begin Group E competition, with a brace from Ericka Arauz of Rayadas\u00a0de\u00a0Chiriqui\u00a0in Panama. The team followed that victory up with a clean-sheet, 3-0 win against Saint Kitts and Nevis, with goals from Rebeca Espinosa, Riley Tanner and Katherine Castillo.<\/p>\n

In April, Panama closed out the qualifiers with a 3-1 win against Aruba \u2014 with goals from Tanner, Arlen Hern\u00e1ndez and Karla Riley \u2014 and a 3-0 victory against Cuba. Arauz earned another brace and Cuba scored an own goal. Panama finished the qualifiers with 15 goals, with Arauz leading the pack after scoring four.<\/p>\n

Panama qualified for its first-ever FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup in 2023, finishing the tournament in the group stage. Panama\u2019s highlight of the World Cup was scoring three goals in a 6-3 group stage finale against France, with tallies from Marta Cox, Yomira Pinz\u00f3n and Lineth Cede\u00f1o.<\/p>\n

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El Salvador<\/h2>\n

For the first time ever, El Salvador will be competing in the Concacaf W Championship.<\/p>\n

La Selecta, who have been led by Eric Acu\u00f1a since November 2020, have never qualified for a FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup or Olympic Games, let alone a final Concacaf qualification tournament. In 2022, El Salvador featured in the qualifiers for the final stage of the Concacaf W Championship but fell short to Panama.<\/p>\n

Now, El Salvador is in, thanks to a perfect stint in qualifiers. Group F was the only group to host four teams \u2014 all of the other groups had five teams \u2014 so La Selecta recorded wins against Trinidad and Tobago, Honduras and Barbados.<\/p>\n

El Salvador kicked off the qualifiers with a 3-0 win against Honduras, thanks to goals from Tijuana midfielder Danielle Fuentes, Puebla striker Ab\u00edgail L\u00f3pez and Texas State University forward Victoria Meza. In March, La Selecta posted a 13-0 clean sheet win against Barbados, with hat-tricks from Fuentes and Atlas forward Brenda Cer\u00e9n. Five other players found the back of the net, with Leon midfielder Danya Guti\u00e9rrez and Club Deportivo Universidad Cat\u00f3lica Femenino (Chile) forward Jackeline Vel\u00e1squez earning braces.<\/p>\n

In the Group F finale, El Salvador faced off with Trinidad and Tobago. The Soca Warriors previously recorded one win against Barbados and one tie against Honduras, giving El Salvador the edge. La Selecta earned a 2-0 win, thanks to a brace from Cer\u00e9n. The Atlas striker finished the tournament with five goals.<\/p>\n

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