SALOU, Spain (November 17, 2024) – The U.S. Women’s CP National Team bounced back from Saturday’s 3-1 loss to Australia with a dominant 16-0 win against Denmark in its third group stage match of the 2024 IFCPF Women’s World Cup. The result means the CP WNT can guarantee its place in the 2024 World Cup Final with a win against Japan in Monday’s group finale (5 a.m. ET; IFCPF YouTube).
Head coach Tricia Taliaferro switched up her lineup for Sunday’s game, handing Rebecca Ostrander, Annie Wickett, Joey Martin and Kaia Spencer their first starts of the tournament. Leah Glaser, who was the goalkeeper in both previous matches, also collected her first start as a field player.
Wickett opened the scoring in the third minute, collecting the first of three goals and ending the match with her third career hat trick. Spencer led the scoring with five goals, Martin also bagged a hat trick and Glaser added two goals of her own.
Substitute Cassidy Leake bagged a brace and Michelle Cross also collected a goal off the bench.
Ostrander made two saves to earn her first career shutout.
Sitting second in the five-team group, the USA (2W-1L-0D), closes out the group stage on Monday, Nov 18 against Japan (5 a.m. ET; IFCPF YouTube), with a win guaranteeing the team’s return to the 2024 IFCPF World Cup Final on Tuesday.
Match: United States Women’s CP National Team vs. Denmark
Date: Nov. 17, 2024
Competition: 2024 IFCPF World Cup
Venue: Mediterranean; Salou, Spain
Attendance: 100
Kickoff: 11:00 local (5 a.m. ET)
Weather: 65 degrees, clear/sunny
| Scoring Summary | 1 | 2 | F |
| DEN | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| USA | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| USA - Annie Wickett | 3rd minute |
| USA - Kaia Spencer (Joey Martin) | 5 |
| USA - Joey Martin (Kaia Spencer) | 10 |
| USA - Leah Glaser (Kaia Spencer) | 11 |
| USA - Kaia Spencer | 14 |
| USA - Annie Wickett (Leah Glaser) | 17 |
| USA - Annie Wickett | 18 |
| USA - Kaia Spencer (Annie Wickett) | 24 |
| USA - Kaia Spencer (Annie Wickett) | 25 |
| USA - Kaia Spencer (Joey Martin) | 29 |
| USA - Cassidy Leake | 42 |
| USA - Cassidy Leake (Leah Glaser) | 43 |
| USA - Michelle Cross (Leah Glaser) | 47 |
| USA - Joey Martin (Leah Glaser) | 47 |
| USA - Leah Glaser (Joey Martin) | 50+1 |
| USA - Joey Martin | 50+2 |
Lineups:
USA: 1-Rebecca Ostrander; 3-Annie Wickett (Capt.) (4-Michelle Cross, 37), 5-Joey Martin, 8-Kaia Spencer (2-Cassidy Leake, 37), 9-Leah Glaser
Substitutes not used: 6-Isabella Stankunas, 7-Catarina Guimaraes, 10-Jesslyn Kuhnel
Head coach: Tricia Taliaferro
DEN: 1-Astrid Krogh; 2-Sara Høgh (3-Fie Deneke, 18, 5-Signe Dalsgaard, 41), 6-Karen Gunnarsdottir, 7-Emma Søhoel, 8-Caroline Petersen (4-Mia Holling, 18)
Substitutes not used: none
Head coach: Mie Randløv
Stats Summary: USA / DEN
Shots: 23 / 8
Saves: 2 / 7
Corner Kicks: 4 / 0
Misconduct Summary:
none
Officials:
Referee: Adrian Santa (COL)
AR1: N/A
AR2: N/A