Stoney slams 'inexcusable' Canada loss to USWNT

WASHINGTON -- Canada caput manager Casey Stoney said her team's show successful Wednesday's 3-0 loss to the United States astatine Audi Field was "inexcusable."

"Talk is cheap," Stoney said. "We tin support talking astir winning the World Cup, we tin speech astir the things that we are going to do. We tin support talking astir what we're going to do, oregon we tin really enactment things into action."

The USWNT scored each 3 goals from acceptable plays -- a escaped kick, a country kick, and a throw-in -- which guardant Jordyn Huitema called "disappointing and dissimilar us."

"I deliberation we looked 2 yards abbreviated connected everything," Stoney said. "We gave the shot distant excessively galore times. I'll bespeak present archetypal -- that's my job. I judge successful this squad -- connected however I acceptable the squad up. I deliberation excessively galore idiosyncratic mediocre performances, collectively poor."

Stoney said the squad failed to execute its gameplan, citing the fig of crosses they sent into the container contempt a program that called for less crosses. Stoney besides said she thought her squad lacked committedness and desire, mislaid excessively galore duels, and failed to property the USWNT.

Sam Coffey opened the scoring for the Americans successful the 17th infinitesimal erstwhile she buried a escaped shot from Rose Lavelle's escaped kick. The USWNT added a 2nd earlier halftime erstwhile an unmarked Claire Hutton roseate up to caput successful Lavelle's country footwear uncontested.

Yazmeen Ryan scored the Americans' 3rd extremity successful the last minutes connected a play that started arsenic a throw-in for the Americans.

United States manager Emma Hayes said that her seasoned players "made definite we played the mode we wanted to play; we didn't play different game."

Stoney took objection with her players' fittingness levels, and said connected aggregate occasions that they would request to find amended solutions with their clubs.

"I deliberation you tin tell, each azygous 1 of their players is starting each azygous week for their clubs," Stoney said. "I person a problem: my players aren't. Some of them are retired of season, which it showed, and not playing capable minutes for their clubs, truthful that needs to change.

"That's going to beryllium a beardown connection moving forward: Get playing oregon you won't get picked, due to the fact that we can't person that. We privation to effort to physique toward 2027; we request to beryllium a hellhole of a batch amended than we were tonight."

Both Stoney and Hayes said successful the mentation for the lucifer that it would beryllium a measuring instrumentality for them to spot however their respective teams had progressed with new, little experienced players.

Stoney, who took responsibility for the effect arsenic well, said the nonaccomplishment volition unit her to rethink her plans.

"Tonight, we were miles off," Stoney said. "It's astir [like] the games we had successful prep for this haven't prepared us. This is the archetypal apical hostile we played, and it shows wherever we're at."