2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA–CONCACAF play-off)

2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification (UEFA–CONCACAF play-off)

Event	2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification
Italy United States 0 2
on aggregate
First leg
Italy United States 0 1
Date	20 November 2010 (2010-11-20)
Venue	Stadio Euganeo, Padua
Referee	Silvia Reyes (Peru)
Attendance	5,000
Second leg
United States Italy 1 0
Date	27 November 2010 (2010-11-27)
Venue	Toyota Park, Bridgeview
Referee	Cha Sung-mi (South Korea)
Attendance	9,508

In the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification process, one spot was allocated to the winner of a two-legged play-off between the winner of the UEFA repechage play-offs and the winner of the third-place qualification match in the 2010 CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup.

Qualified teams

From UEFA, Italy qualified by defeating Ukraine and Switzerland in repechage play-offs. Italy had been defeated by France in the direct qualification stage in UEFA.

From CONCACAF, the United States qualified by defeating Costa Rica in the third-place play-off. The U.S. had been defeated by Mexico in the semi-finals, their first ever loss in the Women's Gold Cup and their first loss ever to Mexico.

Confederation	Placement	Team
UEFA	Play-off repechage II winners	Italy
CONCACAF	2010 CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying 3rd place	United States

Summary

The draw for the order of legs was held at the FIFA headquarters in Zürich, Switzerland on 17 March 2010. The matches were played on 20 and 27 November 2010.^[1]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Italy	0–2	United States	0–1	0–1

Matches

20 November 2010

16:30 UTC+1

Italy	0–1	United States
	Report	Morgan 90+4'

Stadio Euganeo, Padua

Attendance: 5,000^[2]

Referee: Silvia Reyes (Peru)

27 November 2010

13:00 UTC−6

United States	1–0	Italy
Rodriguez 40'	Report

Toyota Park, Bridgeview

Attendance: 9,508^[3]

Referee: Cha Sung-mi (South Korea)

United States won 2–0 on aggregate and qualified for the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Goalscorers

There were 2 goals scored in 2 matches, for an average of 1 goal per match.

1 goal

• Alex Morgan
• Amy Rodriguez

References and notes

1. "CONCACAF to host second leg of WWC playoff". CONCACAF. 17 March 2010. Archived from the original on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
2. "Goal in Waning Seconds Gives USA 1–0 Away Win Against Italy". United States Soccer Federation. 20 November 2010. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
3. "U.S. Women Qualify For 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup with 1–0 Victory Against Italy in Chicago". United States Soccer Federation. 27 November 2010. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2021.