Canada makes U-17 Women’s World Cup

BRADENTON, Fla. — Calgary forward Andersen Williams

scored in the 89th minute to send Canada to the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup later this year with a 2-1 win over Haiti on Tuesday in the third-place game at the CONCACAF Women’s Under17 Championship.

The goal came off a Julianne Vallerand corner. Captain Jordyn Huitema, positioned at the far post, headed the ball back, and Williams rose high to head the ball low to the corner, past the Haiti ’keeper. Huitema’s 48th-minute goal had given Canada a 1-0 lead. But Haiti star Melchie Dumornay tied it up on a 75th-minute

penalty. The top three teams at the eight-team CONCACAF championship advance to the FIFA-17 championship Nov. 31-Dec. 1 in Uruguay. Mexico and the U.S. had already qualified. Canada will play in a pool with Cameroon, Germany and North Korea.