U.S., Costa Rica qualify for Women's World Cup

The U.S. earned a seventh successive trip to the World Cup with a 3-0 victory over Mexico in their semi-final in Chester, Pennsylvania.

Costa Rica will play in their first World Cup after beating Trinidad and Tobago on penalties in the other semi-final after the match finished 1-1.

(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by Greg Stutchbury)