The United States women's national team is about to complete perhaps the most low-key run to World Cup qualification in its illustrious history after Thursday's 5-0 thrashing of Jamaica at the CONCACAF W Championship.
Given the U.S. women's historic dominance in CONCACAF -- where it has won 13 straight World Cup qualifiers by a combined score of 58-0 -- that's saying something. But the current format, in which the top two teams from the two groups automatically qualify for the 2023 World Cup while the two third-place teams will head to a playoff, means there's likely to be no elimination game drama, at least for the U.