Stoppage-time goal sends Ecuador to Women's World Cup with victory over Trinidad and Tobago
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Monica Quinteros scored in second-half stoppage time, and Ecuador beat Trinidad and Tobago 1-0 Tuesday night to secure the final spot in next year's Women's World Cup, the first with 24 nations.
The teams played a 0-0 draw in the first leg of the home-and-home playoff between the third-place team from South America and the No. 4 nation from North and Central America and the Caribbean.
Ecuador reached the Women's World Cup for the first time.
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Trinidad and Tobago earned attention when the team arrived in the U.S. to train for the CONCACAF tournament with just $500, prompting coach Randy Waldrum to appeal to Twitter for help buying food and equipment for the players.
The 22,000-seat Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port-of-Spain was sold out for Tuesday's match.
The draw to divide the two-time champion United States and other qualifying teams into six groups will take place Saturday at Ottawa, Ontario.