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Canada, boosted by two goals from Christine Sinclair, also
earned a ticket to Rio with a 3-1 win over Costa Rica in the
other semi-final.
The U.S. and Canada will meet in Sunday's final, but the mission
has already been accomplished by both teams, with Olympic
qualifying the top priority.
The U.S. have dominated Olympic women's soccer, winning four of
the five gold medals since the event was added to the program in
1996. Their only loss came in the final against Norway in 2000.
The Americans were barely tested on Friday by a completely
outclassed Trinidad and Tobago team grappling with a porous
defense.
In the early game, Sinclair was the star of the show for Canada,
opening the scoring in the 18th minute before adding a stunning
second in the 52nd minute.
Costa Rica pulled one back from the penalty spot, before
16-year-old Deanne Rose put the game out of reach of the Costa
Ricans with a late goal to put Canada, bronze medalists at the
2012 London Games, into the final.
(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; Editing by
Ian Ransom/Amlan Chakraborty)
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