USWNT rating, World Cup highlights
The U.S. women’s national team continues their 2023 World Cup marketing campaign Wednesday against Netherlands.
The People are vying for a 3rd straight World Cup victory, which might be a file, and fifth total. The USWNT can also be present process a generational shift, with greater than half the roster taking part in of their first main worldwide event.
With columnist Nancy Armour on the bottom, USA TODAY Sports activities will provide the newest updates, highlights, evaluation and extra all through the USWNT’s second match. Comply with alongside.
Rose Lavelle subs in for USWNT, will get yellow card
Rose Lavelle, the 28-year-old midfielder who had a spectacular 2019 World Cup and scored the successful purpose within the USWNT’s 2-0 win over Netherlands within the ultimate, began the second half instead of Savannah DeMelo. The People path 1-0 within the second sport of group play.
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Lavelle, who additionally got here in as a sub vs. Vietnam, has been sidelined the final couple months with a knee harm. The People are hoping that like 2019, she gives a spark on the sector.
Minutes into the second half, Lavelle was issued a yellow card for a tough sort out on a Dutch participant.
What occurs if US loses to Netherlands, are they out of World Cup?
No must panic simply but. The US-Netherlands sport is simply the second of group play for the People. They’ve obtained Portugal subsequent week. The highest two groups from every group will advance to the knockout spherical — however the second place spot from Group E is a a lot more durable path to the World Cup ultimate.
If Netherlands hangs on for a win tonight vs. the USWNT, that makes the sport in opposition to Portugal a should win.
USWNT trailing Netherlands 1-0 at halftime
The USWNT could not equal Netherlands within the first half of play, trailing 1-0 as groups went to the locker room. The People look all out of kinds, and the stats aren’t encouraging: The U.S. possessed the ball simply 33% of the time, in comparison with 52% for the Dutch.
The People have simply two pictures on purpose, whereas Netherlands is 1-for-1 in that class.
Anticipate to see a number of U.S. subs within the second half.
Prompt evaluation from Wellington: USWNT loses composure after early rating
The USWNT was taking part in in addition to it has in a very long time early within the sport. It was discovering areas, connecting passes and probing the Dutch protection, and it was working, with a few possibilities. However the People appeared to utterly lose their composure after the Netherlands’ purpose. They seemed tentative and disorganized, they usually had been out of sync after they did have possibilities.
That stated, Sophia Smith was very energetic within the closing minutes of the half. The Dutch had been manhandling her, but when she will shake them within the second half, a purpose will come.
— Nancy Armour, USA TODAY Sports activities columnist
Jill Roord purpose provides Netherlands early 1-0 lead on USWNT
The Netherlands took a 1-0 lead on the USWNT within the seventeenth minute after an entire lot of miscues by the People. A tough shot from Jill Roord discovered the nook of the web, simply previous Alyssa Naeher’s arms. It was the Netherlands’ first shot of the day.
The USWNT trails in a Girls’s World Cup match for the primary time because the July 10, 2011 Quarterfinal match vs Brazil, based on ESPN.
What time is it in New Zealand?
Wellington, the place the USWNT is taking over the Netherlands, is 16 hours forward of the East Coast of america.
World Cup standings
It may be exhausting to maintain up with 2023 World Cup outcomes given the time distinction from the U.S., to not point out the totally different time zones throughout Australia and New Zealand. However we have got you coated, and you may check the standings right here.
USWNT beginning lineup as we speak
We have the beginning lineup for the USWNT’s second group sport of the 2023 World Cup, vs. the Netherlands, and it is the identical as the opposite evening vs. Vietnam.
This is the complete lineup:
Goalkeeper: Alyssa Naeher
Defenders: Crystal Dunn, Naomi Girma, Julie Ertz, Emily Fox
Midfielders: Lindsey Horan, Andi Sullivan, Savannah DeMelo
Forwards: Sophia Smith, Alex Morgan, Trinity Rodman
USWNT sport tonight
The USA play their second Group stage sport Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET. They face Netherlands.
USA vs. Netherlands predictions
Nancy Armour, columnist: Will probably be one other tight and bodily sport, as they at all times are when the USWNT and the Netherlands play. However the USWNT tends to reply when folks declare they’ve misplaced their edge on the remainder of the world, and I count on no totally different on this sport. USWNT 3-0.
Lindsay Schnell, reporter: It’s time for Alex Morgan to affix the scoring celebration, and you may count on the veteran ahead to do exactly that. This sport shall be a mixture of outdated and new, with each Morgan and Sophia Smith scoring — and I believe each will come on assists from Trinity Rodman. USWNT 2-1.
Is Alex Morgan taking part in tonight?
Sure, the ahead is within the USWNT’s beginning lineup, and searching so as to add to her 121-goal complete. Morgan missed a penalty kick within the People’ opener vs. Vietnam, however she’s not pressured about it.
USWNT fits
The People wore their customized menswear-inspired “enterprise” fits once more for Recreation 2, arriving in model to Wellington Regional Stadium.
Girls’s World Cup winners
The 2023 World Cup marks simply the ninth time the occasion has taken place. (The lads’s World Cup, in the meantime, has been played since 1930.) The U.S. is searching for to change into the primary workforce, males’s or girls’s, to win three consecutive titles. Germany, which received in 2003 and 2007, had a chance to do that in 2011 but couldn’t pull it off. The U.S. has received extra girls’s World Cup titles than some other nation. Right here’s an inventory of each girls’s World Cup winner.
- 1991: United States
- 1995: Norway
- 1999: United States
- 2003: Germany
- 2007: Germany
- 2011: Japan
- 2015: United States
- 2019: United States
USWNT missed alternatives vs. Vietnam: Why you shouldn’t be involved
When Sophia Smith has two objectives and an help in her first World Cup sport, Lindsey Horan has a spotlight reel’s value of sick passes, and a roster stuffed with newcomers get a much-needed dose of confidence, it’s exhausting to query the outcome.
And but, that is america girls’s nationwide workforce. Depart objectives out on the sector, because the USWNT did a number of instances over of their 3-0 win in opposition to Vietnam on Saturday (Friday evening within the U.S.), and those watching are going to be picky.
The great factor is, the USWNT isn’t satisfied, both.
Netherlands beginning lineup vs. USWNT
The Netherlands will be without two key pieces vs. the USWNT: Forwards Lineth Beerensteyn (ankle) and Vivianne Miedema (ACL) each began for the Dutch within the 2019 World Cup ultimate, which the U.S. received 2-0. Many are trying on the 2023 assembly tonight as a rematch of kinds.
Beerensteyn was injured within the Netherlands’ opening sport vs. Portugal, a 1-0 win for the Dutch. Miedema, 26, is likely one of the greatest gamers on the planet. She tore her ACL in December.
USWNT jerseys and merch
Searching for official the World Cup kits worn by Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe and others? We’d advocate visiting the official U.S. soccer online merch store. Our favourite merchandise is unquestionably the player bag clip — accumulate all of them and be the envy of all your folks.
USA vs. Netherlands stay stream, the way to watch
All 2023 World Cup matches, together with USWNT video games, will be broadcast within the U.S. by Fox, on each its essential channel and FS1. It’s additionally obtainable to stream on FoxSports.com and the Fox Sports activities app. Spanish-language protection shall be on Telemundo.
How outdated is Sophia Smith?
The USWNT forward, who scored twice in her World Cup debut, is 22 years outdated and turns 23 on Aug. 10.
USA girls World Cup schedule
The People are scheduled to play two extra group video games on the next days and instances:
USWNT watch events close to me
Searching for a watch celebration for the U.S. girls’s nationwide workforce sport in opposition to the Netherlands? U.S. Soccer created a handy dandy map that lets you discover one close to wherever you’re positioned. Check it out.
What number of World Cups has Alex Morgan performed in?
4. Alex Morgan has been a staple of the USWNT since her debut on a snowy day in 2010.
She scored her first purpose that fall and since then, she’s scored 121 instances for the Stars and Stripes and received back-to-back World Cups. The Southern California native was named a captain for this year’s tournament the place the workforce will try to make historical past with their third straight title. — Victoria Hernandez
How Alex Morgan grew from USWNT rising star to highly effective advocate and disruptor
Most of America is aware of Alex Morgan because the USWNT’s energetic main purpose scorer, No. 5 on the all-time listing. Or as certainly one of its most marketable stars: Enticing and wholesome-looking, interesting to each soccer diehards and those that don’t know the very first thing in regards to the sport.
However Morgan can also be a disruptor. Keenly conscious of the benefits her stardom has afforded her, she actively makes use of them to advocate for others.
“She deserves a ton extra credit score than she will get on this regard,” stated Becca Roux, government director of the USWNT Gamers Affiliation. “Lots of people speak,” Roux added. “She does plenty of work that individuals by no means see.”
Read Nancy Armour’s full feature here.
How Naomi Girma, Sophia Smith maintain buddy, late Stanford teammate Katie Meyer in hearts
Katie Meyer’s parents joke that their daughter would have taken a aircraft, a ferry, even “a skilled dolphin” to be within the stands at this World Cup, cheering on the Stanford teammates who had been so shut they had been extra like sisters than pals.
Gina and Steve Meyer are sure their daughter remains to be using with the U.S. girls, because of Sophia Smith, Naomi Girma and different gamers utilizing the largest second of their careers to verify Katie isn’t forgotten and nobody else has to really feel the same loss.
“It’s so heartwarming. And heartbreaking,” Gina Meyer told USA TODAY Sports activities. “We’re simply so happy with them. They didn’t need to do something however to recollect their buddy, however they actually need to discuss this topic, which is normally brushed underneath the rug.
“It’s such a gorgeous factor that this complete workforce jumped on board and stated, ‘We need to be part of this.'”
Read Nancy Armour’s full feature here.
USWNT: Why the People embrace the stress of this World Cup
It does not matter whether or not the U.S. girls are in sweats, coaching gear or these sharp-looking Nike x Martine Rose suits they’re rocking at this World Cup.
They at all times put on a goal on their backs. They’re effectively conscious of this. And they embrace it.
“This isn’t workforce that does any form of resting on its laurels,” Megan Rapinoe said final month. “That is what has been the gas for this workforce at all times: To try to be the perfect. To attempt to win each single sport, whether or not it’s in apply or truly on the sector.
“For us, it’s nearly persevering with to place our greatest foot ahead and persevering with to attempt to be dominant and be one of the best workforce on the planet.”
Read Nancy Armour’s full column here.
Wellington climate forecast: Windy
USA TODAY Sports activities columnist Nancy Armour is on the bottom in Wellington, New Zealand and experiences that it’s very, very windy on the stadium. The temperature may learn low 50s, however it feels just like the 40s. (Keep in mind, it’s winter in New Zealand.) On a optimistic notice, there’s additionally sunshine within the forecast, which has not been the case at many different World Cup video games which have been performed in Wellington the previous few days. Fairly just a few of these have been performed within the pouring rain.
Youngest participant on USWNT
Ahead Alyssa Thompson is eighteen years outdated. She turns 19 on Nov. 7.
USWNT World Cup roster
The 2023 World Cup roster is certainly one of, if not the, most diverse in U.S. girls’s soccer historical past. This yr marks a passing of the torch, as a brand new era of soccer expertise makes its World Cup debut and tries to proceed the People’ win streak. Of the 23-player roster, 14 shall be taking part in in their first World Cup. You’ll be able to study extra about each player from the U.S., in addition to a few of the standout worldwide stars.
- Goalkeepers: Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Crimson Stars); Casey Murphy (North Carolina Braveness); Aubrey Kingsbury (Washington Spirit).
- Defenders: Alana Prepare dinner (OL Reign); Crystal Dunn (Portland Thorns); Emily Fox (North Carolina Braveness); Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave); Sofia Huerta (OL Reign); Kelley O’Hara (NJ/NY Gotham); Emily Sonnett (OL Reign).
- Midfielders: Savannah DeMelo (Racing Louisville); Julie Ertz (Angel Metropolis); Lindsey Horan (Olympique Lyon); Rose Lavelle (OL Reign); Kristie Mewis (NJ/NY Gotham); Ashley Sanchez (Washington Spirit); Andi Sullivan (Washington Spirit).
- Forwards: Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave); Megan Rapinoe (OL Reign); Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit); Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns); Alyssa Thompson (Angel Metropolis); Lynn Williams (NJ/NY Gotham).
USWNT World Cup wins
The USWNT has received 4 World Cups total and are going for his or her third straight and fifth total.
World Cup bracket
Here’s how the 2023 World Cup bracket is set up.
What number of teams are within the Girls’s World Cup?
There are eight teams, 4 groups per group, with the highest two seeds from every group advancing to the knockout spherical. The teams are as follows:
- Group A: New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Switzerland
- Group B: Australia, Canada, Nigeria, Rep. of Eire
- Group C: Costa Rica, Japan, Spain, Zambia
- Group D: China, Denmark, England, Haiti
- Group E: Netherlands, Portugal, United States, Vietnam
- Group F: Brazil, France, Jamaica, Panama
- Group G: Argentina, Italy, South Africa, Sweden
- Group H: Colombia, Germany, Morocco, South Korea
The place is the 2023 World Cup being performed?
For the primary time in girls’s World Cup historical past, the event shall be hosted by two international locations, Australia and New Zealand. (The 2022 males’s World Cup was hosted by Japan and South Korea and in 2026, it will be hosted by the U.S., Mexico and Canada.)
Many individuals affiliate Australia and New Zealand with browsing, sandy seashores and gorgeous swimming spots, all occurring in sunny climate. Nevertheless it’s winter within the southern hemisphere, which implies temperatures will be anything but scorching.