USWNT updates, World Cup highlights
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Don’t make Lindsey Horan mad.
The U.S. captain scored on a thunderous header after a collision with Lyon teammate Danielle van de Donk on Thursday, salvaging a 1-1 draw with the Netherlands and retaining the U.S. women’s national team’s hopes of successful Group E alive. The 2-time defending champs can declare the highest spot – and a street to the ultimate that doubtless wouldn’t embody England, Germany or France – by beating Portugal and sustaining their edge in purpose differential towards the Netherlands.
The USWNT is at the moment plus-2 in purpose differential.
The Individuals had seemed deflated after giving up a purpose to Netherlands within the seventeenth minute, the primary time for the reason that 2011 quarterfinals they’ve trailed in a World Cup recreation. They appeared disorganized and tentative, exhibiting not one of the cohesion they needed to begin the sport.
However a tough sort out by van de Donk early within the second half modified all the pieces. Horan crumbled to the sector and was down for a number of minutes, and was clearly indignant when she lastly obtained up. She had phrases along with her Lyon teammate, and the 2 had been pushing and shoving within the field after the USWNT was awarded a nook kick. Even the referee’s try and get the 2 to make good didn’t calm Horan, who was nonetheless muttering when Rose Lavelle lined up within the nook.
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Horan obtained the final phrase. Her eyes by no means left the ball as she outmuscled a number of Dutch defenders, and she or he despatched it rocketing into the web for the tying purpose within the 62nd minute.
The Individuals had a number of different possibilities over the past half-hour, together with a purpose by Alex Morgan that was waved off for being offside. There was additionally a screamer by Trinity Rodman that went simply vast and a shot by Sophia Smith that was cleared off the road.
— Nancy Armour, USA TODAY Sports activities columnist
USWNT ties Netherlands 1-1 on header from Lindsey Horan
A header from Lindsey Horan within the 62nd minute gave the UWSNT a purpose it desperately wanted, tying Netherlands 1-1.
Horan had taken a tough foul from Danielle Van de Donk, and was nonetheless complaining to the referee about it when Rose Lavalle lined as much as take a nook kick. Horan tracked it the entire approach and outmuscled a number of Dutch defenders earlier than burying it with a thunderous header.
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 closing, began the second half instead of Savannah DeMelo. The Individuals path 1-0 within the second recreation of group play.
Lavelle, who additionally got here in as a sub vs. Vietnam, has been sidelined the final couple months with a knee damage. The Individuals are hoping that like 2019, she offers 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 recreation is simply the second of group play for the Individuals. 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 closing.
If Netherlands hangs on for a win tonight vs. the USWNT, that makes the sport towards 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 Individuals look all out of types, 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 Individuals have simply two pictures on purpose, whereas Netherlands is 1-for-1 in that class.
Count on to see a number of U.S. subs within the second half.
Instantaneous evaluation from Wellington: USWNT loses composure after early rating
The USWNT was enjoying in addition to it has in a very long time early within the recreation. It was discovering areas, connecting passes and probing the Dutch protection, and it was working, with a few possibilities. However the Individuals appeared to fully 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 lively 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 a complete lot of miscues by the Individuals. A tough shot from Jill Roord discovered the nook of the web, simply previous Alyssa Naeher’s palms. It was the Netherlands’ first shot of the day.
The USWNT trails in a Girls’s World Cup match for the primary time for the reason that 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 the US.
World Cup standings
It may be onerous to maintain up with 2023 World Cup outcomes given the time distinction from the U.S., to not point out the completely different time zones throughout Australia and New Zealand. However we have you lined, and you may check the standings right here.
USWNT beginning lineup at this time
We have the beginning lineup for the USWNT’s second group recreation of the 2023 World Cup, vs. the Netherlands, and it is the identical as the opposite night time vs. Vietnam.
This is the total 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 recreation tonight
The USA play their second Group stage recreation Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET. They face Netherlands.
USA vs. Netherlands predictions
Nancy Armour, columnist: Will probably be one other tight and bodily recreation, as they all the time 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 anticipate no completely different on this recreation. USWNT 3-0.
Lindsay Schnell, reporter: It’s time for Alex Morgan to affix the scoring social gathering, and you may anticipate the veteran ahead to just do that. This recreation will likely be a mixture of previous and new, with each Morgan and Sophia Smith scoring — and I feel each will come on assists from Trinity Rodman. USWNT 2-1.
Is Alex Morgan enjoying tonight?
Sure, the ahead is within the USWNT’s beginning lineup, and searching so as to add to her 121-goal whole. Morgan missed a penalty kick within the Individuals’ opener vs. Vietnam, however she’s not burdened about it.
USWNT fits
The Individuals wore their customized menswear-inspired “enterprise” fits once more for Recreation 2, arriving in fashion 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 develop into the primary workforce, males’s or ladies’s, to win three consecutive titles. Germany, which gained in 2003 and 2007, had a chance to do that in 2011 but couldn’t pull it off. The U.S. has gained extra ladies’s World Cup titles than every other nation. Right here’s a listing of each ladies’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 recreation, Lindsey Horan has a spotlight reel’s price of sick passes, and a roster filled with newcomers get a much-needed dose of confidence, it’s onerous to query the consequence.
And but, that is the US ladies’s nationwide workforce. Depart objectives out on the sector, because the USWNT did a number of instances over of their 3-0 win towards Vietnam on Saturday (Friday night time 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 closing, which the U.S. gained 2-0. Many are trying on the 2023 assembly tonight as a rematch of types.
Beerensteyn was injured within the Netherlands’ opening recreation vs. Portugal, a 1-0 win for the Dutch. Miedema, 26, is among the finest gamers on the earth. 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 certainly the player bag clip — gather all of them and be the envy of all your mates.
USA vs. Netherlands reside stream, find out how to watch
All 2023 World Cup matches, together with USWNT video games, will be broadcast within the U.S. by Fox, on each its primary channel and FS1. It’s additionally accessible to stream on FoxSports.com and the Fox Sports activities app. Spanish-language protection will likely be on Telemundo.
How previous is Sophia Smith?
The USWNT forward, who scored twice in her World Cup debut, is 22 years previous and turns 23 on Aug. 10.
USA ladies World Cup schedule
The Individuals 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 social gathering for the U.S. ladies’s nationwide workforce recreation towards 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 gained back-to-back World Cups. The Southern California native was named a captain for this year’s tournament the place the workforce will try and 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 lively main purpose scorer, No. 5 on the all-time listing. Or as considered one of its most marketable stars: Enticing and wholesome-looking, interesting to each soccer diehards and people who 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, govt director of the USWNT Gamers Affiliation. “Lots of people speak,” Roux added. “She does lots of work that individuals by no means see.”
Read Nancy Armour’s full feature here.
How Naomi Girma, Sophia Smith hold buddy, late Stanford teammate Katie Meyer in hearts
Katie Meyer’s parents joke that their daughter would have taken a airplane, a ferry, even “a educated 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 associates.
Gina and Steve Meyer are sure their daughter continues to be driving with the U.S. ladies, due to Sophia Smith, Naomi Girma and different gamers utilizing the most important second of their careers to ensure Katie isn’t forgotten and nobody else has to really feel an identical loss.
“It’s so heartwarming. And heartbreaking,” Gina Meyer told USA TODAY Sports activities. “We’re simply so happy with them. They didn’t must do something however to recollect their buddy, however they actually need to speak about this topic, which is often brushed underneath the rug.
“It’s such an exquisite factor that this entire workforce jumped on board and stated, ‘We need to be part of this.'”
Read Nancy Armour’s full feature here.
USWNT: Why the Individuals embrace the stress of this World Cup
It would not matter whether or not the U.S. ladies are in sweats, coaching gear or these sharp-looking Nike x Martine Rose suits they’re rocking at this World Cup.
They all the time put on a goal on their backs. They’re effectively conscious of this. And they embrace it.
“This isn’t workforce that does any type of resting on its laurels,” Megan Rapinoe said final month. “That is what has been the gasoline for this workforce all the time: To attempt to be the easiest. To attempt to win each single recreation, whether or not it’s in apply or really 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 earth.”
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, but it surely feels just like the 40s. (Keep in mind, it’s winter in New Zealand.) On a constructive notice, there’s additionally sunshine within the forecast, which has not been the case at many different World Cup video games which were performed in Wellington the previous few days. Fairly a number of of these have been performed within the pouring rain.
Youngest participant on USWNT
Ahead Alyssa Thompson is eighteen years previous. She turns 19 on Nov. 7.
USWNT World Cup roster
The 2023 World Cup roster is considered one of, if not the, most diverse in U.S. ladies’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 Individuals’ win streak. Of the 23-player roster, 14 will likely be enjoying in their first World Cup. You may study extra about each player from the U.S., in addition to a few of the standout worldwide stars.
- Goalkeepers: Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Pink Stars); Casey Murphy (North Carolina Braveness); Aubrey Kingsbury (Washington Spirit).
- Defenders: Alana Cook 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 gained 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 ladies’s World Cup historical past, the event will likely be hosted by two nations, 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 beautiful swimming spots, all taking place in sunny climate. Nevertheless it’s winter within the southern hemisphere, which suggests temperatures will be anything but scorching.