Posted on 06/06/2015 3:25:29 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
The 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada is the biggest tournament ever for women’s soccer.
Expanded to 24 teams for the first time in history, the action begins on Saturday, June 6 and the final is on July 5. It promises to be a spectacular month of soccer north of the border.
... Below is a look at the day-by-day schedule for each group game, including where you can watch the games in the U.S. on TV, followed by the schedule for the knockout stages. All times listed are Eastern Time.
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Matildas face a tough task against a Brazil who won all three of their group games and are yet to concede a goal.
France take on South Korea at the Stade Olympique in Montreal, hoping to set up a possible 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup quarter-final with their European rivals, Germany.
3 things to know for Canada vs. Switzerland
Canada managed to score just two goals in their opening three games. The only team to score fewer goals was Ecuador, who lost all three of their Group C games,
Switzerland are only the second country, after Germany, to get more than ten in a single game.
“They’re Canadian and they’re feeling Canadian and they want to be there, they want to be part of the action. I’ve had a lot of people say we’re not really soccer fans but we’re Canada fans. And so they want to be there because of that,” explains Kingsley Bailey with Vancouver Ticket. “Everybody is excited, everybody wants to be in the building.”
Tickets are selling for at least $90 a seat.
“And I was kind of getting a little bit embarrassed [thinking] what if we don’t outsell the America/Nigeria game for fans in the building but we are going to do that, we will beat that 52,000 number,” he adds. “This is up there as a single event…right up there with the Olympics. This is big, this is the biggest thing in Canadian soccer history.”
Bachmann is one of the breakout stars of the tournament, a compact, but speedy 24-year-old who idolizes Lionel Messi and loves to use her dazzling dribbling skills to drive at opposing defenders. Dickenmann is the veteran midfielder/forward with 40 international goals and another 55 in 111 games with club side Olympique Lyon in France.
And if they’re not enough to give Canada’s back-line fits, the Swiss also feature forward Fabienne Humm. She scored the fastest hat trick in women’s World Cup history with three goals in five minutes in Switzerland’s 10-1 romp over Ecuador in the group stage at BC Place Stadium.
China, those girls put out a game team effort. Pictures of China’s goalkeeper Wang Fei:
China will have to execute better, they could have gotten another goal, the Indomitable Lions didn’t look bad. It may be another case where more development is needed for African soccer.
China may be playing the winner of USA/Colombia. That looks like Match 7, whom China play the winner of.
O Canada...
I hope they can do it, Canada displayed a serious lack of firepower in that match I watched them in the other day, drawing Netherlands 1-1.
Switzerland lost to Cameroon and Japan but walloped Ecuador 10-1.
It would be nice to see the host nation stay in it.
http://us.soccerway.com/teams/switzerland/switzerland/4130/
Swiss roster, like the men’s team, I do see some of the Former Republic of Yugoslavia types of last names, but not the Albanian type of last names.
I think Canada will win.
Really looking forward to:
United States - China
Germany - France
Brazil - Japan
England - Canada
Then:
United States - Germany
Japan - England
Final:
United States - Japan
Winner:
United States (Sweet Revenge)
Thanks for the note, well AUS is even with BRAZIL, seems that the longer this goes drawn, it is good for the Australians...we will see.
France beat South Korea to reach Women’s World Cup quarter-finals
France scored twice in the first eight minutes in Montreal as they brushed aside South Korea 3-0 in a Women’s World Cup last-16 game on Sunday to set up a quarter-final meeting with Germany, also in Montreal, on Friday.
France 3-0 Korea Republic highlights
Canada dream continues with tight Swiss win
A lone Josee Belanger goal soon after half-time was enough for host nation Canada to continue their 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup™ odyssey at the expense of Switzerland.
Canada 1-0 Switzerland highlights
Brazil 0-1 Australia: Women's World Cup 2015 – as it happened
Three Observations -- France fine-tunes its attack against South Korea
Three Observations -- Canada captivates crowd in 1-0 win against Switzerland
England v Norway team news
England Women go in search of their first-ever World Cup knockout win
United States not taking Colombia lightly
Having seen Brazil crash out of the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, the United States know better than to underestimate any opponent.
Colombia’s claims of trash-talking leave United States women perplexed
There is trash-talking and then there is…well, mysterious trash-talking.
Colombia Players Maintain Disrespect In One-Sided War Of Words
Thanks for posting all of these stories Berlin Freeper.
Didn’t it look like England was going to go down in typical England style...losing at least at the 60th minute.
One match left tomorrow, Japan Netherlands, you never know, might be ripe for an upset actually,
Congrats American women’s win today.
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