Posted on 07/21/2023 5:20:35 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
The U.S. women's national team are set to square off against Vietnam Friday at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand in their World Cup opener. The match is the first of three group games for USA as they begin the journey to a fifth World Cup title. No team has ever achieved a three-peat of cups and the USWNT are in prime position to be the first to do so. They'll have to get through the group, where all games take place in New Zealand, and they include a 2019 final rematch against the Netherlands.
Matchday one is the first-ever meeting between USA and Vietnam. Here's how you can watch the match and what to know:
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I hope they lose
How many trans are playing in this World Cup?
Go Vietnam!
Would enjoy seeing RapinHo get crippled or better yet, get kidnapped by Russians.
Then they could trade the ho for the other ho in Ukraine (Lord Voldemort Zelenskyy)
Hopefully the team team won’t be looking past this game for the post-game flag burning ceremony and subsequent sacrifice to Moloch.
I love Ann Coulter’s column on Soccer.
Un-American commie sport.
USWNT tops Vietnam, 3-0The United States opened its 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup campaign Friday (on FOX and the FOX Sports app) against first-timer Vietnam with a commanding 3-0 victory in the highly anticipated Group E match at Eden Park in New Zealand.
The USWNT, which is eyeing an unprecedented three-peat this year, is now 21-3-1 all-time in the group stage at the World Cup with Friday's win. Though it wasn't as glamorous as expected, the USWNT got it done. Budding star Sophia Smith netted two goals and an assist to pace the U.S. attack, and midfielder Lindsey Horan capped the evening with a second-half strike that put the game out of reach in the 77th minute.
But a gritty Vietnamese team made the Americans work for it. The youngest U.S. starting lineup for a World Cup match since 1995 struggled to find a rhythm against the physicality and low-block defending of Vietnam, whose goalkeeper, Trần Thị Kim Thanh, was one of the best players on the pitch.
The final tally of 28 shots for the Americans to zero for the Vietnamese offered a better indication of how this game unfolded: with a barrage of attempts and possession from the favorites and nary a threat from Vietnam. Manager Vlatko Andonovski's side controlled 65.9% of possession in a game that was far more secure than the final score indicated.
The U.S. secured three points, which was the primary task, but the quality was uneven over 90 minutes. A missed penalty kick from Alex Morgan and a crossbar strike from Rose Lavelle could have made it more of a blowout.
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