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Leading the group with four points and a plus-three goal differential, the USA can advance to the Round of 16 with a win or draw against Portugal. The USA could even advance to the knockout rounds with a loss to the Portuguese but that would call for the unlikely scenario of a Vietnam win over the Netherlands with USA keeping its lead of the Dutch on goal differential. The USA will win the group with a victory over Portugal and a loss or draw by the Netherlands against Vietnam. The Americans could also top the group with a win and...

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...