{"id":104820,"date":"2022-10-22T14:15:22","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T14:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/uswnt-schedule-set-for-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2022-10-22T14:15:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T14:15:22","slug":"uswnt-schedule-set-for-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/uswnt-schedule-set-for-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"USWNT schedule set for World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-grBDNq hide-for-print mb-sm undefined\">\n<div class=\"PJLV PJLV-iAjpuP-css flex items-center\" config=\"[object Object]\" data-qa=\"article-actions\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-fLphcs\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-jmLDag wpds-c-jmLDag-bywHgD-variant-primary wpds-c-jmLDag-biynoz-density-compact wpds-c-jmLDag-hZSyid-isOutline-true wpds-c-jmLDag-ejCoEP-icon-left wpds-c-jmLDag-futxca-cv wpds-c-jmLDag-iknmtxO-css\"><button aria-label=\"Comment\" class=\"PJLV PJLV-iPnDcc-css\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"img\" class=\"wpds-c-kKAfCG wpds-c-efqEZa focus-highlight flex items-center justify-center brad-lg pointer transition-400 ease-in-out transition-colors\" aria-label=\"Comment on this story\"><title>Comment on this story<\/title><path d=\"M14 14V2H2v9.47h8.18L12.43 13ZM3 10.52V3h10v9.23l-2.5-1.66Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p>Comment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"teaser-content grid-center\">\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">The pathway for the US women&#8217;s national soccer team to win an unprecedented third consecutive World Cup title next year will include a group-stage showdown with the country it defeated in the 2019 final, the Netherlands, and could feature a round-of-16 clash with second-ranked Sweden.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">Otherwise, the top-ranked Americans welcomed the results of the draw conducted Saturday in New Zealand, which will co-host the tournament with Australia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">As the top seed in Group E, the United States will play all first-round matches in New Zealand and potentially all but one in that country before the Aug.  20 finals in Sydney.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">The US opener July 22 in Auckland is against first-time participant Vietnam, followed five days later by a clash in Wellington with the eighth-ranked Netherlands, which lost to the United States, 2-0 in the 2019 final in France.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">Group play will conclude Aug.  1 in Auckland against the winner of a playoff in February between No.  23 Portugal, no.  41 Thailand and No.  58 Cameroons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">\u201cWe got a good but somewhat tough draw,\u201d US Coach Vlatko Andonovski said.  \u201cI&#8217;m excited about it.  This is when the real preparation starts.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">With a 20-1-3 record in group play, the United States is not expected to have much trouble earning one of the group&#8217;s two places in the knockout stage.  If rankings hold form, it would face No.  14 Italy, the second-best team in Group G, in the round of 16 in Sydney.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">By finishing second in the group, however, the Americans would likely play Group G favorite Sweden, which routed them, 3-0, in the 2021 Olympic group stage.  The United States and Sweden met in the group stage the previous five World Cups, with the Americans winning three, losing one and tying one.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">\u201cI&#8217;m confident about the group, but it&#8217;s really not about the group, because there&#8217;s a lot of games to be played in a World Cup, and the competition just keeps getting stronger and better,\u201d said former US star Carli Lloyd, who co-hosted the draw ceremony in Auckland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">The Americans were thrilled with the overall bracket: Until the final, they would avoid European champion England, 2021 Olympic gold medalist Canada and contenders Germany, France, Brazil and Australia.  The top teams on their side of the bracket are Sweden, Japan and Spain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">Six stadiums in Australia and four in New Zealand will host the 64 matches.  All but three participants are set.  A 10-nation playoff Feb.  18-23 in Auckland will complete the 32-team field, the largest since FIFA launched a women&#8217;s championship in 1991.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">Though the Americans will arrive at the World Cup as one of the favorites, they&#8217;ve got their work cut out for them.  Early this month, they lost consecutive games for the first time in 5\u00bd years, falling against fourth-ranked England, 2-1, and No.  6 Spain, 2-0.  They&#8217;ll resume preparations with two friendlies against third-ranked Germany: Nov.  10 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Nov.  13 in Harrison, NJ<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">The run-up to the World Cup will include two friendlies in February and two in April.  The opponents and venues have not been finalized.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\">\u201cWe have a lot of work to do in the next year,\u201d US midfielder Lindsey Horan said.  \u201cWe need to be better.  We need to learn and grow.  Hopefully, it&#8217;s going to improve a lot in the next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\"><i>FIFA ranking in parentheses<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\"><b>Group A<\/b>: New Zealand (22), Norway (12), Philippines (53), Switzerland (21).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\"><b>Group B<\/b>: Australia (13), Ireland (24), Nigeria (45), Canada (7).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\"><b>Group C<\/b>: Spain (6), Costa Rica (37), Zambia (81), Japan (11).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\"><b>Group D<\/b>: England (4), playoff winner, Denmark (18), China (15).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\"><b>Group E<\/b>: United States (1), Vietnam (34), Netherlands (8), playoff winner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\"><b>Group F<\/b>: France (5), Jamaica (43), Brazil (9), playoff winner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\"><b>Group G<\/b>: Sweden (2), South Africa (54), Italy (14), Argentina (29).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css font-copy\"><b>Group H<\/b>: Germany (3), South Korea (17), Colombia (27), Morocco (76).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"b bt bc-offblack dn-ns hide-for-print\" data-testid=\"mostRead\" subscriptions-section=\"content\"\/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment on this story Comment The pathway for the US women&#8217;s national soccer team to win an unprecedented third consecutive World Cup title next year will include a group-stage showdown with the country it defeated in the 2019 final, the Netherlands, and could feature a round-of-16 clash with second-ranked Sweden. Otherwise, the top-ranked Americans welcomed &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/uswnt-schedule-set-for-world-cup\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">USWNT schedule set for World Cup<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":104700,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/2023-womens-world-cup-draw-in-full\/","url_meta":{"origin":104820,"position":0},"title":"2023 Women&#8217;s World Cup draw in full","date":"October 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"United States and England could meet in the final of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup after being placed in opposite sides of the bracket in Saturday's draw.- Stream on ESPN+: LaLiga, Bundesliga, MLS, more (US)Holders USWNT have been drawn against Vietnam and Netherlands, with the group completed by one\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8217,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/uswnt-qualifies-for-2023-fifa-womens-world-cup\/","url_meta":{"origin":104820,"position":1},"title":"USWNT qualifies for 2023 FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup","date":"July 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Three years later, on July 7, 2022, the USA took its first step to defending its title by sealing a place at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.A 5-0 victory against Jamaica at the Concaf W Championship Thursday, combined with Haiti's 3-0 win over Mexico\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8225,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/uswnt-makes-quick-work-of-jamaica-earns-world-cup-berth\/","url_meta":{"origin":104820,"position":2},"title":"USWNT makes quick work of Jamaica, earns World Cup berth","date":"July 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Comment on this storyCommentMONTERREY, Mexico \u2014 Not long after a 5-0 victory over Jamaica on Thursday, the US women's national soccer team returned to its hotel for a reunion and, before long, a low-key celebration.As the Americans entered their upscale digs, Megan Rapinoe was waiting for them. Excused from the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4484,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/concacaf-w-championship-usa-vs-haiti\/","url_meta":{"origin":104820,"position":3},"title":"Concacaf W Championship: USA vs.  Haiti","date":"July 4, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Concacaf W Championship \u2013 Group A: USA vs. Haiti Date: July 4, 2022Venue: Estadio Universitario; Monterrey, MexicoBroadcast: CBS Sports Network, Paramount+, ViXBroadcast Time: 7 pm ET \/ 6 pm CTOfficial Kickoff Time: 7 pm ET \/ 6 pm CT Starting XI vs. Haiti: 18-Casey Murphy; 3-Alana Cook, 4-Becky Sauerbrunn (Capt.),\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":94196,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/spain-vs-united-states-football-match-report-october-11-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":104820,"position":4},"title":"Spain vs.  United States &#8211; Football Match Report &#8211; October 11, 2022","date":"October 11, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"An understrength Spain women's team beat the United States 2-0 in a friendly in Pamplona on Tuesday night.Laia Codina put the hosts up before the break and Esther Gonzalez doubled the lead in the second half with a stunning volley to give Spain an unlikely win over the US- Kassouf:\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":90170,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/international-friendly-usa-vs-england\/","url_meta":{"origin":104820,"position":5},"title":"International Friendly: USA vs.  England","date":"October 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"England vs. USWNT \u2013 International FriendlyDate: October 7, 2022Venue: Wembley Stadium; London, EnglandBroadcast: FOXBroadcast Time: 2:30 p.m. ETOfficial Kickoff Time: 3 p.m. ET Starting XI vs. England: 1-Alyssa Naeher; 3-Alana Cook, 6-Trinity Rodman, 8-Sofia Huerta, 10-Lindsey Horan (Capt.), 11-Sophia Smith, 12-Naomi Girma, 15-Megan Rapinoe, 16-Rose Lavelle, 17-Andi Sullivan, 23 -Emily\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Sports&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-apps\/imrs.php?src=https:\/\/arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/YBABK67M6UI36A5OZ6RNFVBSOQ.JPG&w=1440","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104820"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}