The USWNT appears to be like to take management of Group B within the Paris Olympics. After successful their opening sport in opposition to Zambia 3-0, one other win would put them within the driver’s seat. However to do it, they’ll need to get a outcome in opposition to Germany, which has been certainly one of girls’s soccer’s longtime powers.
Zambia recap
The trail for the US to take management of their group began with a complete, if considerably unsatisfying, win in opposition to Zambia. Among the points that had popped up in latest pleasant video games had been once more current. Chief amongst them was the lack to reap the benefits of the quite a few possibilities that got here their method.
They finally discovered the breakthrough within the seventeenth minute via Trinity Rodman. Seven minutes later, Mallory Swanson reminded the world why she is so necessary to the US crew as she scored two targets in only a minute to offer the US a snug lead.
The second half didn’t function any targets, regardless of Pauline Zulu of Zambia being despatched off and proven a purple card within the thirty fourth minute. However on the finish of the day, the US acquired all three factors and sits tied on the high of the group with their subsequent opponent: Germany.
USA vs Germany preview
For the US to take management of the group, they need to get a outcome in opposition to the Germans. Currently, this has confirmed considerably difficult for the USWNT. The groups final performed in November of 2022. The US misplaced the primary one in Ft. Lauderdale (to place a bow on the primary 3-game shedding streak in a few years). They had been, nonetheless, capable of break even and win the second a number of days later at Purple Bull Area.
Like their male counterparts, the German girls have been struggling on the worldwide degree. After successful the gold medal on the 2016 Olympics in Rio, they didn’t qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Video games. Then, on the 2023 Girls’s World Cup, they carried out worse than the USWNT, as they had been eradicated on the group stage.
The Germans are in good kind within the sport in opposition to the US. They’ve received seven of their final eight, together with their Olympic opener in opposition to Australia by a 3-0 scoreline. Interim boss Horst Hrubesch has known as in a roster that includes loads of skilled gamers. Chief amongst them is 33-year-old Alexandra Popp, who has racked up 67 targets in 140 worldwide appearances.
Notes
Group B standings: USA – 3pts (+3), Germany – 3pts (+3), Australia – 0pts (-3), Zambia – 0pts (-3)
Kickoff is ready for 3 PM ET on Sunday, July 28, and could be seen in English-language on the USA Community and Peacock, and in Spanish-language on Telemundo.
View the schedule for Olympics soccer video games which are accessible on US tv and streaming.
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