The USWNT appears to be like to take management of Group B within the Paris Olympics. After profitable their opening recreation towards 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 towards Germany, which has been one in all 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 towards Zambia. A few of the points that had popped up in latest pleasant video games have 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 ultimately discovered the breakthrough within the seventeenth minute by Trinity Rodman. Seven minutes later, Mallory Swanson reminded the world why she is so essential to the US crew as she scored two targets in only a minute to provide the US a snug lead.
The second half didn’t characteristic any targets, regardless of Pauline Zulu of Zambia being despatched off and proven a pink card within the thirty fourth minute. However on the finish of the day, the US obtained all three factors and sits tied on the prime of the group with their subsequent opponent: Germany.
USA vs Germany preview
For the US to take management of the group, they have to get a outcome towards 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 dropping streak in a few years). They have been, nonetheless, in a position to break even and win the second a couple of days later at Crimson Bull Area.
Like their male counterparts, the German girls have been struggling on the worldwide degree. After profitable the gold medal on the 2016 Olympics in Rio, they did not qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Video games. Then, on the 2023 Girls’s World Cup, they carried out worse than the USWNT, as they have been eradicated on the group stage.
The Germans are in good kind within the recreation towards the US. They’ve gained seven of their final eight, together with their Olympic opener towards Australia by a 3-0 scoreline. Interim boss Horst Hrubesch has referred to 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 about for 3 PM ET on Sunday, July 28, and might be seen in English-language on the USA Community and Peacock, and in Spanish-language on Telemundo.
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