The USWNT appears to be like to take management of Group B within the Paris Olympics. After profitable their opening recreation in opposition to Zambia 3-0, one other win would put them within the driver’s seat. However to do it, they’ll must get a end result in opposition to Germany, which has been one in every 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. A few of the points that had popped up in latest pleasant video games have been once more current. Chief amongst them was the shortcoming to reap the benefits of the quite a few probabilities that got here their approach.
They finally discovered the breakthrough within the seventeenth minute via Trinity Rodman. Seven minutes later, Mallory Swanson reminded the world why she is so vital to the US crew as she scored two objectives in only a minute to provide the US a cushty lead.
The second half didn’t characteristic any objectives, 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 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 end result 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 have been, nonetheless, in a position to break even and win the second just a few days later at Purple Bull Enviornment.
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 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 have been eradicated on the group stage.
The Germans are in good type within the recreation in opposition to the US. They’ve gained seven of their final eight, together with their Olympic opener in opposition to 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 objectives 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 may 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 out there on US tv and streaming.
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