US women's team aims for a big milestone
The US women's team finalized their squad for the 2023 World Cup very early. They came to Australia and New Zealand with the only goal of winning the championship. By doing this, Alex Morgan and his teammates will become the first team to win the World Cup 3 times in a row, both for men and women. World football has had Italy, Brazil (men) and Germany (women) crowned twice in a row in the world arena, but no team has dominated the 3 consecutive tournaments.
The US women's championship ambition was given to coach Andonovski, who replaced Jill Ellis after the 2019 World Cup. He helped the team extend their unbeaten streak to 44 consecutive matches. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the US women's team was judged to be old, although the team won the bronze medal, they also lost to Sweden and Canada.
Compared to 4 years ago, the US team has made some changes. Carli Lloyd is retired. Tobin Heath, Christen Press and Ali Krieger are not named for the 2023 World Cup. Injuries also left the defending champions without the services of centre-back Becky Sauerbrunn, striker Mal Swanson, Catarina Macario or midfielder Sam Mewis. These players are all welcome to start if they are healthy.
In return, the US women's team has 14 new players participating in the 2023 World Cup, with many outstanding individuals such as striker Sophia Smith - the best player in the US national championship last season. Trinity Rodman, 21, and Alyssa Thompson, 18, who have just graduated from high school, will also make their World Cup debut. In defense, center back Naomi Girma, 23, is ready to become the new leader of USWNT.
In addition, the US women's team still has many outstanding veterans such as Alex Morgan, Kelley O'Hara and Megan Rapinoe. Midfielder Julie Ertz has returned after a long period of maternity leave. Rose Lavelle is on the list, she is in the peak of her form after showing excellent form at the 2019 World Cup.
The US team may beat the Vietnam women's team 5-0
The most memorable match of the past 4 years was the victory that destroyed Thailand 13-0. And the US women's team has the opportunity to repeat the same thing in 2023. However, the Vietnamese women's team showed a relatively solid organization against Germany in the recent friendly match and only lost 1-2. Therefore, the US team expects a score of 5-0, not 13-0, Yahoo Soccer shared.
According to Henry Bushnell, the Vietnam women's team has almost no chance of getting points against the US women's team. Megan Rapinoe and his teammates are expected to continue in Group E and will only face many difficulties in the match against the Netherlands in the second round. In the previous 8 World Cups, the US women's team all passed the group stage and lost only 1 match.
According to Yahoo Soccer, to increase their chances of winning the championship, the US women's team should top Group E, because if they are second in the group, they can meet Sweden in the round of 16. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Sweden beat the US 3-0. According to FIFA's branch, the US team will definitely not meet very strong teams until the final such as Germany, England, Brazil, France, Canada and Australia. These are also the strongest candidates for the championship.
The quarterfinal and semi-final opponents of the US women's team could be the Spanish, Japanese and Dutch women's teams. In general, the match schedule is very favorable for the US women's team to have the opportunity to conquer the championship for the third consecutive time.
The Vietnam vs US women's match takes place at 8:00 (Vietnam time) on July 22.
