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Post by Admin on Dec 8, 2018 18:00:39 GMT
The Draw for the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019™ will be held on 8 December 2018 in Paris! WATCH IT HERE. Please kindly note that the live streaming will not be available in the following territories : France, United Kingdom. Opening game confirmed Hosts France will play Korea Republic in the opening match on Friday 7 June in Paris at the Parc des Princes.
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Post by Admin on Dec 11, 2018 18:47:48 GMT
The defending champions will likely have no issue advancing past the opening round, but tougher opponents await following Group F play Even before the World Cup draw, we knew that the U.S. women’s national team was a near certainty to get out of its group. Saturday’s draw in Paris only confirmed that notion, with Jill Ellis’ side given a spot in cushy Group F alongside Sweden, Thailand and Chile. Advancement from the group stage, of course, is hardly the goal for the defending World Cup champions and the side currently ranked first in FIFA’s world rankings. Beyond the group lies potential pitfalls for the U.S., who are looking to become just the second team to repeat as Women’s World Cup champions. Alex Morgan, coming off her second-most prolific goal-scoring year with the national team as her 18 goals helped the U.S. compile an 18-0-2 record and qualify for next year's Women's World Cup, was named the U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year for the second time. Morgan scored at least one goal in 11 of the 19 games in which she appeared for the U.S. in 2018, including a hat trick against Japan during the summer's Tournament of Nations. She scored seven goals in five games in the CONCACAF Women's Championship, including two goals in a semifinal win over Jamaica that secured World Cup qualification and a goal in the final against Canada. She tied for fifth on the national team with three assists and led all players with 1,500 minutes played. Morgan, who also scored five goals this season for the NWSL's Orlando Pride, is the ninth woman to win the award multiple times. She beat out U.S. teammates Julie Ertz, who won the award in 2017, Tobin Heath, Lindsey Horan and Megan Rapinoe in voting by players, coaches, administrators and media.
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Post by Admin on Dec 13, 2018 18:38:57 GMT
Kelley O’Hara, a starting defender for the U.S. women’s national team, settled in on a couch in the lounge of Atlanta’s downtown Westin. She was surrounded by some friends and several reporters, and everyone’s eyes were fixed on a large TV. On its screen was the 2019 Women’s World Cup draw, broadcast live from Paris. This was the moment when the U.S. team’s path to defend its world title would be determined. After the U.S. was placed into Group F, the last group in the field, then it was time to find out who the Americans would face. About halfway through the selection from Pot 2, O’Hara told reporters next to her: “Everything is lining up for us to get Sweden.” About 4,000 miles away in Paris, coach Jill Ellis was thinking the same thing. Ellis was at the draw in France, and when Swedish reporters asked her beforehand if she had thought about potentially facing Sweden, Ellis joked back.
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