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The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar has concluded with Lionel Messi and Argentina as match champions, and now all eyes shift to the upcoming 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Argentina and France have already certified for the forthcoming occasion, and the United States girls’s nationwide workforce are present title holders and contenders as soon as once more. The USWNT will start its quest for a fifth World Cup title on July 20. The ninth version of the match will broaden to incorporate 32 groups divided into eight teams.
The USWNT have been drawn into Group E together with Vietnam, the Netherlands and the winners of Playoff A. There are nonetheless three qualification spots within the 2023 World Cup and 10 groups will compete in an inter-confederation playoff in February to find out the remaining groups. Either Portugal, Cameroon, or Thailand will be part of Group E.
U.S. nationwide workforce head coach Vlatko Andonovski and the group will kick off the calendar yr with a January camp primarily based in New Zealand. The six-day camp will conclude with a two-game collection in opposition to the co-host nation. Andonovski and the workforce closed out their 2022 calendar yr with a 14-3-1 document, and all three losses got here within the later months of the yr. After the two-game collection in opposition to New Zealand, the USWNT will take part within the SheBelieves Cup in February. The workforce will host Brazil, Canada, and Japan — all 4 groups have already certified for the 2023 World Cup.
Check out the whole lot of the USWNT World Cup group schedule:
All occasions Eastern
Friday, July 21
USA vs. Vietnam, 9 p.m. — Eden Park, Auckland
Wednesday, July 26
USA vs. Netherlands, 9 p.m. — Wellington Regional Stadium
Tuesday, Aug. 1
USA vs. Portugal/Cameroon/Thailand, 3 a.m. — Eden Park