The United States men’s national team announced it will play a friendly against Morocco in June as preparation for the 2022 World Cup. Cincinnati, Ohio, will host the friendly at FC Cincinnati’s TQL Stadium.
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The biggest event on the USWNT’s calendar in 2022 is the Concacaf W Championship in July, which serves as qualifying for the 2023 Women’s World Cup and 2024 Olympics. To prepare for the tournament in Monterrey, Mexico, the U.S. women are heading for the mountains.
En el cronograma de México camino al Mundial de Catar aparece un partido amistoso ante Nigeria en el estadio AT&T de Arlington, Texas, que tiene a algunos aficionados del Tri algo intranquilos.
¿La razón? Sobre el césped de aquel recinto deportivo, tres jugadores de la selección sufrieron lesiones terribles y que incluso dejaron sin Mundial a dos de ellos.
Los caminos de Javier Hernández y Chivas volverán a cruzarse.
Sin embargo, antes de que los Chivahermanos comiencen a entusiasmarse hay que aclarar que Chicharito aún no tiene planeado regresar al Rebaño y que el encuentro en realidad será en veredas opuestas. ¿El motivo? La Leagues Cup Showcase, una jornada doble que abrirá las puertas del SoFi Stadium al mundo del fútbol y en donde veremos al LA Galaxy de CH14 enfrentándose a las Chivas y al LAFC vs. Club América.
El progreso de la Liga MX Femenil es innegable, sin embargo, si existe algo que los equipos mexicanos necesitan de manera urgente para seguir desarrollándose es la oportunidad de ganar roce internacional.
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We are still 200+ days from the World Cup, but the smell is in the air. We already know the groups, we know the calendar and now we also know the name of some of the national teams that will face Mexico in preparation for the tournament.
Christine Sinclair keeps adding to her legacy. Already the greatest international goal scorer of all time — men or women — the Canadian forward added to her tally with another spectacular strike in a 2-2 friendly draw against Nigeria on Monday. Sinc’s 189th goal for the Canucks was one of her best.
Making her 110th appearance for Australia, captain Sam Kerr scored her 58th and 59th goals for the Matildas on Tuesday in a 3-1 friendly victory over New Zealand in front of over 13,000 in Canberra.
Australia raced to a three-goal advantage after 32 minutes with Kerr registering a brace. The first, in the 15th minute, was a towering header off Steph Catley's corner kick.
The USWNT most likely wasn’t thrilled on having to settle with 48th ranked Uzbekistan as the opponent for two April friendlies. The first of those two games was played on Saturday and the U.S. expectedly thrashed the minnows 9-1.
With many of the USWNT veterans like Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan and Christen Press not selected for the roster it would seem these friendlies are a last chance shot for some of the youngsters to prove themselves and make the cut for July’s Concacaf W Championship. That competition will also serve as World Cup and Olympic qualifying.