The U.S. girls’s nationwide crew are again in motion after successful gold this summer season within the Paris Olympics. The squad will host Iceland at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas on Thursday in sport one among a three-match celebration sequence. The victory tour will characteristic two video games in opposition to Iceland and shut out in opposition to Argentina. Head coach Emma Hayes has named a 26-player roster for the October worldwide window because the group prepares for the sixteenth assembly total between the 2 sides. 

This is the whole lot you’ll want to know forward of the match in opposition to Iceland:

Viewing information

• Date: Thursday, Oct. 24 | Time: 7:30 pm ET
• Location: Q2 Stadium — Austin, TX
• TV: TBS | Stream: MAX
• Odds: USWNT -250; Draw +420; Iceland +580

Storylines

USWNT: Final time the world noticed the USWNT they have been standing on the highest podium with gold medals round their necks. Hayes solely had a four-game run-up to the Olympics, and now 10 matches later, she and the crew are on a victory tour. There are 18 gamers from the Olympic roster out there for choice, whereas some gold medalists are lacking attributable to lingering accidents. Ahead Trinity Rodman shouldn’t be in camp with a again damage, and Sophia Smith and Mallory Swanson can be found as two components of the “triple espresso” assault. 

Hayes has been vocal concerning the early phases of planning for the 2027-28 cycle, and that features increasing the participant pool. She plans on using your entire participant listing all through the window, and with six gamers on this camp with no senior look, there’s a sturdy indication that a number of debuts are a risk. 

Projected XI: Campbell; Malonson, Sonnett, Girma, Fox; Coffey, Horan, Sanchez; Ryan, Smith, Swanson.

Iceland: The Stelpurnar okkar (Our Women) are winless in opposition to the USWNT of their earlier 15 conferences with 13 losses and two attracts. They’re at present ranked thirteenth total within the FIFA Girls’s World Rankings and are contemporary off qualifying for the 2025 UEFA Girls’s Euro — a fifth consecutive achievement for the nationwide crew. Iceland Supervisor Thorsteinn Halldórsson named 23 gamers for the October friendlies in opposition to the US, with a majority of the gamers a part of the Euro qualifying squad. Ahead Sveindís Jónsdóttir will likely be a frequent mark for defenders because the 23-year-old is the roster’s main scorer with 12 objectives in 40 worldwide appearances.

Prediction

First video games again within the worldwide combine will be stagnant to start out. Add in some rotation and participant administration and perhaps this one is extra slim than some anticipate. Choose: USWNT 1, Iceland 0

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