Losses in Europe are in the rearview and the Women’s World Cup draw is on the horizon. avicreditor on the USWNT, the concerns raised by the last week, and the possibilities for its World Cup group next summer
and the one that flopped overseas over the past week could be markedly different to the one that’s headed down under next summer.
By that time, the U.S. will have its marching orders for the tournament it’s seeking to win for a third straight time. The Oct. 22 draw in Auckland will be the first of its kind for a 32-team Women’s World Cup, where third-place group finishers no longer have a safety net and the field is a bit more inclusive. Only 29 of the 32 places will have been clinched by the time the draw is conducted, though, with FIFA’s 10-team, intercontinental playoff due to take place in New Zealand in February.
Strictly by the numbers, and since the U.S. cannot be paired with Canada in the group stage due to them coming from the same region, the toughest draw for the U.S. would include fellow 2019 Women’s World Cup finalist Netherlands, Denmark and Nigeria . There isn’t a quartet that should threaten the U.S.’s ability to get out of the group, but a second-place finish could yield a more daunting path in the knockout phase. Then again, the U.S.
In Pot 3, the U.S. can only be grouped with six of the eight teams, with fellow Concacaf sides Costa Rica and Jamaica off limits. There’s a range of experience, with first-time entrants Ireland and Vietnam, second-time qualifier Switzerland and a slightly more experienced South American duo joining the Euro 2017 runner-up Danes. The U.S. beat Colombia in its previous two World Cup appearances—in the round of 16 in 2015 and in the group stage in 2011.
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