In this episode, Santiago and Hal preview FIFA Women’s World Cup and how are the USWNT are doing.
Contributors
Santiago Leon – @sleon
Hal Phillips – @mandarinhal
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USA survives with Portugal tie
The U.S. women are still alive at the World Cup.
Barely.
Needing a win or tie to avoid being eliminated in the group stage for the first time ever at a World Cup or Olympics, the four-time World Cup champions squeaked through with a scoreless draw against Portugal, a team it had beaten in each of its previous 10 meetings. It was a far closer game than it should have been, but the tie was enough for the USWNT to finish second in Group E and go through.
That’s the good news. The bad news is the USWNT is facing old nemesis Sweden in the round of 16. And they’re not playing like a team built for a deep run. In fact, if not for the near post, they’d be going home. Portugal’s Ana Capeta unleashed a corker early in second-half stoppage time and it ricocheted off the post, saving the USWNT to play another day.
Despite Rose Lavelle starting for the first time and Lynn Williams replacing Trinity Rodman, the USWNT had barely any spark. Instead, they were as lackluster as they’d been in the first two games, turning the ball over, making passes into empty spaces and not finishing the chances they did have. When a fire alarm sounded early in the second half at Eden Park, it seemed like a metaphor for this USWNT squad. — Nancy Armour
GROUP E
NED – 7pts
USA – 5pts
POR- 4pts
VIETNAME – 0pts
Game to be played to close out the first round
MOROCCO (3pts) VS COLOMBIA (6pts)
KOREA (0 pts) vs Germany (3pts)
GROUP H
- Colombia — advances to the Round of 16 if it wins or draws against Morocco, OR if it loses to Morocco and Germany draws or loses to South Korea, OR if it loses to Morocco and Germany defeats South Korea (and Colombia advances on tiebreakers over either Morocco or Germany).
- Colombia — wins the group if it wins or draws against Morocco, OR if it loses to Morocco AND Germany defeats South Korea (and it wins tiebreakers over Germany and Morocco), OR if it loses to Morocco AND Germany draws or loses to South Korea (and it wins tiebreakers over Morocco).
- Colombia — is eliminated if it loses to Morocco AND Germany defeats South Korea (and it loses tiebreakers to Germany and Morocco).
- Germany — advances to the Round of 16 if it defeats South Korea AND Colombia wins or draws against Morocco, OR if it defeats South Korea AND Morocco defeats Colombia (and it wins tiebreakers over either Morocco or Colombia), OR if it loses to South Korea AND Colombia defeats Morocco (and it wins tiebreakers over Morocco and South Korea), OR if it draws South Korea AND Colombia defeats Morocco, OR if it draws South Korea AND Colombia draws Morocco (and it wins tiebreakers over Morocco).
- Germany — wins the group if it defeats South Korea AND Morocco defeats Colombia (and it wins tiebreakers over Morocco and Colombia).
- Germany — is eliminated if it loses to South Korea AND Colombia defeats Morocco (and it loses tiebreakers to either Morocco or South Korea), OR if it loses to South Korea AND Colombia draws or loses to Morocco, OR if it draws South Korea and Morocco defeats Colombia, OR if it defeats South Korea AND Morocco defeats Colombia (and it loses tiebreakers to Morocco and Colombia).
- Morocco — advances to the Round of 16 if it defeats Colombia AND Germany defeats South Korea (and it wins tiebreakers over either Germany or Colombia), OR if it defeats Colombia AND South Korea defeats or draws Germany, OR if it draws Colombia AND South Korea defeats Germany, OR if it loses to Colombia AND South Korea defeats Germany (and it wins tiebreakers over Germany and South Korea).
- Morocco — wins the group if it defeats Colombia AND Germany draws or loses to South Korea (and it wins tiebreakers over Colombia), OR if it defeats Colombia AND Germany defeats South Korea (and it wins tiebreakers over Colombia and Germany).
- Morocco — is eliminated if it loses to Colombia AND Germany wins or draws against South Korea, OR if it loses to Colombia AND South Korea defeats Germany (and it loses tiebreakers to either Germany or South Korea), OR if it draws Colombia AND Germany defeats South Korea, OR if it draws Colombia AND Germany draws South Korea (and it loses tiebreakers to Germany), or if it defeats Colombia AND Germany defeats
- South Korea (and it loses tiebreakers to Germany and Colombia).
- South Korea — advances to the Round of 16 if it defeats Germany AND Colombia defeats Morocco (and it wins tiebreakers over Germany and Morocco).
- South Korea — cannot win the group.
- South Korea — is eliminated if it draws or loses to Germany, OR if it defeats Germany AND Colombia draws or loses to Morocco.
2023 Women’s World Cup Bracket Preview
August 5th
SUI vs ESP
NED vs SOUTH AFRICA
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JPN vs NOR
SWE vs USA (Aug. 6th)
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AUS vs DEN (Aug. 7th)
FRA vs 2H (COL, GER or MOR) – AUG 8th
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ENG-NGA
1H (COL, GER or MOR) vs JAM
Santiago Leon is the Founder and CEO of the Sports Cast. He covers NFL, NBA, and world soccer. He’s also founder of sleon productions, which he specializes in technology and serves clients with solutions to make their business grow.
