And it certainly won’t be good enough to go far in the deepest, most competitive Women’s World Cup field in history. Advertisement“The way the first World Cup game goes is not the way the last one is going to go,” she said. “Teams need to have time to get into the World Cup. Having so many players who had their first World Cup experience, it was a good start for us. And he especially wanted to test his young players, giving starts to six World Cup rookies and bringing two others off the bench.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 22, 2023 20:29 UTC