The choice of United States, with Megan Rapinoe at the helm, arrived this Tuesday in Auckland with the aim of winning a third consecutive World Cup, expected to be the second with the most support in New Zealand (after at home). total, USA He won four World Cups: the first edition (1991), along with those in 1999, 2015 and 2019.
The team led by Vlatko Andonovsky was enthusiastically received by fans at the airport. The US team was already in New Zealand in January to perform a stage.
“We started working then (in January) to prepare for the World Cup. We already feel, like now, at home,” he said. andonovski to the media at the airport. “We want to be the second favorite team for New Zealanders.”
USA it will be based in Auckland during the World Cup and will play all its group E matches in New Zealand (which hosts the tournament alongside Australia).
USAfour-time world champion, will start this edition on July 22 at Eden Park against Vietnam and their next opponents are the Netherlands (July 27) and Portugal (August 1). In their final friendly before the World Cup, the defending champions beat Wales 2-0 in San Jose, California on Sunday. Megan RapinoeGolden Boot and best player at the 2019 World Cup in France, did not play against Wales and announced that she will retire at the end of the National Women Soccer League season.
andonovski said that, at 38 years old, Rapinoe He will once again be fundamental for the United States in this World Cup. “He is a true professional, he knows what he has to do to win these big tournaments. Having him here with young people like Sophia (Smith), Trinity (Rodman) and Alyssa (Thompson) It will be very important.”
Source: La Verdad
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