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The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup is officially underway in Australia and New Zealand with the host nations kicking off the tournament on Thursday. Australia and New Zealand won their respect matches, with scorelines of 1-0 each.
On Friday, the United States women’s national team will begin their campaign to become the first-ever team — men’s or women’s — to win three consecutive World Cup trophies. To advance in the tournament, they’ll have to make it through the group stage which runs from July 20 through August 3. The United States was drawn into Group E alongside Vietnam, the Netherlands and Portugal. Each team will play each other once in a round-robin with only the top two teams in each group advance to the knockout rounds.
Group E brings some interesting challenges to the U.S., with a mix of both old and new foes between them and the Round of 16. Ahead of Friday’s match, here’s a quick explainer of everything you need to know about the three opponents the United States will be…
