The USA women’s national soccer team gets a final chance to iron out the kinks as they take on Wales in a friendly from San Jose before jetting off to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
A trans-Pacific flight to New Zealand awaits, but first Vlatko Andonovski will get the players together to take on Wales for the first-ever meeting between these two countries.
With the Women’s World Cup ready to begin on July 20, and the U.S. to begin their tournament against Vietnam on July 21, this will be a vital 90 minutes to gear up for the competition. While health and fitness is paramount, and few risks will be taken, the squad will still hope to gain valuable minutes from this match.
Wales, ranked 30th in the world by FIFA, will provide good competition for the United States, having just narrowly missed out on a World Cup spot themselves, falling at the final hurdle in the European qualifying playoffs to Switzerland.
The Sporting News is following the USA vs Wales match live, providing score updates, commentary and highlights as they happen.
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USA vs Wales live score
| Score (1H) | Goal scorers | |
| USA | 0 | — |
| Wales | 0 | — |
Starting lineups:
USA (4-3-3, right to left): 1. Naeher (GK) — 19. Dunn, 4. Girma,…
