For the first time since securing Olympic gold this past summer, the U.S. women’s national team will take the field for a pair of friendlies against Iceland in late October.
First up is a meeting of the two sides in Austin on Thursday, Oct. 24 followed by a second game three days later on Sunday in Nashville.
These two fixtures, plus another against Argentina, will serve as a celebration of the Olympic triumph but will also help the side move forward towards the pair of high-profile December road friendlies against England and the Netherlands. With no major international competition for a while for the USWNT, they will relish that type of game against top-tier competition and will wish to prepare adequately.
Iceland are ranked 13th in the world despite falling agonizingly short of qualification to the 2023 Women’s World Cup thanks to an extra-time playoff defeat to Portugal at the final stage. They have, however, won three in a row in Euro qualifying, including a 3-0 demolition of fourth-ranked Germany over the summer that proved they are not to be taken lightly.
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