Heading into the final day of group stage play at the Women’s World Cup, Vlatko Andonovski and the United States women’s national team find themselves in unfamiliar territory. A tie or a win against Portugal (Tuesday, 3 a.m. ET) will see them through to the knockout stage. If they somehow lose to a Portuguese side participating in its first Women’s World Cup, the USWNT could find themselves crashing out of the group stage for the first time in the history of the program depending on results in the Netherlands-Vietnam match.
A draw against the Netherlands wasn’t all that surprising in the grand scheme of things, but it might prove to be costly if they can’t take care of business against Portugal. The midfield was unable to get much going and Andonovski only made one substitution to try and change things up despite having one of the most talented squads in the world available to him at his disposal.
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