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Broncos tweet support for U.S. Soccer team at Women’s World Cup

Broncos and Russell Wilson tweeted messages of support for USWNT stars Sophia Smith and Lindsay Horan, Colorado’s World Cup representatives.

The U.S. women’s national soccer team (USWNT) will be in Australia and New Zealand over the next few weeks participating in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

The USWNT roster features two players from Colorado — midfielder Lindsay Horan (Golden) and winger Sophia Smith (Windsor). Smith and Horan were responsible for all three goals the USA scored in their 3-0 win over Vietnam in their World Cup opener last week.

Smith scored twice and she later assisted Horan for the third goal. Horan, 29, is a World Cup veteran. Smith, 22, is making her World Cup debut this summer.

“Crazy how young and talented! ⚽️💪🏾” Denver Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson tweeted after Smith’s impressive performance last week.

The Broncos also tweeted a message of support for Smith and Horan and the entire USWNT.

Mallory Swanson, a Peyton Manning fan, is also from Colorado (Highlands Ranch) and she is a star player on the USWNT but is sidelined for this year’s World Cup due to injury.

The Broncos hosted the USWNT for training sessions at their facility last summer.

Following their win last week, up next for the USWNT is an important group-stage showdown with the Netherlands at 7:00 p.m. MT on Wednesday, July 26. The USA-Netherlands game will be nationally televised on Fox.

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World Cup 2023 announcers: Who’s calling games for FOX Sports in Australia and New Zealand?

Here’s who will be on the mics.

The 2023 World Cup is here, broadcasting live from Australia and New Zealand, as 32 national teams vie for the chance to declare they’re the best in globe at soccer.

In the United States, games will be broadcast on FOX Sports and streaming on Sling and Fubo.

MORE: Every World Cup team nickname, ranked

And if you’re watching and wondering whose voices you’re hearing while watching those contests, we’ve got you covered with a list of the names who will be on the mics for those games.

So let’s run through them for both networks as we get ready to watch the 2023 World Cup:

STUDIO: Carli Lloyd, Rob Stone, Alexi Lalas, Stu Holden and Heather O’Reilly. Also joining : Karina LeBlanc, Kate Gill and Arianne Hingst.

IN THE BOOTH: 

JP Dellacamera and Aly Wagner (lead)

John Strong and Kyndra de St. Aubin

Jacqui Oatley and Lori Lindsey

Kate Scott and Danielle Slaton

Jenn Hildreth and Warren Barton

REPORTERS: Jenny Taft

RULES ANALYSTS: Dr. Joe Machnik and Mark Clattenburg

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FOX asked a marsupial to pick a World Cup winner, and then it pooped on live TV

In soccer, they call that a shot-on-target.

All animals poop. And sometimes, when the cameras are on, manners are discarded, and animals poop on live TV.

In a pregame segment before the U.S. women’s national team’s 2023 World Cup opener against Vietnam in New Zealand on Saturday (Friday in the U.S.), FOX brought a marsupial onto its live set in Australia. The goal of the segment was to have Maddy the pademelon pick a World Cup winner. The choices were the heavily favored USWNT, or the rest of the world.

But as Maddy was being introduced by her handler, the camera zoomed in on the marsupial.

And then, Maddy pooped.

In front of Stu Holden, Heather O’Reilly and the world.

Perhaps it was stage fright for the tiny marsupial, or just a good shot-on-target.

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2023 World Cup: The complete USWNT schedule, from group stage to another possible final

Prepare for a handful of early kickoff times for the USWNT.

The 2023 World Cup is finally here and, again, the U.S. women’s national team is expected to be the champion.

Led by Alex Morgan, the Americans have won the past two World Cups and bring a roster to this year’s tournament in Australia and New Zealand that mixes veterans with fresh talent. They’ll be without captain and key defender Becky Sauerbrunn, but youngsters like Emily Fox should help ease her absence.

The USWNT’s journey to a third straight World Cup crown — which would be their fifth overall — begins on July 21, when it kicks off play in Group E with a match against Vietnam.

From that match through the final, here is the complete schedule we can expect for the Americans at the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand:

  • Group E match vs. Vietnam | July 21, 9 p.m. ET
  • Group E match vs. Netherlands | July 26, 9 p.m. ET
  • Group E match vs. Portugal | Aug. 1, 3 a.m. ET
  • Should the U.S. win Group E, it will face the runner-up of Group G on Aug. 5 at 10 p.m. ET. If the U.S. is the runner-up in Group E, the Americans will face the winner of Group G on Aug. 6 at 5 a.m. ET.
  • The USWNT would then play in a quarterfinal on Aug. 10 or 11.
  • The semifinals are Aug. 15 and 16.
  • The final — played in Sydney, Australia — is on Aug. 20 with a kickoff time of 6 a.m. ET. Stock up on coffee if the Americans advance that far again.

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When did Carli Lloyd retire from the USWNT?

Lloyd had a decorated and memorable career with the U.S. women’s national team, but she has hung her cleats up.

With the 2023 World Cup kicking off in New Zealand and Australia, longtime U.S. women’s national team forward Carli Lloyd will not be on the field for the Americans.

That’s because Lloyd has been retired for nearly two years.

Lloyd, who played in four World Cups and helped the U.S. win two of them – as she was part of the championship squads in 2015 and 2019 – called it quits and hung up her cleats for good in November 2021. She scored her final goal for the national team in a friendly against Paraguay in Cincinnati on Sept. 21, 2021.

A month before that, Lloyd scored twice in the USWNT’s bronze medal match win over Australia at the Olympics.

At the time of her retirement, Lloyd was 39 and wrapped up one of the most decorated careers of any women’s soccer player. Her accomplishments include:

  • The first woman to ever score three goals in a FIFA World Cup Final.
  • The first player to ever score in six straight World Cup matches.
  • The oldest player to ever score for the U.S. women’s national team.
  • The USWNT’s third-all-time leading scorer.
  • Is second all-time in caps for the U.S.
  • Is fifth all-time in assists for the U.S.
  • At the time of her retirement, was one of just four international women’s soccer players to play more than 300 times for her country.
  • A two-time winner of the FIFA Women’s Player of the Year (2015 and 2016).
  • Is one of nine USWNT players to score five goals in a single match.
  • Scored the most goals for the U.S. at the Olympics with 10.

Lloyd played in four World Cups and four Olympics for the Americans. In 316 games wearing the stars-and-stripes, she scored 134 goals and dished out 64 assists.

As good as Lloyd was, she could also be a bit of a frustrating player and vocal when things didn’t go her way. She famously only started in one match during the USWNT’s run in the 2019 World Cup, and later gave several interviews about how much that “absolutely sucked” despite the Americans winning the sport’s highest crown for the second straight time.

She’s also never been shy about clapping back at those who criticize or disagree with her.

But there’s no denying Lloyd’s talent on the soccer pitch – or even the football field, where she’s drilled 55-yard field goals. Her try at a baseball pitch wasn’t terrible either.

Lloyd wowed people on the soccer turf during her time with the national team, gaining fans from Tiger Woods to Barack Obama.

Most of us will always remember her hat trick in the 2015 World Cup Final though, particularly that strike from midfield in the 16th minute that sailed over Japan’s keeper before nestling up against the back of the net, putting the USWNT ahead 4-0 and essentially securing their victory.

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The USWNT’s attire was all business ahead of World Cup opener vs. Vietnam

Team USA decided to forego any flash as it prepared for its World Cup opener against Vietnam.

Team USA acted like it had been there before ahead of its 2023 World Cup opener against Vietnam.

As the two-time defending World Cup champion United States Women’s National Team began its run at winning soccer’s highest honor for the third time in a row, it decided to forego any flash as it arrived at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, on Saturday (Friday night in the United States).

The team donned entirely business attire as it prepared for the match against Vietnam, in which the USWNT will be the heavy favorite. Check out this ice-cold, professional look as the top-ranked team in the world prepares to begin its World Cup journey.

It looks like the four-time World Cup winners are ready to chase title No. 5.

The United States and Vietnam are joined in Group E by the Netherlands and Portugal, which are set to face off against each other in an opening matchup on Sunday at 3:30 a.m. ET.

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USWNT roster: Here are the 23 U.S. players heading to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand

Here’s the full U.S. women’s soccer team roster heading to the the 2023 World Cup.

The USWNT roster is out, and as expected, it’s filled with stars.

There are plenty of names you saw in the last Women’s World Cup back in 2019, including star forwards Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan, so head coach Vlatko Andonovski will have lots of talent to choose from as the United States team gets set to defend its title in Australia and New Zealand.

If you’re wondering where Becky Sauerbrunn is? Sadly, the captain will miss the World Cup with a foot injury.

Here’s a breakdown of the full roster by position after it was announced on Wednesday, going from goalkeepers to the forwards.

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5 teams that can beat the USWNT at the 2023 World Cup

It wasn’t that long ago that England, Spain and Germany notched victories over the Americans.

The 2023 World Cup is here and, once again, the U.S. is favored to win it all. Should the Americans prove oddsmakers right, it’ll be their fifth World Cup victory overall since the women’s tournament began in 1991, and third in a row.

And there’s good reason to believe that the Americans can pull off a three-peat. While some stars like Tobin Heath and Carli Lloyd are not with the squad, it is still an extremely roster, featuring seasoned veterans like Megan Rapinoe, in-their-prime players like Crystal Dunn and rising newcomers like Ashley Sanchez. Even without some key players, the U.S. has – on paper – one of the best teams in Australia and New Zealand.

But there’s no guarantee that the USWNT just breezes through this tournament. Especially once the Americans get out of the group stage, challenges could arise. The Americans have shown that they aren’t bulletproof – just last fall, they lost three games in a row, to England, Spain and Germany. And in February, they escaped with one-goal victories over Japan and Brazil.

The rest of the world has started to invest more in women’s soccer, and some countries are catching up with the talent that the USWNT has.

Here’s a handful of teams that could upset the Americans in the knockout stage.

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Why is there no extra time in the World Cup group stages?

The reason is actually very simple.

Penalty kicks are rife with tension as one of the best parts of watching international soccer. Unfortunately, if you’re a fan of these dramatic events, you’ll wait until the 2023 World Cup reaches the knockout stages.

You see, in the group stage, every team is awarded three points for a win and one point for a draw. If there’s a tie in the standings, goal differential becomes the tiebreaker. Such a round-robin setup makes having extra time redundant. Plus, more importantly, playing 120 minutes in the group stage would make little sense for a month-long tournament.

The group stage is fun and chaotic, but it’s technically supposed to be an appetizer to the main course of the win-or-go-home knockouts.

Have patience during this tournament. We’ll get to faint during sudden death and a penalty shootout soon enough.

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Why USWNT star Mallory Swanson isn’t at the 2023 FIFA World Cup

The USWNT has dealt with injuries. None bigger than this one.

When the U.S. women’s national team takes the field for its 2023 World Cup opener against Vietnam, it will be doing so without arguably the team’s best attacking player.

Mallory Swanson — formerly Mallory Pugh before her marriage with Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson — is among several key USWNT players to miss the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand due to injury.

Swanson suffered a torn patellar tendon in an April friendly against Ireland, effectively shutting down the USWNT’s most in-form player for a year. In her past 21 matches with the USWNT, Swanson had racked up 21 goal contributions (14 goals, 7 assists) and was coming off four goals in the 2023 SheBelieves Cup.

Despite the estimated 12-month recovery time, Swanson had hoped to make a stunning recovery in time for the World Cup. She said via The Sporting News:

“Honestly, there was a good time where I was like ‘I’m going to make it in time.

“Realistically, anyone can go on Google and look up the recovery time for my injury, and it didn’t really correlate [with my expectations], but I was like ‘I’m gonna do it.'”

But the seriousness of the injury was just too much to overcome in such a short timeframe.

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