The U.S. women’s national team’s June 1 friendly against South Korea will now be part of a double bill.
U.S. Soccer announced on Friday that the U.S. women’s deaf national team will join the USWNT at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park to play a friendly against Australia as part of a doubleheader.
Tickets for the USWNT’s match in Colorado will be valid for both matches, with the deaf national team’s match set for a 2 p.m. ET start. In a first for one of the federation’s extended national teams, the match will be broadcast on TruTV and Max.
That will be followed by the USWNT’s match against South Korea, which is scheduled for a 5 p.m. ET start. That game will be broadcast on TNT, TruTV, Universo, Max, and Peacock.
“The U.S. women’s deaf national team is honored to take part in this historic doubleheader with the U.S. women’s national team and I know all the players are excited to participate in this unique event,” said deaf WNT head coach Amy Griffin, who was part of the USWNT side that won the 1991 World Cup.
“Along with a legacy of international success, our team serves as an inspiration for deaf and hard of hearing players and is a catalyst for growth in those communities. This doubleheader and the broadcast of our game marks a huge step forward for the extended national teams program and will magnify what success looks like when more opportunities and access are provided to everyone.”
The deaf WNT has won a whopping 37 of its 38 games since getting started in 2005, claiming three DIFA World Deaf Football Championship titles and four Deaflympics gold medals in that time.
The friendly against Australia will wrap up the team’s first training camp since winning the World Deaf Football Championship in October. The camp is planned as part of the preparations for the 2024 Deaf Pan American Games, which will be held in Brazil from November 7-18.
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