The United States women’s national team will face Sweden on Sunday as the knockout stage begins in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The USWNT finished the group stage as the second-place team in Group E and their Round of 16 match meant they would face the Group G winners. There’s no shortage of history between the two teams during major international tournaments, but this tournament has shown us this is a new era of women’s football.
Let’s take a look at how to watch the upcoming match and a lineup prediction
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Lineup prediction
USWNT starting lineup prediction: Naeher, Fox, Girma, Ertz, Dunn, Mewis, Horan, Sanchez, Rodman, Smith, Williams.
The Stars and Stripes have a deep bench mixed with experienced players and their own World Cup debutant players. Head coach Vlatko Andonovski didn’t rotate much during the group stage and now he’s going to have his hand at a forced adjustment. Rose Lavelle made her first start in the final group game against Portugal but picked up a yellow card, her second of the tournament, and she will be unavailable against Sweden due to yellow card accumulation.
It’s tough to gauge just which line the coaching staff wants to tinker with moving forward…
