Beth Mead, Ella Toone and Ellen White, who has since retired, combined to score 33 goals over the 10 qualifying matches. Morgan and Smith combined for three of the four goals in the first of two friendlies against Nigeria in September.Įngland is coming off a 10-0 thumping of Luxembourg and a 2-0 victory against Austria at the end of UEFA World Cup qualification. The Americans have 10 victories by multiple goals, and they have been powered by a large group of goal scorers, led by Alex Morgan and Sophia Smith. The USWNT conceded two goals in 2022, one in a 9-1 win over Uzbekistan and the other in its most-recent game, a 2-1 win over Nigeria. The USWNT won the SheBelieves Cup with two wins and a draw and did not slip up in the Concacaf W Tournament, which qualified it for the Women's World Cup and Summer Olympics.
The Lionesses played three friendlies in 2022, and all of them were against European teams.īoth teams have been dominant in their own right in their respective competitions this season. Colombia is the only one of those three teams ranked inside the top 25 and it is 25th.Įngland faced tougher competition throughout the calendar year because it played and won Euro 2022 and went through World Cup qualification. The USWNT's 2022 friendlies have come against Colombia, Nigeria and Uzbekistan. The USWNT has been the dominant power in North America for a long time, and it rarely gets a chance to prove itself outside of the major international competitions against a team like England.Įngland is fourth in the FIFA women's world rankings, which is three spots behind the Americans in first. The 2023 Women's World Cup draw will ultimately decide when the USWNT and Lionesses will face off, if they can, in Australia and New Zealand, but Friday's game feels like a potential final matchup. USWNT-England Clash Could Be World Cup Final Preview
Friday's showdown should serve as a good measuring stick for the two dominant national team programs, and if it lives up to expectations, it could strum up more hype for a potential final between the two sides next summer.
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