If we're being sincere, the new US Women's team is starting to look like the old US Women's team.
Next week, the USWNT will begin the qualification process for a chance to win a third consecutive FIFA World Cup. They can do it with more than half of the starting lineup of the 2019 World Cup-winning team.
Utah head coach Vlatko Andonovski told The Sporting News that the players involved know who will start the July 4 game against Haiti and the fun. Most important of the Concacaf W Championship. which will decide not only the region's representatives at the 2023 World Cup but also the automatic qualification for the 2024 Olympics.
"We have a good idea of who the 11 in Mexico will be," Andonovski told TSN. "I'm sure even outside the coach's office, it's not hard to predict who they will be."
He may not think of it as a challenge, but he's throwing one out for everyone who follows the USWNT.
A burgeoning star Catarina Macario didn't hurt her knee on the last day of her club's regular season at Lyon in France, the front row would have had a whole new look, and that could have spread to more members of the squad.
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