Soccer World Cup 2019 / USA

Football Women's World Cup 2019 : USA
Trainer	Jill Ellis
captain	Carli Lloyd / Alex Morgan / Megan Rapinoe
Qualified as	Winner of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2018
Tournament result	World Champion
Games won	7th
Games tie	0
Games lost	0
Gates	26: 3

This article discusses the Women's United States men's national soccer team at the FIFA World Cup of Women in 2019 in France . The US team took part in the finals for the eighth time, making it the only CONCACAF team that was qualified for all events. The USA qualified by reaching the final of the CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2018 . The USA were able to defend their title from 2015 and are now the second team to succeed after Germany (2003 and 2007). While Germany competed with different coaches in 2003 and 2007, Jill Ellis was on the sidelines for both titles in the USA . They set new series records: They were the first team to win 12 games in a row across the World Cup, which is also a new record for a coach, and not to lose 17 games in a row - except through penalty shootouts .

qualification

The CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup 2018 served as a qualification for the CONCACAF teams , in which the two finalists and the third placed could qualify directly for the World Cup and the fourth placed could reach the Pan-American playoffs against the third of the South American Women's Football Championship 2018 . The USA were automatically qualified as hosts and defending champions for the Gold Cup and initially met Mexico, Panama and Trinidad and Tobago at the tournament in the USA . In the first game Mexico were defeated 6-0, which already meant a preliminary decision for the group victory, as the other two teams were placed lower in the FIFA world rankings . A 5-0 win against Panama followed, and a 7-0 win against Trinidad and Tobago, which resulted in the group victory. In the semi-finals, the team met Jamaica, which had defeated previous World Cup participants Costa Rica 1-0 in the parallel group and thus relegated to third place. The Americans qualified 6-0 for the final and the World Cup in France. In the final they then defended the title against Canada with a 2-0 win - the 50th win in their 60th game against the northern neighbor.

In total, national coach Jill Ellis deployed 20 players, eleven of which were already in the squad for the 2015 World Cup. The two goalkeepers Ashlyn Harris (1 mission) and Alyssa Naeher (4 missions) were not used there. Four players were used in all five games. The top scorers were Alex Morgan , who made her 150th international match in the semi-finals, with seven goals and Tobin Heath with four goals. A total of ten players contributed at least one goal to a total of 26 goals.

Group games

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	United States	18: 0	9
2	Panama	5: 5	6th
3	Mexico	4: 9	3
4th	Trinidad and Tobago	1:14	0

October 4, 2018 at the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary
United States	-	Mexico	6: 0 (1: 0)	Morgan (2), Rapinoe (2), Ertz , Heath
October 7, 2018 at the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary
Panama	-	United States	0: 5 (0: 4)	Carli Lloyd (3), Mewis , Press
October 10, 2018 at the WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary
Trinidad and Tobago	-	United States	0: 7 (0: 4)	Lavelle (2), Morgan (2), Dunn , Heath, Horan

Semifinals

October 14, 2018 in Frisco , Toyota Stadium
United States	-	Jamaica	6: 0 (5: 0)	Heath (2), Morgan (2), Ertz, Rapinoe

final

October 17, 2018 in Frisco , Toyota Stadium
United States	-	Canada	2: 0 (1: 0)	Lavelle, Morgan

preparation

The team before the game against Japan on February 27, 2019

In November, the Americans traveled to Europe, where they beat Portugal and Scotland 1-0 each. In January 2019, there was another trip to Europe, where they played against World Cup hosts France (1: 3) and for the first time against Spain (1: 0). At the end of February / beginning of March they hosted the SheBelieves Cup again, where England (2: 2) and, for the first time, South American champions Brazil (1: 0) and Asian champions Japan (2: 2) took part. The Americans took second place behind England. This was followed by home games in April against Australia (5: 3, with the 100th international goal by Alex Morgan ) and Belgium (6: 0), which has never been played before, and in May against World Cup newcomers South Africa (3: 0), Oceania champions New Zealand (5-0) and Mexico (3-0).

Squad

The squad for the World Cup was announced on May 1st.

No.	Player	birth date	debut	society	Country games	Country goals	Last use	World Cup games, goals	World Cup 2019
									Sp.
goal
21st	Adrianna Franch	11/12/1990	2019	Portland Thorns FC	001	000	02.03.2019
18th	Ashlyn Harris	October 19, 1985	2013	Orlando Pride	021st	000	04/07/2019	0 (2015)
01	Alyssa Naeher	04/20/1988	2014	Chicago Red Stars	046	000	05/26/2019	0 (2015)	7th
Defense
07th	Abby Dahlkemper	05/13/1993	2016	NC courage	040	000	05/26/2019		7th		1
12	Tierna Davidson	09/19/1998	2018	Chicago Red Stars	020th	001	05/12/2019		1
19th	Crystal Dunn	07/03/1992	2013	NC courage	085	024	05/26/2019		6th
11	Alexandra Krieger	07/28/1984	2007	Orlando Pride	100	001	May 16, 2019	13 (2011, 2015)	3
05	Kelley O'Hara	08/04/1988	2010	Utah Royals FC	118	002	05/26/2019	4.1 (2011, 2015)	6th		1
04th	Becky Sauerbrunn	06/06/1985	2008	Utah Royals FC	158	000	05/26/2019	8 (2011, 2015)	6th
14th	Emily Sonnett	11/25/1993	2015	Portland Thorns FC	033	000	05/26/2019		1
midfield
06th	Morgan Brian	02/26/1993	2013	Chicago Red Stars	082	006th	01/19/2019	6 (2015)	1
08th	Julie Ertz	04/06/1992	2013	Chicago Red Stars	082	018th	05/26/2019	7 (2015)	6th	1
09	Lindsey Horan	05/26/1994	2013	Portland Thorns FC	068	008th	05/26/2019		6th	2	1/1
16	Rose Lavelle	05/14/1995	2017	Washington Spirit	027	007th	05/26/2019		6th	3
20th	Allie Long	08/13/1987	2014	Reign FC	045	006th	05/26/2019		1		1
03	Samantha Mewis	10/09/1992	2014	NC courage	050	012	05/26/2019		6th	2
attack
17th	Tobin Heath	05/29/1988	2008	Portland Thorns FC	150	030th	05/26/2019	10.1 (2011, 2015)	6th
10	Carli Lloyd	07/16/1982	2005	Sky Blue FC	274	110	05/26/2019	18.7 (2007, 2011, 2015)	7th	3
22nd	Jessica McDonald	02/28/1988	2016	NC courage	007th	002	04/07/2019		1
13	Alex Morgan	07/02/1989	2010	Orlando Pride	163	101	05/26/2019	12.3 (2011, 2015)	6th	6th
23	Christians Press	December 29, 1988	2013	Utah Royals FC	116	048	05/26/2019	4.1 (2015)	7th	1
02	Mallory Pugh	04/29/1998	2016	Washington Spirit	053	016	05/26/2019		3	1
15th	Megan Rapinoe	07/05/1985	2006	Reign FC	153	044	05/26/2019	12.2 (2011, 2015)	5	6th	1
Coaching staff
Head coach	Jill Ellis	09.09.1966	2014	United States Soccer Federation				7 (2015)		7th

1. ↑ As of May 2019
2. ↑ ^{a b} Status: Before the 2019 World Cup
3. ↑ Also an own goal by the Swede Jonna Andersson
4. ↑ As Julie Johnston
5. ↑ In the game against Chile
6. ↑ In the first half of the game against Sweden, in the game against France and against England
7. ^ In the games against Thailand, Spain and the Netherlands

draw

Reims (VR + AF) Paris (VR) Le Havre (VR) Lyon (HF + F)

US team venues

For the draw for the World Cup groups on December 8, 2018, the USA was allocated to Pot 1 based on its placement in the FIFA world rankings of December 7, 2018. The team could not meet Germany, neighboring Canada or host France, who were also in Pot 1. Because of the mode, she was also unable to meet Jamaica. The USA were drawn as the last group head for group F. Like four years earlier, the draw was drawn from Sweden, World Cup newcomers Chile and Thailand.

Sweden is the fourth most popular opponent of the US after Canada, China and Norway. Of all the teams, both met each other most frequently at World Cup tournaments. In five preliminary rounds there were three wins for the USA in 1991, 2003 and 2007, a draw at the last edition in 2015 and one defeat at the penultimate World Cup in 2011. A total of 21 wins, nine games without a winner, six normal defeats and two defeats in the Penalty shootouts, including the particularly painful one in the quarter-finals at the last 2016 Olympics, which led to the expulsion of record goalkeeper Hope Solo after she complained about the Swedes' defensive style of play.

The first game against Chile was at the end of August / beginning of September and both games were won (3-0 and 4-0). There was only one game against Thailand, the USA's 50th international opponent, which was won 9-0 in September 2016.

Group games

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	United States	3	3	0	0	018: 000	+18	09
2.	Sweden	3	2	0	1	007: 300	+4	06th
3.	Chile	3	1	0	2	002: 500	−3	03
4th	Thailand	3	0	0	3	001:200	−19	00

Tue., June 11, 2019 in Reims
United States	-	Thailand	13: 0 (3: 0)
Sun 16 June 2019 in Paris
United States	-	Chile	03: 0 (3: 0)
Thursday, June 20, 2019 in Le Havre
Sweden	-	United States	00: 2 (0: 1)

Knockout round

In the round of 16, the Americans played for the first time in a World Cup game against Spain, against which they played for the first time on January 22, 2019 and won 1-0. The last sixteen match was only just won 2: 1, and they conceded the first tournament goal. In the quarter-finals they met the hosts for the first time in a World Cup game and were able to win this game - like the game against Spain - with two goals from Megan Rapinoe 2-1. As in the previous seven World Cup tournaments, the USA are in the semi-finals, where they will meet England. They last played 2-2 against the English at the SheBelieves Cup 2019 . The last victory was at the SheBelieves Cup 2018 , the last defeat at the SheBelieves Cup 2017 .

Mon., June 24, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. (CEST) in Reims
Spain	-	United States	1: 2 (1: 1)
Friday, June 28, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Paris
France	-	United States	1: 2 (0: 1)
Tuesday, July 2nd, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Lyon
England	-	United States	1: 2 (1: 2)
Sun 7 July 2019 in Lyon
United States	-	Netherlands	2: 0 (0: 0)

Awards

• Tobin Heath : Player of the game against Sweden
• Alex Morgan : Player of the game against Thailand and England
• Megan Rapinoe : Player of the game against Spain, France and the Netherlands, best player and top scorer of the tournament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ussoccer.com: Countdown to the Cup
2. ↑ ussoccer.com: Meet the USA's 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Team
3. ↑ fifa.com: Pot allocation for World Cup draw according to the latest world rankings