Soccer America Daily
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Top 5: Youngest Americans in 2023 Women's World Cup
1. Casey Phair (South Korea, 16). Youngest player to ever play in World Cup.
2. Solai Washington (Jamaica, 17). Rising high school senior plays for Concorde Fire.
3. Isabella Flanigan (Philippines, 18). First World Cup player from West Virginia.
4. Alyssa Thompson (USA, 18). Only Tiffany Roberts (1995) was younger U.S. player.
5. Malea Cesar (Philippines, 19). Will play at NCAA D3 Trinity (Texas) University in the fall.
Note: Players who have made an appearance.
Soccer America Top of the News
USA-Netherlands: Dutch have edge in experience but lost attacking style
by Jaap de Groot
Just like during the men's World Cup in Qatar, the tactical choices of the Oranje coach are being questioned. Read the whole story
Alex Morgan: U.S. team liberated after winning equal pay battle
by Andy Scott
The star striker spoke ahead of the USA's clash with the Netherlands, a rematch of the 2019 final. Read the whole story
Highlights: Women's World Cup (Tuesday)
Group A:
New Zealand (0–1) Philippines. (Goal: Bolden 24. Att.: 32,357).
• The Filipinas became the first of the eight debutants to score and earn points.
Switzerland (0-0) Norway. (Att.: 10,769).
• Norway star forward Ada Hegerberg withdrew because off a warmup groin injury.
Group H:
Colombia (2-0) South Korea. (Goals: Usme 30 pen., Caicedo 39. Att.: 24,323.)
• Linda Caicedo, 18, an ovarian cancer survivor, scored in her World Cup debut.
The Philippines celebrate historic World Cup win
by Ryland James
The 1-0 victory over host New New Zealand marked the nation's first ever World Cup win. Read the whole story
Norway is in peril amid Ada Hegerberg injury and player unrest
by Andy Scott
On top of the injury to the former Ballon d"or winner, winless Norway is dealing with an unhappy Caroline Graham Hansen. Read the whole story
TV Watch: Brazil opener averages 11.5 million viewers on TV Globo
• The broadcast of Brazil's 4-0 victory over Panama on TV Globo averaged 11.5 million viewers, the largest audience in the 8-10 a.m. time slot on Brazilian television in almost 15 years ago. Four years ago, TV Globo's broadcasts of four Brazilian matches and the USA-Netherlands final at the World Cup in France were the five most-watched broadcasts in the world, topped by more than 30 million viewers for France-Brazil in the round of 16.
Watch (flashback): USA-Netherlands 2019 Women's World Cup final
by Mike Woitalla
The USA's second Group E game is a rematch of its latest World Cup final win. Here's how that went down. Read the whole story
Women's World Cup: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. From Norway, a voice unafraid to call out FIFA from the inside By Tariq Panja (New York Times)
2. BBC apologizes for asking Morocco soccer captain if teammates are lesbians By Matt Lavietes (NBC News)
3. Bob Marley instilled a love of soccer in his daughter, Cedella. Now she’s changing the lives of women and girls in Jamaica By Matias Grez (CNN)