International Friendly Match: United States vs. South Korea-Preview, schedule, TV channel and start time

2021-10-27 08:13:23 By : Ms. Jena Chen

The U.S. women's national team will face the South Korean team at the Allianz Arena in St. Paul, Minnesota on Tuesday, October 26. This is the last domestic game of the year. The official kick-off time is set at 8:08 p.m. Eastern Time. The game will be broadcast on FS1 and TUDN. The pre-match report will be broadcast on FS1 from 7:30 PM EST. There is also a dedicated "CarliCam" available on the FOX Sports app and FS1 social media channels. Watch.

Tuesday’s game was also the last game of Carli Lloyd in the US team uniform. She announced in mid-August that these games would mark the end of her 17-year journey with the US Women’s National Team. Lloyd is currently the player with the second most appearances in world football history, playing 315 games and scoring 134 international goals, ranking third in USWNT history and fourth in world history.

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Goalkeepers (2): Jane Campbell (Houston Dash; 6), Adriana Frank (Kansas City NWSL; 10)

Guards (7): Abby Dalkemper (Houston Dash; 76/0), Tirna Davidson (Chicago Red Stars; 42/1), Emily Fox (Louisville Racing Team; 5/0) , Casey Kruger (Chicago Red Stars; 37/0), Kelley O'Hara (Washington Spirit; 148/2), Becky Sauerbrunn (Portland Thorns FC; 196/0), Emily Sonnett (Washington Spirit; 60/ 0)

Midfielder (5): Lindsay Holland (Portland Thorns; 105/23), Rose Laville (OL Reign; 65/16), Catarina Macario (Olympic team Lyon, France ; 11/3), Christie Mavis (Houston Dash; 31/4), Andy Sullivan (Washington Spirit; 19/2)

Forwards (7): Tobin Heath (Arsenal, England; 180/36), Carly Lloyd (New Jersey/New York Gotham Football Club; 315/134), Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride ; 189/114), Mallory Pugle (Chicago Red Star; 66/18), Megan Rapinoe (OL Domination; 186/61), Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns; 9/1) , Lynn Williams (North Carolina Valor; 42/13)

The United States remained unbeaten in 14 historical clashes against South Korea and maintained a 10-0-4 record throughout the 1997 series. And the United States has played eight games in South Korea's history-more than two Peace Queen's Cup tournaments-ironically, none of them are against South Korea. Every game between the United States and South Korea takes place on American soil. Prior to the game held in Kansas City on October 21, the last time the countries met was in October 2019, during the USWNT victory circuit after the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, this was also the former US coach Jill Ellis’s The last game. The U.S. team won 2-0 in Charlotte, North Carolina on October 3, falling behind the goals of Ellie Long and Mallory Pugh, and 1-1 in Chicago on October 6. Ping, Lloyd scored the only goal of the day for the US team.

South Korea is the 15th different opponent that the United States will face in 2021 and the second opponent of the Asian Football Confederation. The United States has faced Australia twice during the Tokyo Olympics.

The U.S. team entered the game against South Korea with 55 wins and 6 draws in 61 home games-this is its last domestic game in 2021. In this unbeaten home game, the U.S. team defeated their opponents with a score of 221-27, including a 91-3 lead in the past 23 home games, except for the 0-0 game against South Korea on October 21. Apart from a tie, all of these are victories. That game ended the US team's 22 consecutive home win streaks, which was the second longest winning streak in USWNT history. The longest home win streak in the United States is 23 games, from April 1993 to February 1996.

Due to the postponement of the Olympics due to COVID-19, there is less than a year before the qualifying matches for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, which will be co-hosted in Australia and New Zealand in July 2023. The Concacaf Qualifying Tournament is scheduled to be held in July 2022. The first four teams will secure their seats in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. The other two Concacaf representatives will advance to the 10-team intercontinental play-offs to determine the last of the 32 teams expanded in 2023. Another new content of this cycle is Concacaf's own qualifying format. On August 19, the Federation announced the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying path, which is also the path to the 2024 Paris Olympics. For some teams, there is also the newly established 2024 W Gold Cup. The newly-named 2021 Concacaf W qualifier will start for all teams (except the United States and Canada) during the FIFA Women’s Match Window in November 2021 and April 2022, and will serve as the preliminaries for the 2022 Concacaf W Championship. The eight-team Concacaf W Championship will be held in July 2022, including group stage, semi-final and championship games. In addition to qualifying for the World Cup, at the end of the Concacaf W Championship, the winning country will also secure its place in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Women’s Football Championship and the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup. The runner-up and third-place countries will advance to the Concacaf Olympic qualifiers to be held in September 2023. The winners of the qualifiers will also guarantee their participation in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics and the 2024 W Gold Cup.

The 2021 US Women’s National Team Media Guide is available for download. The media guide contains all historical and statistical data of USWNT, as well as complete resumes of technical staff and current top players, information about the U.S. youth national team, and general important information about American football.  

When she entered her last game in the US team uniform, Lloyd was the most experienced player on the list, with 315 appearances, and now she has surpassed Christie Pearce Rampone (Christie Pearce Rampone) (311 times), became the second most played player in USWNT history. The second most experienced player on the list-defender Becky Sauerbrunn-trailed her 119 times with 196 times.

The other players on the list who have played more than 100 times are forwards Alex Morgan (189), Megan Rapino (186) and Tobin Heath (180), defender Kelly O'Hara (147) and midfielder Lin Sehorn (105).

So far this year, 14 players have scored 66 goals for the U.S. team: Carly Lloyd (11), Megan Rapinoe (9), Alex Morgan (7), Christine Press (6), Samantha Mavis (6), Lindsay Holland (4), Lynn Williams (4), Tobin Heath (3), Christie Mavis (2), Rose Lavelle (3), Catarina Macario (3), Margaret Perth (2), Andy Sullivan (2) and Sophia Smith (1). Three of the 66 goals of the US team in 2021 were own goals.

In 2021, 20 different players also received assists: Carly Lloyd (6), Christine Place (5), Lindsay Holland (5), Rose Lavelle (5), Samantha Mavis (4), Mallory Pu (3), Lynn Williams (3), Megan Rapinoe (2), Christie Mavis (2), K Ristel Dunn (2), Julie Ertz (2), Tirna Davidson (2), Kathy Kruger (2), Alex Morgan, Ali Krieger , Emily Sonnette, Sophia Smith, Tobin Heath, Katarina Macario, Andy Sullivan and Sophia Smith.

In total, 21 different players directly participated in at least one of the 66 goals for the USWNT 2021 calendar year.

Only one player-Carly Lloyd-participated in every game in 2021. Ross LaVell, Lindsay Holland and Alex Morgan each participated in 19 games, while Crystal Dunn, Megan Rapinoe and Becky Sauerbrunn each participated 18 games have been played.

Vlatko Andonovski has a 26-2-4 record in 32 games (two games at the end of 2019, 9 games in 2020, and 21 games so far in 2021), creating the best start record for a head coach in USWNT history.

Goalkeepers (3): 1-Younggeul YOON (Gyeongju KHNP), 18-Jungmi KIM (Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angel), 19-Gaae KANG (Sejong Sportstoto)

Defenders (8): 2-Hyojoo CHOO (Suwon UDC), 4-Sohee LEE (Hwacheon KSPO), 3-Yeonga JEONG (Gyeongju KHNP), 5-Hyeji HONG (Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angel), 6-Seonjoo LIM (Incheon) Hyundai Steel Red Angel), 7-Hyeri KIM (Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angel), 16-Selgi JANG (Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angel), 20-Hahnul KWON (Benefit Sangwu) 

Midfielder (8): 8-Sohyun CHO (Tottenham Hotspur, ENG), 9-Minji YEO (Gyeongju KHNP), 10-Soyun JI (Chelsea FC, ENG), 13-Geummin LEE (Brighton & Hove Albion) , ENG), 15-Yeeun PARK (Gyeongju KHNP), 17-Youngju LEE (Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angel), 21-Seongmi KIM (Sejong Sports), 22-Jeongmin LEE (Report to Eun Sangmu)

Forward (4): 11-Yuri CHOE (Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angel), 12-Hwayeon SON (Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angel), 14-Jiyoun SEO (Gyeongju KHNP), 23-Mijin CHO (Korea University)

In 1990, the South Korean team played against the AFC opponent Japan in the first international game in history. Since the turn of the century, the South Korean team has made great progress. In the 2003 Women's World Cup group stage, they were eliminated, and the 2015 Women's World Cup advanced to the top 16-this is the best performance of the South Korean team so far-after withdrawing from the 2019 FIFA Before the Women's World Cup, withdrew after the group stage.

South Korea won the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Trinidad and Tobago, and after tying 3-3 in the regular season and overtime, it defeated in the championship penalty shootout Japan.

In addition to winning the 2010 U-17 Women’s World Cup, South Korea also finished third in the U-20 Women’s World Cup in the same year, losing 5-1 to the final champion Germany in the semifinals, and then in the third place match. Beat Colombia 1-0. Soyun Ji is on this list and now leads the team with 59 goals in 128 games, winning the Silver Ball and Silver Boots, and scoring 8 in that game. Goal.

Ji, who played for Chelsea at FA WSL, is one of three players on this roster to trade in Europe. Midfielder Sohyun Cho is currently playing for Tottenham Hotspur after three seasons with West Ham. Zhao has made 130 international appearances and is the player with the most appearances in the history of her league. Forward Geummin Lee scored two goals in Brighton and Hove Albion's young season, and scored 18 goals in 61 games in South Korea.

The remaining 20 players on the list all play club football in South Korea, of which 8 are from the Incheon Hyundai Steel Red Angels and 5 are from Gyeongju KHNP.

South Korea has qualified for the past two Women's World Cups. If they qualify for the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup, they can qualify for three consecutive sessions. The 12-team tournament will kick off in India in late January as the final stage of the 2023 Women's World Cup Asian Qualifiers in Australia and New Zealand. Australia is automatically qualified as a co-host. There are five World Cup seats to be determined during the Asian Cup, and two more seats in the 10-team intercontinental playoffs to determine the final three teams in the World Cup .

The South Korean team won the qualifying group stage in September, defeated Mongolia 12-0 on September 17, and then beat Uzbekistan 4-0 on September 23 to win the 2020 AFC Women’s Asian Cup. Eligibility.