Arguably the two best teams at the World Cup will meet in the quarter-finals. USA v France is the spectacle the Women’s World Cup deservesFrom the moment the World Cup draw was made, everyone seemed to be talking about the possibility that the host nation, France, could face the No 1-ranked team, the US. Maybe it’ll be a pretty even split with the fans in the stadium – we’ve been traveling pretty deep in this World Cup. But winning a World Cup is never going to be cushy all the way through, and it was unclear how the Americans would cope with adversity. Becky Sauerbrunn said as much after the Spain game.

Source: The Guardian June 25, 2019 12:03 UTC