United States vs Nigeria

USWNT vs. Nigeria - International Friendly, Presented by Allstate Date: September 6, 2022. Venue: Audi Field; Washington, D.C.. Broadcast: ESPN2

- Mallory Pugh will earn her 80th career cap as she makes her 12th start and 13th appearance for the USWNT of 2022. - Sophia Smith will make her team-high 13th start of the year as she earns 23rd career cap. - Making the start in goal, Casey Murphy will earn her ninth career cap as she makes her seventh start of 2022. - Alana Cook will make her 12th start of the year as she earns her 16th cap overall with the USWNT. - After collecting Golden Ball honors at the Concacaf W Championship and tallying again in the September 3 win over Nigeria, Alex Morgan will make her fifth consecutive start as she earns her 198th cap with the USWNT. - Defender Naomi Girma will earn her seventh cap as she makes her fifth career start. - With Coffey making the start tonight, Savannah DeMelo is the only uncapped player on this roster. Horan scored her first goal of the year and the 26th of her international career in the Sept. - Sofia Huerta will make her fourth consecutive start as she makes her 21st career appearance for the USA. - Lindsey Horan will wear the captain’s band as she earns her 118th career cap and makes her 10th start of 2022. Since the start of 2020, Horan has played in 39 matches for the USA and has been directly involved in 22 goals - with 14 goals and eight assists. Coffey, who earned her first call-up to the Senior National Team in June, becomes the 250th woman to earn a cap for the USWNT and the sixth player to earn a first cap for the USA this year.

We go over how to watch the USWNT's friendly match against Nigeria on Tuesday evening.

Sophia Smith bagged a brace, with the opening goal in the 15th minute followed by another one in first half stoppage time. It’s the second straight match between the two sides, with the last friendly ending in a 4-0 win for the Americans on September 3. [USWNT](https://www.starsandstripesfc.com) are the heavy favorites priced at -20000 on the moneyline at [DraftKings Sportsbook](https://www.draftkings.com/sportsbook), leaving Nigeria as the clear cut underdogs at +2800.

The USWNT continues its preparations for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup with a second friendly match against Nigeria after topping the African side 4-0 ...

The Nigerian backline had a tough time against the USWNT on Saturday, with center-back Osinachi Ohale in particular having a difficult match. Sophia Smith was brilliant in the first match on one wing opposite Mallory Pugh, and the attacking front appears to be clicking. With a friendly against a powerful England squad coming up in early October, this second game against Nigeria will allow Andonovski to fine tune the lineup and add a twist or two to his tactical approach. Trinity Rodman is missing from the U.S. The second match will be an opportunity for the U.S. manager Vlatko Andonovski deployed a strong starting lineup in the weekend match, to great effect, as the team combined well and flowed efficiently.

The United States women's national team will attempt to earn its third sweep of an opponent on home soil in 2022 on Tues.

The 22-year-old has four multigoal performances and most of her goals have come in quick succession of each other. Morgan and Smith are in the best form among the USWNT stars going into Tuesday. The USWNT matched its nine-goal output in consecutive home matches with Uzbekistan in April and shut out Colombia while scoring one fewer goal than the first match of that two-game set in June. 7 friendly against England on his mind, but we should see a few new faces in the starting lineup as players fight for spots ahead of that game and the 2023 Women's World Cup. Smith, Alex Morgan and the rest of the attack are aiming for their 10th performance with three or more goals in 2022. The USWNT produced a 4-0 win behind two goals from Sophia Smith on Saturday in Kansas City.

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The USWNT is heavily favored in the second international friendly of the week against Nigeria on Tuesday after winning 4-0 on Saturday.

Although that was the last tournament Nigeria played in, the team took on the United States on Saturday in its first International Friendly since April. The team has not been beaten this year and will look to keep rolling in preparation for both of those events in the next two years. The United States Women's National Team will host Nigeria on Tuesday night in an International Friendly at Audi Field in Washington D.C.

The United States Women's Soccer Team hosts the second of two international friendlies against Nigeria at Audi Field in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, ...

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The USWNT wrap up their September window with another match against Nigeria.

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