00:00and the u.s national team is giving up they are one of the favorites they have to work really
00:06hard
00:07to become again the you know the the leader head and shoulders above the rest they haven't been
00:12able to prove that a lot of teams are gaining ground of them tell me how have they they've
00:18been performing lately and what can we expect in the future from them yes absolutely we know head
00:22coach emma hayes is really you know trying to prep the u.s women's national team to be the best
00:27they
00:27can coming into the 2027 world cup if we take a quick look at the last couple you know performances
00:34of the u.s women's national team we know that in april they played against japan beating them in
00:39the first game 1-0 the u.s coming back for that second match beating them 3-0 again in
00:45early june
00:47the u.s women's national team had a friendly against brazil in brazil and we know that they lost both
00:52of
00:53those games it made me feel a little bit shaky how the team is going into the world cup but
00:57at the
00:58end of the day we have the biggest friendly in my opinion going into the world cup in october the
01:04u.s
01:04women's national team will be facing the world cup champions from the past world cup spain this is you
01:11know i think the most important friendly game going into the world cup the spanish national team is
01:18incredibly strong they have the balance your winner they have the top players women players in the
01:23entire you know world right now so i think how the u.s women's national team is able to play
01:28and for me
01:29able to defend against you know one of the i think honestly the toughest offense in the entire women's
01:35game i think this is going to be a crucial crucial match i heard that there was some a couple
01:41of
01:41injuries in the teams are now changing the planning for this season on the way to the world cup tell
01:47me
01:47about it yes unfortunately a lot of the key players for the u.s women's national team have suffered
01:53injuries we know in august 2026 so this month rose lavelle unfortunately went through a head injury she
02:00is still going through evaluation so that's always a scare hopefully we got our fingers crossed hopefully
02:05and probably she's going to be good for the world cup but emily sonnet one of the toughest and best
02:11defenders for gotham fc in the nw cell which was the champion last season ruled out for the remainder
02:17of the nw cell season she suffered a non-contact knee injury she's going to have to go through
02:22surgery and we know that is going to be you know surgery on the knee is a very very long
02:26recovery so
02:27it's not certain whether she's going to be ready for the u.s women's for the world cup
