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Get To Know The 2019 U.S. Women’s National Team

Art by Emily Scherer Graphics by Gus Wezerek This year’s U.S. women’s national team is a mix of familiar faces and young talents. A dozen players from the team’s winning run in the 2015 Women’s World Cup have returned, including eight of the 11 players who started the final match against Japan. But this is […]

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2019 Women’s World Cup Predictions

2019 Women’s World Cup Predictions Soccer Power Index (SPI) ratings and chances of advancing for every team, updating live. How this works ESPN coverage Standings Matches France0 pts.A95.34.10.671%20%7%97%80%54%36%20% USA0 pts.F97.25.10.776%22%1%>99%71%46%30%18% Germany0 pts.B94.24.20.761%24%11%95%72%35%20%11% England0 pts.D92.73.60.655%42%3%>99%65%41%20%10% Netherlands0 pts.E92.73.80.746%33%16%93%47%28%14%7% Australia0 pts.C93.14.30.956%32%10%97%65%31%14%7% Japan0 pts.D92.34.20.945%51%4%99%56%32%14%6% Canada0 pts.E92.23.60.639%36%19%91%43%25%12%6% Sweden0 pts.F85.92.70.623%68%8%97%51%22%10%4% Brazil0 pts.C89.13.60.936%43%17%93%53%22%9%4%

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How Our 2019 Women’s World Cup Predictions Work

Editor’s note: This article is adapted from an article about our 2018 World Cup predictions. The Women’s World Cup is back, and so is another edition of FiveThirtyEight’s Women’s World Cup predictions. For those of you familiar with our World Cup forecast for the men in 2018, or our club soccer predictions, much of our […]

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