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 […]
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%
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 […]
Wherever it lands in the upcoming World Cup draw — which will be held in Paris on Saturday at noon ET — the United States Women’s National Team will go into next year’s tournament in its familiar perch as favorites. The U.S. has been the most dominant team in the history of the event (which […]
The first 16 minutes of the Women’s World Cup final were wild. Carli Lloyd scored a hat trick, and Lauren Holiday added another goal to give the U.S. a 4-0 lead over Japan. It’s difficult to say exactly how unlikely such a big early lead is since it happens so infrequently, but according to our […]