The U.S. women’s national team will face Brazil twice over the next four days in a rematch of last summer’s epic Paris Olympics gold medal game. The Americans won 1-0 thanks to an elite goal by Mallory Swanson to clinch their first gold medal in 12 years.
The opening match takes place on Saturday afternoon at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles and marks the first time the venue will host a women’s professional sporting event. Then both teams will head to San Jose, Calif. to finish the doubleheader at PayPal Park on Tuesday night.
Emma Hayes’ lineups won’t look quite like the squad that took the pitch in Paris. For one, Swanson isn’t in this camp, and neither is Sophia Wilson. Only Trinity Rodman, one-third of the ‘Triple Espresso’, was available for selection. Center backs
