“Playing France in France is one of the most difficult games we could schedule, and that’s exactly what we are looking for in the lead up to the Olympics,” U.S. Coach Vlatko Andonovski said. “They have top-class players at every position, play an exciting style and will certainly be highly motivated.”
France, ranked No. 3 by FIFA, will be particularly motivated by a 2-1 defeat to the Americans in the 2019 World Cup quarterfinals in Paris — a women’s soccer spectacle before a sellout crowd at Parc des Princes.
The United States is 18-3-3 against France, but in the past 10 meetings, the Americans are 5-2-3.