The World Cup knockout round is upon us and the U.S. Women’s National Team have a date set with host country France in the quarter-finals. The French are a good side regardless if they’re on home soil or not, but playing them in Paris makes it all the more daunting of a task. So much so that for the first time in a while, it feels like the USWNT are supposed to lose.
That in part is due to the world-class quality of the French, players like Le Sommer and Amandine Henry have proven that they have more than enough to hang with the Americans and possibly knock out the defending champions.