The U.S. women’s national team will play eight winter and spring matches in the U.S., including an April 7 friendly with Belgium at the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles, before heading to France to defend its title in this summer’s World Cup.
The pre-World Cup schedule also includes a May 12 game with South Africa at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara as part of the team’s send-off series. The final game of the send-off series will be against Mexico in Harrison, N.J.
The top-ranked U.S. women will play their first six games of 2019 against World Cup qualifiers ranked in the top 11 in the world by FIFA, beginning with January exhibitions against No.