It’s once again time for the United States to confront their neighbors to the north, perennial underdog foe Canada. If the overarching theme of the previous New Zealand and South Korea friendlies was everybody have fun and don’t get hurt, these games against Canada are more let’s be consistent and also don’t get hurt.
This will probably be a more interesting game for Canada than the United States, at least in terms of looking for clues about the development of the squad. With key players Sophie Schmidt and Kadeisha Buchanan still in Europe with their teams (Canada was able to finagle defender Ashley Lawrence from PSG and onto this roster), John Herdman has a lot of teenagers in camp, including three 16-year-olds.