NWSL took additional steps toward player safety, chartering San Diego to New Jersey.
Reigning champion was without a significant chunk of its roster this preseason, with seven players on U.S. national team duty for the first
W Gold Cup. The players only recently returned to New Jersey for training ahead of their Challenge Cup match against the on Friday. “It wasn’t ideal, … six games in a few weeks with basically the players going there unprepared,” said Gotham coach Juan Carlos Amorós. “I think we are always talking about protecting our players and protecting their health and safety, and that’s definitely not the case.
region as well as four CONMEBOL countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Paraguay. For the two teams that played in the final, Brazil and the United States, that meant six games over 16 days. Canada and Mexico played five games in that window, with Canada twice having to go to extra time during the knockout rounds, including . NWSL players who joined their national teams in the Gold Cup missed the latter part of preseason.
also announced , the W Champions Cup, to begin in August as the region’s sole qualification for the new FIFA Women’s Club World Cup. There are also CONMEBOL tournaments like the Copa Libertadores Feminina held in October and Copa América Femenina later this year to qualify for the Women’s World Cup.
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