KEHINDE FAJOBI
Nigeria’s senior women’s team, Super Falcons will play the United States Women’s National Team in an international friendly match in September.
Both teams will play in a two-match game at the Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas on September 3, and the Audi Field in Washington on September 6.
The NFF made this known on Wednesday, July 13 while highlighting the pedigree of the United States Women’s National Team.
It said, “The USWNT is the most successful team in the FIFA Women’s World Cup, having won half (4) of all eight championships competed for so far.
“The Stars & Stripes were champions of the very first edition in China in 1991, and then won on home soil in 1999, in Canada in 2015 and in France three years ago. The team has also won four Olympic women’s football gold medals and eight CONCACAF titles”.
USWNT Coach, Vlatko Andonovski expressed excitement on playing against the Super Falcons.
He said, “First, I’m just excited to play two matches against Nigeria. They have some very talented players who will present a lot of different problems for us to solve on both sides of the ball.
“Secondly, of course we’re looking forward to bringing the team back to one of the best soccer stadiums in the United States in Kansas City, as well as getting to play our first game at Audi Field, which I’ve visited several times for NWSL games and is also a fantastic venue for our team to play in front of our home fans.”
The USWNT has already qualified for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, becoming the 12th team to reach the finals and the first team from the CONCACAF region while the Super Falcons will hope to qualify when they face Cameroon in the WAFCON semi-final later on Thursday evening.