How to watch USWNT v South Africa soccer friendlies - Live TV schedule
The USWNT will face South Africa twice, on 21 and 24 September, as they commence their preparations for Paris 2024. Find out how to watch the two exhibition matches live.
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The United States Soccer Women’s National Team (USWNT) will be seeking redemption in their two upcoming football friendlies against South Africa, following a painful round-of-16 defeat on penalties against Sweden at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
The four-time World Cup winners will play on home soil at the TQL Stadium in Cincinnati on 21 September and at Soldier Field in Chicago on 24 September.
The two exhibition matches will serve as farewell to two of the most prominent players of the USWNT over the last decade, with Julie Ertz closing her career in Cincinnati and Megan Rapinoe in Chicago.
Twila Kilgore , who was assistant during the World Cup, will debut as interim coach for the United States following the resignation of head coach Vlatko Andonovski.
In Australia and New Zealand, South Africa achieved their best-ever World Cup result reaching the round 16, where they eventually lost 2-0 to the Netherlands.
The 27-player squad that Kilgore has selected looks very similar to the World Cup roster, although Sophia Smith, Kelley O’Hara and Kristie Mewis are missing due to injuries.
Ashley Hatch, Sam Coffey, Tierna Davidson and Casey Krueger make their return to the USWNT team, which includes three uncapped players: 22-year-old Mia Fishel of Chelsea, 18-year-old forward from San Diego Wave Jaedyn Shaw and M.A. Vignola of Angel City FC.
“The Olympics may seem like they are far away, but the amount of time that the players get with the National Team between now and Paris is not a lot, so we need to start that journey now,” Kilgore told ussoccer.com after naming the roster for the upcoming friendlies.
“No matter who the coach is, or which players get to wear the crest, the standards remain the same and everyone wants to excel, so we’ll be looking forward to putting together two good performances against a South Africa team that showed well at the World Cup.”
Kilgore is expected to remain in charge also for the friendlies against Colombia next month.
The USWNT have already qualified for Paris 2024, as they claimed the CONCACAF W Championship.
USA v South Africa: Schedule and how to watch
Both games will be available in the US territory on the TNT, Universo and Peacock platforms.
Thursday, 21 September
USA v South Africa 7:30pm ET (TQL Stadium in Cincinnati)
Sunday, 24 September
USA v South Africa 5:30 pm ET (Soldier Field in Chicago)