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February 2025 International Window: Roster Round-Up

Here are quick summaries of the rosters for the following women’s national teams:

For the rosters of the United States Women’s National Team (#1), Australia (#15), Colombia (#21), and Japan (#8), which are all participating in the SheBelieves Cup, see “2025 SheBelieves Cup: Roster Round-Up, Match Schedule, and TV/Streaming Details”.

Woso TV/Streaming: November 29 to December 4, 2024 — The USWNT takes on England and the Netherlands, NCAA Quarterfinals

Update (02-Dec-2024): Added matches from the CBS Sports Golazo Network schedule for the week of December 2nd.

In addition to the United States Women’s National Teams matches on Saturday and Tuesday, viewers in the USA will be able to watch several other women’s national teams during this international window, including Mexico, Germany, Australia, Brazil, and France.

At the collegiate level, the national quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I Championship will be played on Friday and Saturday, with some juicy match-ups, including the historically dominant North Carolina taking on Penn State, who won the College Cup in 2015, and a pair of three-time College Cup winners facing off with Stanford versus Notre Dame.

The USWNT’s matches will be televised on TNT and Universo and can be streamed via Max and Peacock. No other matches are scheduled to be televised.

Although most other matches are only available via a paid streaming service, some can be watched for free: Both of Mexico’s matches will be shown on ViX’s gratis tier, while Australia’s matches can be streamed and replayed through their federation’s YouTube channel. The free streaming CBS Sports Golazo Network channel has at least two scheduled matches, including a tape-delayed airing of France vs. Nigeria, on Saturday, December 1st.

In UEFA, 14 teams are competing in home-and-away playoffs for the final seven Women’s Euro 2025 slots, with most matches being played on Friday and Tuesday. Only one of those matches is known to be watchable in the USA: Belgium vs. Ukraine, on Tuesday, December 3rd, via Paramount+. Live scores for these matches can be tracked via UEFA’s website.

October 2024 International Window Guide — Schedule of Notable Matches, plus USA Streaming and TV Details

While the United States Women’s National Team celebrates its gold medal performance at the 2024 Summer Olympics this international window with three friendlies, tops teams in Europe are regrouping and preparing for Women’s Euro 2025. Among them, Olympic bronze medalists Germany, under new head coach Christian Wück, takes on England in a re-match of the 2022 final. Meanwhile, reigning Women’s World Cup champions Spain, who finished fourth at the Olympics, hosts a headless Canada that will be managed “collectively” by an interim staff which includes retired player Diana Matheson.

In the USA, both matches, which will be played on Friday, October 25th, and will stream live. The England-Germany match is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. EDT on the free CBS Sports Golazo Network, while Spain-Canada will stream via the paid Paramount+ app at 4:00 p.m. EDT.

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Schedule of matches
USA Streaming and TV details
Links to team rosters

Good Morning. The USWNT is Back At #1 in the FIFA Women’s World Rankings

The United States Women’s National Team once again has bragging rights to the top spot in the FIFA Women’s World Ranking, thanks in large part to its golden performance at this year’s Paris Olympics.

The USA’s climb would also not be possible without some of the other teams stumbling off of their previous perches:

France (-91.12) had the biggest points drop since the last update on June 14th, primarily due to its 2 losses on home soil at the Olympics as well as a loss during Euro 2025 qualifying against the Republic of Ireland.

Spain also had a large points drop (-78.80), as it also lost twice during the Olympics, against Brazil in the semifinals and Germany in the bronze medal match, and fell to the Czech Republic during a Euro 2025 qualifying match.

Here’s the permalink to the full rankings table.

Olympics 2024: Quarterfinals Recaps and Highlights

Knockout bracket (with quarterfinal results) for the women’s soccer tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Saturday’s quarterfinals at the 2024 Paris Olympics did not lack drama:

The USWNT needed a 105th minute goal from Trinity Rodman to defeat Japan’s stifling defense.
Colombia was minutes away from eliminating reigning Women’s World Cup champions Spain, but a late stoppage time goal by Irene Paredes, followed by a strong penalty shootout performance, saw Spain advance.
Canada and Germany went scoreless for 120 minutes, but Ann-Katrin Berger was the hero Germany needed during the penalty shootout as she stopped two kicks and made the decisive kick to see the 2016 gold medalists through.
France had their chances against Brazil, including a missed penalty kick by Sakina Karchaoui, but Gabi Portilho made the most of hers, sending Brazil through to their sixth Olympic semifinal.

2024 Olympics: Final Group Standings and Quarterfinal Match-Ups

Knockout bracket for the women’s soccer tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics

On Saturday, August 3rd, the eight remaining teams in the women’s soccer tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics will be reduced to the four medal contenders once that day’s quarterfinals concludes.

Among the teams still standing are the United States Women’s National Team, who topped their group for only the second time at the Olympics, and will face off against Japan for the fourth time in an Olympics knockout match. Spain, the reigning Women’s World Cup champions, are looking to win their first Olympic gold medal. Meanwhile, the current gold medal holders, Canada, despite their 6 point deduction, made it through to knockout phase and will face the 2016 gold medalists, Germany. Also in the hunt are both South American sides: Brazil, who will be without Marta due to a red card suspension, and Colombia, who are hoping to advance to their first Olympic semifinal. Host France, buoyed by the goal-scoring of Marie-Antoinette Katoto, are still looking to win their first major championship.

In the United States, the only way to watch the quarterfinal matches live with English-language commentary is via streaming, either through Peacock (via subscription) or, if one has a multichannel service provider, then the NBC Sports app or NBCOlympics.com. However, all four quarterfinal matches will air live on Telemundo and Universo.

2024 Olympics: Match Day 3 Recap and Video Highlights

The final day of group play more-or-less went as expected, except for Marta earning a straight red for a reckless lunging kick that narrowly missed striking Spain’s Olga Carmona in the cheek.

France, thanks to Canada’s points deduction, the USA, and Spain all won their groups, while Canada, Germany, and Japan advanced as the runners-up in their respective groups. Colombia and Brazil advanced as the higher-ranked third-place teams. Australia, as the lowest third-ranked team, along with New Zealand, Zambia, and Nigeria were eliminated from the competition.

2024 Olympics: Match Day 3 Advancement Scenarios

Going into the final six matches of the group stage in the women’s soccer tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics, only the United States Women’s National Team and Spain have secured a spot in the knock-out phase. Six slots have yet to be determined and none of the other ten teams have been mathematically eliminated.

Please note that the following analysis is contingent on Canada’s 6 point deduction being upheld. FIFA’s decision has been appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and a ruling on the matter is expected on Wednesday, July 31st.

2024 Olympics: Match Day 2 Recap and Video Highlights

The second day of group stage matches in the women’s soccer tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics was one to remember:

The USWNT had their best performances against Germany ever at an Olympics, defeating the two-time Women’s World Cup champions 4:1.
Japan had a 2:1 comeback victory against Brazil, which was capped by an awe-inspiring long-distance chip by second-half sub Momoko Tanikawa.
Canada is still in the hunt for a knock-out slot thanks to their 2:1 come-from-behind victory over host France, with the game-winning goal scored by Vanessa Gilles 12 minutes deep into second-half stoppage time.
Oh, And Australia came from three goals down in the second half to defeat Zambia 6:5!

2024 Olympics: Match Day 1 Recap and Video Highlights

The first day of group play in the women’s soccer tournament at the 2024 Summer Olympic saw no upsets, with all six matches ending in victories for the higher-ranked teams.

The USWNT had one of the easiest matches, thanks to a strong first half where Trinity Rodman and Mallory Swanson combined for three goals, with Swanson bagging a brace by scoring goals just 66 seconds apart (OptaJack x.com post). A VAR-upgraded 30th minute red card shown to Pauline Zulu reduced Zambia to 10 players. While the USWNT was unable to extend the lead after the red card, their defense did hold the speedy Barbra Banda and Zambia scoreless.