Women’s sport in the United States begins to heat up and after a week of having officially started with the preseason sessions, the NWSL has released the dates and venues to carry out its third edition of the NWSL Challenge Cup.
The tournament, despite being a preparation tournament, will be quite extensive, with a total of 39 games that will take place starting on March 18, 2022, where Kansas City and Racing Louisville will inaugurate the Challenge Cup in which will be the same cross with which the 2021 season began, which culminated in a goalless draw at Lynn Family Stadium.
After this match, that same night the very famous Cascadia derby in the NWSL will take place, which crosses the OL Reign with the Portland Thorns in what will surely be a match that will bring out real sparks as usual.
But not everything ends there, because the next day, on March 19, 2022, we will have a double debut in which it will be another duel between new franchises and the beginning of another rivalry in American women’s soccer, as Angel City FC will host San Diego Wave in what will be the first meeting between two Californian teams in the NWSL.
This matchup will take place at Titan Stadium at California State Fullerton, which will serve as a temporary home for Angel City FC during the Challenge Cup before moving to Banc of California Stadium, which will be the home of the Angelinas beginning in the regular season. 2022.
The Challenge Cup will have its semifinals on Wednesday, May 4, 2022, to culminate on Saturday, May 7, with the grand final of the tournament that will precede the regular phase of the league.
Undoubtedly there will be a lot of emotions in the following months since this year, the Challenge Cup promises a lot and it is expected that there will be several candidate teams to take the glory prior to the regular season.
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