Reference: Found hereThe growing rivalry between the United States women's national team and England takes its next step in November when the gold-medal winners from the 2024 Paris Olympics visit the reigning EURO winners at Wembley Stadium.
The anticipation was already palpable in August when ProSoccerTalk caught up with several members of the England team prior to a preseason friendly between Arsenal and Chelsea in the United States.
There are subplots beyond the match-up of FIFA's current No. 1 and No. 2 teams, with the U.S. reclaiming the top spot after their Olympic triumph.
And the Lionesses know well the USWNT's new leader — England native and longtime Chelsea mastermind Emma Hayes.
This is the first match-up between the USWNT and England since 2022 — a 2-1 England win at Wembley — and the 20th all-time meeting.
The U.S. won the previous meeting at the 2020 SheBelieves Cup, and more notably the 2019 World Cup semifinal in France.
"The Wembley game is gonna be good," said Chelsea defender Lucy Bronze, who went 90 minutes in the England win at Wembley Stadium in 2022. "There's the attention of the boss ladies on the side — Emma Hayes and Sarina [Wiegman] are the two big names in terms of women's coaches. There are not two you'd put in the same conversation in terms of women. And then you've got the European champions and the Olympic gold medalists going head to head where both teams have a huge amount of respect.
"The competitive nature and the athleticism have always been the thing," she said. "Fortunately for the U.S., the women's game has been so loud [in the States] for so long. They've had the resources maybe when other people didn't so they've always stood out, but the competitive edge and the mindset is a thing that America has in general. That kind of dreamer-into-winning mindset is an interesting one.
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