The most up-to-date time the Americans performed in the District was March 2017 at RFK Stadium for a 3-0 defeat to France in the SheBelieves Cup. Audi Field, house to MLS’s D.C. United and the NWSL’s Washington Spirit, hosted two U.S. males’s matches in 2019.
“I’ve visited several times for NWSL games and [it’s] a fantastic venue for our team to play in front of our home fans,” U.S. Coach Vlatko Andonovski mentioned.
The match falls throughout a FIFA worldwide window, when the NWSL doesn’t have any video games scheduled and European golf equipment are off. The U.S. staff may even play Nigeria on Sept. 3 at a venue to be introduced Wednesday.
The matches in opposition to Nigeria are the beginning of six friendlies in a 2½-month stretch because the U.S. staff ramps up preparations for the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
It additionally will play two video games in October and two at house in November. Venues and opponents haven’t been finalized.
The match at Audi Field figures to showcase many Spirit gamers. Seven have been named to the U.S. squad for the Concacaf W Championship, which is going down this month in Monterrey, Mexico. The Americans clinched a World Cup berth Thursday and superior to the match semifinals Monday.
Before shedding to France 5 years in the past, that they had gained all 9 appearances at RFK Stadium.
Nigeria, ranked 39th by FIFA, is searching for to qualify for its ninth consecutive World Cup this week at the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco. The Super Falcons, coached by University of Pittsburgh ladies’s coach Randy Waldrum, have misplaced all six conferences in opposition to the United States, together with 4 at World Cups.
The U.S.-Nigeria match caps a busy stretch at Audi Field that features an MLS sport between United and the Colorado Rapids on Sept. 4 and an NCAA males’s sport between Maryland and Virginia on Sept. 5.
Tickets for the U.S. sport will go on sale to those that are registered with a U.S. soccer fan group starting July 25. The common sale begins Aug 1.