Filipinas release photos of friendlies against US, Sweden

As the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup wrapped on Sunday with Spain successful the title for the primary time, the Philippine girls’s nationwide soccer crew on Monday launched photographs of their closed-door pleasant matches towards the United States and Sweden.

The Filipinas additionally launched some particulars relating to their tuneups.

“On 14 July 2023, the Philippine Women’s National Team and U.S. Soccer had a 70-minute training match in Auckland, which ended 3-0 in favor of the USWNT,” the crew stated in its submit.

This additionally confirmed the sooner reported scrimmage of the crew towards the earlier world champions, which goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher as “challenging.”

The crew additionally launched snapshots of their pleasant towards Sweden, which the Swedish aspect received, 5-1.

“On 17 July 2023, the Philippine Women’s National Team and the Sweden Football Women’s National Team had a 90-minute training match at their base camp in Upper Hutt, which Sweden won 5-1. Angela Beard scored the goal for the Philippines,” the Filipinas stated.

The crew additionally thanked the 2 groups who helped them put together for his or her debut within the World Cup.

“We thank US Soccer and Swedish Football Association for the opportunity to play against the top teams in the world, and thank all athletes at the FIFA Women’s World Cup for inspiring and challenging footballers everywhere to be better,” the PWNT stated.

The Filipinas completed their historic run within the World Cup with a win towards New Zealand, and losses towards Switzerland and Norway.

The United States, in the meantime, failed to achieve the quarterfinals because it fell to eventual third placer Sweden. 

United States coach Vlatko Andonovski additionally lately resigned following the crew’s early exit.

—JKC, GMA Integrated News