At Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City, Missouri, on Saturday, the three-time world champions trounced the Falcons 4-0 in their first encounter all thanks to goals from Sophia Smith, Lindsay Horan, and Alex Morgan.
Both the United States and Nigeria have qualified for the ninth round of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, which will be hosted by Australia and New Zealand next summer.
On Tuesday, the match will take place at Audi Field in Washington. Audi Field is used by National Women’s Soccer League side Washington Spirit and Major League Soccer team DC United, and while the USWNT has played in Washington 10 times before (all at RFK Stadium), this is their first game at Audi Field. .
The game will start at 23:00 Nigerian time (18:00 Washington).
Meanwhile, prior to their clash with USWNT in Kansas City, the Super Falcons took time to have a ‘Meet and Greet’ session with some prominent Nigerians based in the State of Missouri, including Adeola Ajayi (ex-Nigeria basketball team player), Chioma Atanmo (Community Manager, Sporting KC), Olofu Agbaji (ex-Nigeria basketball team player), Tijani Idris (ex-Nigeria basketball team player) and David Ehindero (a U.S –based Nigerian businessman).