Team Preparation

Players decide games and coaches help to guide them, but U.S. Soccer has a team of number crunchers sifting through reams of data to give them an edge.

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Faye Carruthers is joined by England international and World Cup bronze medallist Claire Rafferty as they review all the action from day 6 of the Women's World Cup. They'll preview the Republic of Ireland's must-win game against Canada which takes place tomorrow. You can hear from the Republic of Ireland's Aine O'Gorman who told Shebahn Aherne how the team are preparing for the game. We'll also hear from Lionesses Chloe Kelly and Esme Morgan who spoke to Courtney Sweetman-Kirk about how they're settling into the new England camp and what the mood is like in the team ahead of England's match against Denmark on Friday. All that, plus in-depth analysis of the big games on Day 6, including New Zealand's shock defeat to tournament first-timers, the Philippines! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.