U.S. Women’s National soccer team coming to Chester in October

The U S Women s National soccer club will be making a stop in Philly this October as part of a three-game friendly series that will also serve as a celebration of the squad s retiring stars Alex Morgan and Alyssa Naeher U S Soccer and the Philadelphia Union informed Monday that the squad will face Portugal twice during the October FIFA window first at Chester s Subaru Park home of the Union on Thursday Oct at p m then at Pratt Whitney Stadium in East Hartford Conn on Sunday Oct at p m The opponent for the third match at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City Mo on Wednesday Oct at p m has yet to be determined The challenge will be the first time the national group has played at that venue The Subaru Park event will feature a pregame retirement celebration for Morgan the San Diego Wave striker who hung up her cleats last September Morgan who finished her international career with two FIFA World Cup championships and an Olympic gold medal coincidentally scored the first of her international goals years ago at Subaru Park against China Goalkeeper Naeher who played college soccer for Penn State and was U S Soccer s Female Member of the Year will be celebrated in her home state of Connecticut in the second match She communicated her retirement from the USWNT last November but has continued to play for the NWSL s Chicago Stars though she s been out with an injury since May The U S Men s Deaf National Company will also play in East Hartford at p m against a yet-to-be-determined international opponent Commemorative bobbleheads of Morgan and Naeher will be given to the first fans at their respective games October s meeting will be the ninth time the USWNT have played in Chester according to U S Soccer and the first since April when the unit walloped Uzbekistan - https www youtube com watch v lx iWOKzNE The association last played at Lincoln Financial Field in coincidentally also against Portugal in a battle that still holds the attendance record for a USWNT home friendly Tickets for the meeting go on sale to the general inhabitants this Friday at a m There are presale options available for Visa cardholders from p m Thursday to a m Friday and from a m Tuesday to a m Friday through U S Soccer s Insiders activity The match will also be airing on TNT truTV and HBO Max in English on Peacock in Spanish and on the radio through Westwood One Sports The post U S Women s National soccer organization coming to Chester in October appeared first on Billy Penn at WHYY