The U.S. women’s national team begins its three-game Tournament of Nations on Thursday against Japan (7 p.m. ET, FS1) and continues with games against Australia (Sunday, 7 p.m. ET, FS1) and Brazil (August 2, 8:30 p.m. ET, FS1).
Here are three questions for the U.S. heading into the tournament with the women’s World Cup qualifying tournament coming in October:
In a recent interview in Moscow, where she was promoting the women’s World Cup, Ellis said the U.S.’s 2019 World Cup team (if it qualifies) will need to be younger than the 2015 team that was the oldest of that tournament.