The 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup is a year away: Key questions for the USWNT

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The 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup is one year away, with ongoing uncertainties about the US women's national team lineup as they prepare for qualifying matches. The US has yet to officially qualify, and many questions remain about the team’s composition and strategy.

We are exactly one year out from the 2027 Women’s World Cup. While we have been working through our regular roster predictions for the U.S. women’s national team leading up to the tournament, we could not help but notice just how many questions remain for this team at this point in the cycle. In the process of trying to list our starting XIs for the opening group stage match in Brazil, which the U.S. has not yet officially qualified for, we kept finding exceptions. With qualifying matches still