American players are wary of the Vietnamese women's team

* USA - Vietnam: 8 am on 22/7, on MetaSports.

The United States is currently the number one team in the world, and also the most successful team in the World Cup with four crowns, including the last two. They are also eager to successfully defend their position at this year's 2023 tournament to become the first team in football history, in both men's and women's courts, to win the World Cup three times in a row.

Meanwhile, Vietnam has just entered the World Cup final for the first time and is 31 places behind the US on the FIFA scoreboard. Therefore, the defending champion is expected to win easily in the opening match and may only have difficulty facing the Dutch runner-up in the second series of Group E. However, defender Crystal Dunn is very cautious.

"We have to get through the first game before we can think about the second," Crystal Dunn told Reuters on July 20. "We have documents about Vietnam. But we have never played against them. However, surely Vietnam will enter the game with the highest determination, trying to play their best game. Me and my teammates know for sure that will happen."

Striker Lynn Williams shares the same opinion and is cautious before the opening match against Vietnam. She said: "Vietnam is a bit of a mystery. They will probably play with a style that is a bit different from their American opponents. The problem here is our ability to adapt quickly. What makes us a great team is planning the matches, and adapting quickly when entering the competition."

Dunn was born in 1992, can play as a winger and full-back. The former Chelsea player is experienced when she has worn the US national team shirt since 2013, with the team that won the 2019 World Cup. She is likely to start as a left-back when playing in Vietnam.

Williams was born in 1993, currently on the payroll of NJ/NY Gotham FC club. She has played for the US team since 2015 and has scored 15 goals and assisted 11 more in 53 games.

According to the analysis of the American CBS station, Vietnam has two good attacks: Nguyen Thi Thanh Nha and Huynh Nhu. They think that this duo will be the "first reagent" for the defense that is absent Becky Sauerbrunn - a veteran midfielder born in 1985 and has won the World Cup twice - due to injury. CBS also predicts that Vietnam will retreat deep into the formation, concentrating all its troops on defense, making it difficult for the US to attack.

At the 2019 World Cup, the US also kicked off the opening match with a representative of Southeast Asia, Thailand, and had a strong 13-0 victory.