2022 The Women's Cup Explained

Tourney Name:The Women's Cup
Year:2022
Dates:August 14–20, 2022
City:Louisville, Kentucky
Country:United States
Num Teams:6
Confederations:4
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champion Other: OL Reign
Second Other: Racing Louisville FC
Third Other: Club América
Fourth Other: AC Milan
Matches:7
Goals:27
Top Scorer:Alison González
Kiana Palacios (3)
Prevseason:2021
Updated:August 21, 2022

The 2022 The Women's Cup was the second edition of The Women's Cup, a friendly invitational tournament of women's soccer matches. It was hosted at Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, from August 14 to 20, 2022. The field expanded from four teams in 2021 to six.[1] [2] [3] OL Reign won by defeating defending champions and hosts Racing Louisville FC 2–1.

Teams

NationTeamLeague
Racing Louisville FC (hosts)National Women's Soccer League
OL ReignNational Women's Soccer League
Tokyo Verdy BelezaWE League
AC MilanSerie A
Tottenham HotspurWomen's Super League
Club AméricaLiga MX Femenil

Venue

Louisville, Kentucky
Lynn Family Stadium
Capacity: 11,700

Broadcasting

In 2022, The Women's Cup was streamed in the United States exclusively on Paramount+ in the United States, with delayed replays broadcast on CBS Sports Network.[1] Elsewhere, it was broadcast or streamed on various services and networks:

Region or Nation Service
Latin America
The Caribbean
DirectTV Sports
Japan Nippon TV
Sub-Saharan Africa W-Sports
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Streamster

All other regions could stream directly from the official website.[4] [5]

Matches

Visiting international clubs played each other in the quarterfinal round, with Club América and AC Milan advancing over Tottenham and Tokyo Verdy, respectively.[6] [7]

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Goalscorers

Awards

Notes and References

  1. News: The Women's Cup schedule: AC Milan, Tottenham join OL Reign, Racing Louisville and more . August 15, 2022 . August 15, 2022 . . Roger . Gonzalez . Sandra . Herrera.
  2. News: International clubs excited to be taking part in The Women's Cup . August 14, 2022 . August 15, 2022 . . Andrew . Chernoff.
  3. News: Racing Louisville FC to host The Women's Cup for second time in August . April 12, 2022 . August 15, 2022 . . Lexie . Ratterman.
  4. thewomenscup . The Women's Cup . The Women's Cup . 1558437586217074688 . HOW TO WATCH . August 15, 2022.
  5. News: Spring Media distributing media rights to expanded Women's Cup . June 22, 2022 . August 15, 2022 . SportBusiness . Martin . Ross.
  6. News: Women's Cup Semifinals are Set . August 14, 2022 . August 15, 2022 . . Connor . Cunningham.
  7. News: Racing Louisville FC set to take on AC Milan in Women's Cup semifinal . August 15, 2022 . August 15, 2022 . . Eric . Crawford.
  8. News: OL Reign defeat Racing Louisville 2-1 to win 2022 The Women's Cup . August 20, 2022 . August 21, 2022 . Sounder at Heart . Southern . Sylvs.