After claiming bronze in the women's soccer competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the United States women's national team is set to visit Cincinnati, a source confirmed to The Enquirer.
TQL Stadium will serve as the host venue and backdrop for the four-time FIFA World Cup-winning United States Women's National Team in one of four upcoming friendly matches to be played in September and October, the source confirmed to The Enquirer.
The date and time haven't been confirmed, and a U.S. Soccer spokesman declined to comment.
The Washington Post's Steven Goff reported Monday that two of the four matches might be played in late October at Children's Mercy Park in Kansas City, Kansas and Allianz Field, respectively.
More details of the four matches are expected to be released this week.
The match at TQL Stadium would likely see local product Rose Lavelle make her competitive return to the Cincinnati region, but she wouldn't necessarily be the star attraction.
Carli Lloyd, one of the most decorated USWNT players in team history, will play her final professional minutes over the course of the four friendly matches after she announced her retirement on Monday.
The match is the first visit to Cincinnati by U.S. Soccer for a match since a Men's National Team friendly against Venezuela on June 9, 2019.
Local officials and U.S. Soccer announced July 28 in Cincinnati that TQL Stadium will host the famed U.S,-versus-Mexico men's match Nov. 12. The game is a pivotal qualifying match for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
FC Cincinnati, which now calls the 26,000-capacity TQL Stadium its home stadium after playing for five seasons at the University of Cincinnati's Nippert Stadium, has been a catalyst for making Cincinnati a destination for U.S. Soccer.
U.S. Soccer in Cincinnati during the FC Cincinnati era
• Sept. 19, 2017 - Friendly: USWNT 5, New Zealand 0 (Nippert Stadium, turf surface)
• June 9, 2019 - Friendly: USMNT 0, Venezuela 3 (Nippert Stadium, temporary grass surface)
• Date TBA (September or October) - Friendly: USWNT vs. TBA (TQL Stadium, hybrid grass surface)
• Nov. 12 - Concacaf World Cup qualifier: USMNT vs. Mexico (TQL Stadium, hybrid grass surface)
For the USWNT program, the match at TQL Stadium marks their third-ever visit to Cincinnati. It's also their second trip to the Queen City in the FC Cincinnati era after a friendly against New Zealand on Sept. 19, 2017.
The American women won the match, 5-0. The game was staged at the University of Cincinnati's Nippert Stadium, and Lavelle started the match.
The USWNT played at the Bengals' Paul Brown Stadium in October 2004 in a friendly match against New Zealand.
