Sundowns Ladies drawn against hosts in the Women’s Cup in the USA
12th June 2024
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Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies will open their Women’s Cup campaign against hosts Kansas City Current following the draw for the 2024 edition of the tournament that will be played in August in Missouri, USA.
With a time difference of +7 hours, Banyana ba Style will take to the field at 03h00 on Thursday, 15 August 2024 – South African time.
In the other clash of the four-team competition, Spain’s Atletico Madrid will tackle Vissel Kobe of Japan in a curtain raiser at 17h00 local time (Wednesday midnight, SA Time).
The winners are set to face off in the final at 03h00 on Sunday, 18 August - SA Time, while the third-place play-off will kick off at midnight on Saturday, SA Time (17h00 local time).
Each team will only play two games, which will be held at the iconic, state of the art CPKC Stadium in Kansas City.
Sundowns Ladies, record five-time league winners in South Africa, are the first African team to be invited to the Women’s Cup.
Almost at the halfway mark of the 2024 Hollywoodbets Super League season, the Brazilians currently top the log standings on 35 points, just one ahead of second-placed University of Johannesburg Ladies, while the University of the Western Cape is third on 29. TS Galaxy Queens and Richmond United complete the top five on 26 and 25 points respectively.
After 12 outings each, KC Current are tied at the top with Orlando Pride on 28 points each in the NSWL in the US, while Vissel Kobe is fourth after 17 games in the J1 League in Japan.
Atletico Madrid play their last match of the season on Saturday (15 June 2024) and will finish third as they cannot unseat the top two teams – Barcelona, who have already secured the title, and second-placed Real Madrid.
This is the fourth year of the Women’s Cup, with the first two editions played in the US, while the third was held in Europe. In February this year, another event took place in Cali, Colombia.
“The 2024 U.S. tournaments are part of the new TWC Global Series, played in different locations. Champions of each event will be invited to the Global Series Finals in February at a venue yet to be announced,” said the organisers in a statement.
