On the heels of their fourth Women's World Cup championship, the USA Women's National team has embarked on a nation-wide Victory Tour. The first tour
On the heels of their fourth Women’s World Cup championship, the USA Women’s National team has embarked on a nation-wide Victory Tour. The first tour stop was the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on August 3rd.
Over 37,000 fans were in attendance for the USA’s 3-0 summertime win over the Republic of Ireland. The next stop on the tour is Philadelphia, where the USA will face Portugal on August 29th.
Current record: 44,028. Tickets sold thus far for Aug 29th match: 40,000+
The record crowd size for a USWNT friendly “stand-alone” (not part of an Olympics or World Cup) currently stands at 44,028. That record was set in 2015 in Pittsburg — the first match after the USA’s 2015 World Cup championship. At the time of this article’s publishing, over 40,000 tickets have been sold for the August 29th match in Philadelphia — the defacto home town of Carli Lloyd and the home of Julie and Zach Ertz.
Tickets start at $35 and can be purchased through USSoccer.com or TicketMaster.com.
USA vs Ireland Photo Album
I wanted to give USA fans an up-close view of the Victory Tour. I’ll admit it, but it’s a bit embarrassing: Up until this game, I had only seen the USWNT on television. As any sports fan knows, seeing world-class athletes on television doesn’t compare to watching them shine in person. Sure, watching games on television is fun. But seeing their speed, strength and skill with your own eyes in person is simply awe-inspiring.
If you have live near a Victory Tour stop, I highly recommend heading to a game. The athleticism you will witness will be amazing. But in addition to the game, the party atmosphere is something that doesn’t come through when you watch the game on television. You have to be there. Furthermore, you have to show up early. Trust me.
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Enjoy!
Pre Game:
FIFA Referee Crew 
Jill Ellis enters the stadium and greets fans 
Rapinoe and Harris enter the stadium 
Rapinoe and Harris all smiles 
Rapinoe Rocks 
“JMac” entering the stadium 
Tobin Heath 
Alex Morgan coming onto the field for some workout 
anxious fans awaiting the team 
USWNT fans waiting to watch warmups 
US Soccer execs were on hand 
Official team photographer 
Keepers entering the field for warmups 
excited fans capture pics of players heading to warmups 
USWNT heading out to warmups 
Abby D getting ready to warm up 
Sam Mewis heading to warmups 
Julie Ertz all smiles before warmups 
Carli Lloyd enters the field for a warmup 
Silly friendships and laughter 
Portland vs Seattle rivalry took a back seat today 
‘Pinoe greets the fans 
Excited Press fans interviewed by CNN 
the USWNT DJ kept the crowd rocking! 
Ashlyn Harris warming up 
Ashlyn Harris… 
more Harris warmups 
(she’s quite photogenic) 
Alyssa Neher takes warmups very seriously. 
Excited fans getting hyped during pre-game 
Carli Lloyd warmups 
Kelley O’Hara warmups 
O’Hara 
Christen Press warmups 
Harris warmups 
ESPN pre-game with Julie Foudy 
More ESPN Foudy pre-game 
Anthem fireworks 
Teams & Anthem 
USWNT 
Team pic after anthem 
Crystal Dunn always brings the dance party 
more dance party
First half:
Lloyd vs Ireland. 
Ireland had their hands full 
Crystal Dunn 
Abby D 
more Abby D 
Abby D 
Crystal Dunn is fast. 
Kelley O’Hara 
did I mention she’s fast? 
Kelley O’Hara 
Julie Ertz 
Christen Press 
she’s still fast 
Lindsay Horan 
Llloyd 
No ball. No foul call. No problem 
Lloyd sandwich 
Center Ref, Catja 
Heath celebrates 
Heath thanks the crowd 
Press 
Lloyd. 
Mewis. Tower of Power 
Lloyd. Baller 
still so freaking fast 
Dunn 
Becky S. 
Kelley O’Hara 
Hopping over Irish slide tackles 
Horan 
Horan 
Press 
Dunn… she was everywhere 
Dunn 
Press 
Mewis 
Nice try, Ireland 
It will take more than a jersey tub to stop Tobin. 
Horan celebrates 
Horan 
Goal celebration 
more Horan 
Abby D 
Press nearly scored. 
Lloyd fights off the Irish 
the boss 
Goal celebration 
Lloyd’s goal celetration 
Tobin 
an attempted foul… 
didn’t work 
Press 
AR1 
ref crew 
AR2 
the crew
Second Half:
JMac 
JMac was everywhere 
AR2 
perfect form running the lines… 
Ertz laughed off every Irish foul attempt 
Mewis 
Horan 
inevitable… 
Abby D 
Abby D 
Carli Lloyd’s curtain call 
Press sets up a free kick 
Ertz 
Emily Sonnett 
Fan Fave, Rose Lavelle enters the game 
she’s lightning in a bottle 
Lavelle 
Ertz calling the shots 
Ertz 
Lavelle 
Kreiger 
JMac is a beast 
Catja 
fans light up the Rose Bowl 
Alli Long 
Saturday night lights 
Emily Sonnett 
Lavelle 
Lavelle 
JMac can throw the ball across the goal box… 
more Lavelle magic 
Sonnett 
Ertz & her pony… 
Jessica McDonald 
McDonald is quick 
Jessica McDonald 
CR whistles the game over 
Thank you, fans
