FRISCO, Texas — At a World Cup draw, a country’s group-stage fate is decided in part by how the pingpong balls come out of the pots on stage. But friendly tournament schedules are human creations.
So when U.S. Soccer set the order of games in the SheBelieves Cup, of course it put the U.S.-Brazil game last. The organizers knew it was time to put one of women’s soccer’s grand old showdowns back in a big spotlight.
It’s not quite a rivalry in the way U.S.-Canada is, for example. But few of the Americans’ marquee opponents have produced as many fireworks over the years as the ones in those famed canary-yellow shirts.
