It’s finally here. The planning for this trip started a little more than 9 months ago. The 2022 National Women’s Soccer League season was coming to a close. Angel City FC just finished their inaugural season and I attended every home game. My love for this new professional women’s soccer team in Los Angeles ignited a passion for the game that I hadn’t felt since I was a teen playing in high school.
My fellow ACFC season ticket holders Amy and Paula and Amy and I knew the World Cup was coming in 2023 and just started saying wouldn’t it be cool if we could go? Why not?
We knew nothing about the logistics of getting tickets for and attending such a huge sporting event. I signed up for a FIFA newsletter so that I could be notified when tickets would go on sale. And with a little bit of sleuthing, strategy, lots of planning and pure luck we are going to the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup!
Planes, trains and automobiles to travel the North Island
The Basics
It is the first Women’s World Cup to be hosted across two countries Australia and New Zealand.
The opening games of the tournament — New Zealand vs Norway and Australia vs Republic of Ireland — will be played on July 20.
The final will be played in Australia (Sydney) on August 20th.
32 teams qualified for the tournament, an increase of 8 teams since 2019. There are 8 groups of 4 teams competing to get out of the group stage. The top two teams in each group advance to the round of 16.
We will see all three USWNT games in the group stage in addition to three other games including the opening ceremony in New Zealand (Auckland).
Check back regularly to follow our journey.
