Women’s World Cup Tournament Begins
June 5, 2015
Soccer’s World Cup tournament for women, held every four years to determine the best team in international soccer, begins tomorrow. The first match features the team of the host country, Canada, against China.
Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala leaps over Germany’s goalkeeper, Meike Kaemper, during the Women’s World Cup final in Montreal, Canada, in 2014. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Paul Chiasson)
The tournament runs from June 6 to July 5 and will be held in five Canadian cities: Edmonton, in Alberta; Moncton, in New Brunswick; Montreal, in Quebec; Ottawa, the nation’s capital, in Ontario; Vancouver, in British Columbia; and Winnipeg, in Manitoba. The first match will be held in Edmonton. Favorites for this tournament include the teams from the United States, Canada, China, Germany, Japan, and Brazil.
The tournament comes at a difficult time for international soccer. Over the past weeks, officials from the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) have been arrested and charged with corruption. Last week, the organization’s president, Sepp Bladder, announced that he would resign as soon as an election could be held to choose his replacement. This announcement came only five days after Bladder was reelected to his fifth term as FIFA president.
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