World Cup Day 6: NIG-KOR, GER-ESP, FRA-NOR

We have now watched every team play one game in the Women’s World Cup, so it’s time to circle around back to Group A for the second round of the group stages. There are three games today.

And, unless something goes catastrophically wrong, it’s shaping up like France and the USA will face each other in the quarterfinals this year. That seems wrong — France and USA are two of the best teams in the field. That’s a finals match-up and it looks like it could come two rounds too early.

World Cup schedule (Day 6 - Wed. June 12)

Nigeria vs. South Korea (Group A)
9 a.m. ET, 2 p.m. UK, 3 p.m. Paris
Stade des Alpes (Grenoble)
TV: Fox Sports 1 (USA); NBC Universo (USA - Spanish); BBC Sport Live
Streaming: Fox Sports Go (cable authentication), Telemundo Deportes En Vivo | NBC Sports Live (Spanish), fuboTV (free trial) *

Germany vs. Spain (Group B)
12 p.m. ET, 5 p.m. UK, 6 p.m. Paris
Stade du Hainaut (Valenciennes)
TV: FOX (USA); Telemundo (USA - Spanish); BBC Sport Live
Streaming: Fox Sports Go (cable authentication), Telemundo Deportes En Vivo (Spanish), fuboTV (free trial) *

France vs. Norway (Group A)
3 p.m. ET, 8 p.m. UK, 9 p.m. Paris
Allianz Riviera (Nice)
TV: FOX (USA); Telemundo (USA - Spanish); BBC Four
Streaming: Fox Sports Go (cable authentication), Telemundo Deportes En Vivo (Spanish), fuboTV (free trial) *

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Daily reading

• From AllForXI: The USWNT got some criticism for running up the score, but that’s not a sign of disrespect.
• All 13 USWNT goals ranked by rudeness
• Stephanie Yang saw Serena Williams in Paris, and it was awesome.