Japan v Costa Rica

Japan v Costa Rica

ESPN FC Women's Rank: Top 50 soccer players of 2025

Spain widen lead over USWNT in FIFA women's rankings

How the U23s can boost USWNT options for World Cup 2027

ESPN FC Women's Rank: Top 50 soccer players of 2025

Spain widen lead over USWNT in FIFA women's rankings

How the U23s can boost USWNT options for World Cup 2027

Game Information

FIFA Women's World Cup Standings

FIFA Women's World Cup News

2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, Group Stage

JapanJapanJPN

WWLDL, 6 PTS

Costa RicaCosta RicaCRC

LLDLL, 0 PTS

Hikaru Naomoto - 25'

Aoba Fujino - 27'

Forsyth Barr Stadium

1:00 AM, July 26, 2023Coverage: FS1

Dunedin, New Zealand

Attendance: 6,992

Referees:
Maria Ferrieri Caputi

Here are the 50 best women's soccer players in the world for 2025, as ranked by an expert panel of coaches, GMs and journalists.

Women's World Cup champion Spain widened their points lead atop the FIFA rankings Thursday over the second-placed United States.

Emma Hayes has revitalized the U.S. U23 pathway and a win over England showed how it will help her options ahead of the 2027 World Cup.

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