The first edition of our daily previews will be easily the most simple. There’s only one thing the US is competing in, women’s soccer, so there won’t be much to talk about.

The US will be taking on France at 12 PM ET (Pre-game at 11:30) on the NBC Sports Network.  The matchup is expected to be one of the highlights of the group stage as it’s one of two rematches of last year’s World Cup semifinals that will be contested (the other is Sweeden-Japan).  Because the soccer tournament in London will allow eight of the 12 teams through to the knockout phase this is not a must-win situation for the US.  The bad news is that the 2nd place team in the US’s group would probably be looking at a quarterfinal matchup with Japan (or Sweeden if Sweeden won that group) which could mean going home without a medal. The winner of the group will get a 3rd place team and likely a much easier path to a semifinal appearance (which means a guaranteed chance to play for a medal).

I probably can’t preview this game as well as some of the soccer experts can so I’ll just refer you to one of the best, Ives Galarcep. You can find his preview of the game here.

I think the US will likely win today and I’d be surprised if they straight up lost. The US really showed they were the better team in the 2nd half last year and I’d expect the same today and wouldn’t be at all surprised if the scoreline ended up 2-1 USA again.