USA vs Spain: Women's Friendly Match Today
The United States and Spain play football today. It is a friendly match. A friendly is a game that is not part of a big competition.
The coach of the United States team is Emma Hayes. She wants to win against Spain. She worked before at Chelsea, a football club in England. Spain was difficult for her team at that time too.
The match will be shown live on television. Live means people can watch it while it happens.
A Spanish TV channel called TVE also changed its schedule today. It stopped showing a repeat program. Instead, it will show a live event in the late-night time slot.
Vocabulary2 words
- friendly
- a game that does not count for a big competition
- live
- happening now; you can watch it while it happens
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Quiz
Answer key
1. USA and Spain 2. Emma Hayes 3. True
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The United States and Spain play football today. It is a _____ match.
A friendly is a game that is not part of a big _____.
The coach of the United States team is Emma _____.
She worked before at Chelsea, a football club in _____.
The match will be shown _____ on television.
A Spanish TV channel called _____ also changed its schedule today.
Instead, it will show a live event in the _____ time slot.
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