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<p>Women’s soccer tours continue to grow in popularity with two tournaments in the United States scheduled for August 2022. Yet again, however, instead of combining the two tournaments into one, event organizers have scheduled both competitions at the same time. They also have similar names: Women’s Cup and Women’s International Champions Cup.</p>
<p>The Women’s Cup returns to Louisville, KY, while the Women’s International Champions Cup returns to Portland and Providence Park. These tournaments both come during mid-August. Therefore, it is in the <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.com/nwsl-tv-schedule-and-streaming-links/">midst of the NWSL season</a>. Yet, it is a preseason competition for some other clubs traveling in from across the globe.</p>
<p>In total, there are 10 teams involved over the two miniature tournaments. Furthermore, those 10 teams come from six countries. The most notable of those is Olympique Lyonnais, which won the UEFA Women’s Champions League six out of the last seven years. Still, clubs like Chelsea, Milan, Tottenham and two Mexican sides are elite at their respective competitions.</p>
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<p>Consequently, it shapes up for high-quality women’s soccer at the club level over one busy week.</p>
<h3>Women’s soccer tours in August 2022</h3>
<p>On one hand, it is a blessing for viewers to have access to watching these women’s clubs in a jam-packed schedule from August 14 to August 20. However, there is simply no way for fans to watch both of the competitions in person due to the distance between them. After all, the women’s soccer tours are either in Louisville, KY, or Portland, OR.</p>
<p>These are two hotbeds of the American women’s club scene. The Portland Thorns, hosting and competing in the Women’s International Champions Cup, are consistently near the top of NWSL. With two NWSL Championships and NWSL Shields as the side with the best regular season record, the likes of Lindsey Horan and Becky Sauerbrunn make up one of NWSL most talented sides.</p>
<p>The other host of one of the Women’s soccer tours is Racing Louisville, which calls Lynn Family Stadium home. Racing Louisville only started play in 2021. Yet, it has the opportunity to play against some of the world’s best women’s sides.</p>
<h5>2022 Women’s Cup</h5>
<p>The Women’s Cup from a year ago featured vaunted sides like Bayern Munich and Paris Saint Germain. This year, more popular sides come to Louisville. Plus, there is a bump in the quantity of teams. From four to six, the teams joining Racing Louisville are OL Reign from Seattle, Club América, Tottenham Hotspur, AC Milan and Tokyo Verdy.</p>
<p>The seven-day competition includes seven games on the schedule. On August 14, <a href="https://vivid-seats.pxf.io/c/330866/952533/12730?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Fwomens-world-cup-soccer-tickets-lynn-family-stadium-8-14-2022--sports-soccer%2Fproduction%2F3944320" rel="noopener" target="_blank">AC Milan plays Japanese side Tokyo Verdy Beleza</a>. That same day, <a href="https://vivid-seats.pxf.io/c/330866/952533/12730?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Fwomens-world-cup-soccer-tickets-lynn-family-stadium-8-14-2022--sports-soccer%2Fproduction%2F3944320" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Tottenham battles Club América</a>. The winner of those games plays Racing Louisville and OL Reign, respectively, in the semifinals of the competition. The two losers of the international games will also play a consolation game.</p>
<p>A year ago, <a href="https://thewomenscup.world/recap2021.html">three of the four games went to a shootout</a>. Therefore, expect the same kind of drama from the 2022 Women’s Cup.</p>
<h5>2022 Women’s International Champions Cup</h5>
<p>Of the women’s soccer tours coming to the U.S. this summer, the Women’s International Champions Cup features perhaps the best teams on average. In fact, the sides that compete have to qualify just to get to this position.</p>
<p>In knowing that, the competitors in the 2022 edition are Lyon, Portland Thorns, C.F. Monterrey and Chelsea FC Women’s. Each of these clubs won their domestic competition and more. As stated previously, Lyon won the 2021/22 UEFA Women’s Champions League over a Barcelona side that lost just twice in the entire season. Chelsea FC Women’s won the FA Women’s Super League and the Women’s FA Cup.</p>
<p>Like the 2022 Women’s Cup, this is <a href="https://www.internationalchampionscup.com/2022-womens-schedule">a small bracket tournament</a>. On August 17, <a href="https://vivid-seats.pxf.io/c/330866/952533/12730?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Finternational-champions-cup---womens-tickets-providence-park-8-17-2022--sports-soccer%2Fproduction%2F3989616%3FAID%3DSearchBar" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Chelsea plays Lyon</a> in a major matchup of UEFA Women’s Champions League contenders. The other fixture pits <a href="https://vivid-seats.pxf.io/c/330866/952533/12730?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vividseats.com%2Finternational-champions-cup---womens-tickets-providence-park-8-17-2022--sports-soccer%2Fproduction%2F3989616%3FAID%3DSearchBar" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Portland against Monterrey</a>. Three days later on August 20, the two winners play in the de facto final, while the two previous defeated sides play in the third-place playoff.</p>
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There are two women's soccer tours coming to the United States this summer that feature Chelsea, Spurs, Lyon, Monterrey and others.

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<p>Memphis Depay arrived at Barcelona on a free transfer. Great value, especially considering <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.cms.futbolsitesnetwork.com/2021/08/18/barcelonas-1-5-billion-debt-how-a-mega-club-fell-into-a-financial-black-hole-and-lost-its-star/#comments" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the circumstances</a> surrounding the club.</p>
<p>FC Barcelona experienced the worst transfer window in the club’s recent memory. Yet, much of that came out of necessity. Poor transfer windows and investments in years prior set the club back billions.</p>
<h3><strong>Memphis Depay arrives through significant departures</strong></h3>
<p>The five-time European champions attempted to lower their wage bill under La Liga’s salary cap structure, president Joan Laporta struggled to sell players.</p>
<p>Six-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi left for Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer. Despite accepting absurd pay cuts, FC Barcelona could not pay <a href="https://worldsoccertalk.cms.futbolsitesnetwork.com/2021/08/05/messi-to-leave-barcelona-as-contract-talks-collapse/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">less than 50 percent</a> of his previous salary.</p>
<p>Then, the 2016 French Player of the Year, Antoine Griezmann, returned to Atletico Madrid. However, striker Luuk de Jong signed from Sevilla as a last-minute panic purchase.</p>
<p>With the departure of Messi and Griezmann, <a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/team/stats/_/id/83/league/ESP.1/season/2020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Barcelona</a> lost 54% of their goals and 33% of their assists. Moreover, the Copa-del-Rey-winning team lost their two biggest goal threats.</p>
<p>In steps Memphis Depay. The Dutch-international came over from Lyon. There, he led <em>Les Gones</em> last season in both goals (20) and assists (12).</p>
<h3><strong>The Perfectionist</strong></h3>
<p>Memphis Depay has no easy task. He must fill a void previously occupied by arguably the greatest player to grace the pitch.</p>
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<p>The forward will have a career as decorated as Messi, but he is working to replicate the Argentine’s goal output.</p>
<p>Memphis has 42 goal contributions, 28 goals and 14 assists, in 38 matches during the 2021 calendar year. The only players in front of the forward are Robert Lewandowski, 50, Messi, 47, and Erling Haaland with 45.</p>
<p>Recently, Memphis Depay bagged a hat trick and an assist in a UEFA World Cup Qualifying match. His man-of-the-match performance propelled the Netherlands to a 6-1 victory over Turkey.</p>
<p>The Dutch international tied icons Johan Cruyff and Abe Lenstra with 33 goals for the Oranje. Currently, Memphis sits at eighth-all-time on Holland’s goal list.</p>
<p>After the match, the 2014-15 Eredivisie top scorer was critical of his performance.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>“We were careless, especially me. I lost my first three balls; I am not satisfied with that, and I need to improve,”</em> Memphis Depay said.</p>
<p><em>“I am happy, especially with the result, but I expect more from myself.”</em></p></blockquote>
<h3><strong>Growing Pains</strong></h3>
<p>To elevate to an elite-playmaker level, Depay needs this type of determination.</p>
<p>After all, Depay does not shy away from challenges. This is not his first time at a major European club where the lights shine brighter.</p>
<p>At 21, Memphis joined his former national team manager, Louis van Gaal, at Manchester United. The attacker drew early comparisons to the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo. Furthermore, Depay wore United’s storied No. 7 shirt.</p>
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<p>However, he failed to reach expectations. Under pragmatic coaches like van Gaal and Jose Mourinho, Depay felt like his game was put in shackles.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>“I don’t blame the manager. Maybe [Mourinho] doesn’t like my style of play,”</em> Depay told the&nbsp;<em>Sunday Times&nbsp;</em>in 2018.</p>
<p><em>“I love playing beautiful football, tricks and doing cheeky things. I don’t know if that’s his type of game.”</em></p></blockquote>
<p>After signing with Olympique Lyonnais in 2017, Memphis rediscovered freedom. The three Lyon managers Depay worked under employed him typically on the left side. There, Depay cut inside to score with his favored right foot. Also, Memphis Depay appeared as a secondary striker in a front two. Finally, he worked as a lone striker as well as a No. 10 to dictate play.</p>
<p>Prior to his move to France, Depay’s critics believed him to be overly selfish. In Ligue 1, he learned to read the game and trust his teammates. In four seasons for <i>L’OL</i>, Depay registered double-digit assists in three of the four campaigns. The only outlier is the 2016-17 season when the forward joined the club in January.</p>
<h3><strong>The Leap</strong></h3>
<p>This summer, Memphis Depay joined the 26-time La Liga champions as a free agent. Manchester City legend Sergio Aguero also joined the club to boost the attack. Unfortunately, health continues to hinder Aguero, who is currently out with a right calf injury.</p>
<p>In three league matches so far, France Football’s 2015 Best Young Player has made his presence known on every occasion. Memphis Depay assisted Gerard Pique’s goal in a 4-2 victory over Real Sociedad. His strike in the 75<sup>th</sup> minute secured a 1-1 draw at Athletic Bilbao. Depay also scored the game-winning goal in Barcelona’s 2-1 win against Getafe. A Barcelona legend notices the forward’s development and believes he is ready to be the focal point of Barca’s attack.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>“Memphis has thrown the team on his back, without Messi, I think he will be the leader,”</em> said Samuel Eto’o on Catalan TV program, <em>Què T’hi Jugues</em>.</p></blockquote>
<p>At 27, Depay is entering his prime at the right time.</p>
<p>Barcelona needs him to be great to challenge for trophies.</p>
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