Nigeria’s Super Falcons on Tuesday arrived in the United States ahead of a four-nation tournament comprising Portugal, Jamaica and the host country.

This was contained in a statement issued by the communications department of Nigeria Football Federations on Tuesday in Abuja.

According to the statement, nine home-based players and some members of the technical crew left the country on Monday and arrived in Houston on Tuesday morning.

The team’s head coach, Randy Waldrum, and a number of foreign-based players are expected to join the squad in Houston ahead of Nigeria’s first match against Jamaica at the BBVA stadium on Thursday.

The nine-time African champions will also tackle Portugal at the same stadium on Sunday before a match against four-time World Cup winners, the US, on June 16 at the Q2 Stadium.

The match against Nigeria will mark the first time the US has ever faced the Super Falcons outside of a world championship.

It would also be just the third-ever friendly against an African country for the Americans, with the previous two coming against South Africa.

 

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