Group Stages starting this week. Snap shot how they got to the world cup and team rankings. Other sites like the guardian and a few others have more in depth analysis but this is just a nice fast read..


http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/womens-world-cup-preview-the-u-s-has-company-in-the-lead/

http://www.latimes.com/sports/soccer/la-sp-world-cup-capsules-20150531-story.html#page=1


Group A
Canada, China, Holland and New Zealand

Group B
Germany, Ivory Coast, Norway and Thailand

Group C
Japan, Switzerland, Cameroon and Ecuador

Group D
US, Australia, Sweden and Nigeria

Group E
Brazil, Costa Rica, South Korea, Spain

Group F
Columbia, England France, Mexico,