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How To Watch Ori Velasquez at #WWC2015
6/5/2015 10:07:00 AM | Women's Soccer
The former IU standout will play her first match of the tournament on Tuesday, June 9
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 gets underway on Saturday with the host country, Canada, taking on China. But former IU women's soccer standout Orianica Velasquez and her home country of Colombia will begin play on Tuesday, June 9 against Mexico.
For Velasquez, this will be her second straight World Cup appearance after making her debut in 2011. This time around, Colombia is in Group F with Mexico, France and England.
Just as she did when she played for the Hoosiers, Velasquez will wear jersey number 9 in the tournament.
Over the last 10 days, the Colombians have been in Denver playing in friendly matches as they prepared for the Women's World Cup. They opened with a 6-1 win over ECNL Colorado Storm on May 28. They followed that with a 2-1 win over Costa Rica on May 31 and closed out the friendlies with a 1-0 triumph against Costa Rica on June 3.
Here's a look at all the info for the three Colombia matches in pool play:
Tuesday, June 9 vs. Mexico (4:00 p.m. ET, FOX)
Saturday, June 13 vs. France (1:00 p.m. ET, FOX)
Wednesday, June 17 vs. England (4:00 p.m. ET, Fox Sports 1)
