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Germany and England Face off Saturday at 4 p.m. ET in Third-Place Match

July 3, 2015 - National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) News Release


CHICAGO (July 3, 2015) - Portland Thorns FC teammates Nadine Angerer and Jodie Taylor are set to face each other when Germany and England meet in the third-place match of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Saturday at 4 p.m. ET at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta.

The game will be the last in an illustrious international career for Angerer, who announced in May that she would retire following the World Cup and has captained Germany throughout the tournament.

The Thorns goalkeeper will retire from international soccer as one of the most decorated players in the history of the game - having won two World Cups, five UEFA European Football Championships and three Olympic bronze medals.

She was also named the best goalkeeper at the 2007 World Cup in China, at which she did not allow a single goal during the entire competition, and in 2013 she was voted the FIFA Women's World Player of the Year.

Angerer made three saves Monday in a 2-0 semifinal loss to the United States - including a specular stop against Portland teammate Alex Morgan in the first half of the match. The Thorns forward was played in on goal by an excellently weighted through ball from fellow Portland player Tobin Heath and was one-on-one with Angerer, who waited out Morgan before making the save to keep that match scoreless.

"This was a semifinal with two high-level teams playing against each other. Unfortunately we were not dangerous enough around the opponents' goal and I congratulate the United States," Germany coach Silvia Neid told reporters after the game. "I think two very good teams played against each other, and sometimes in that scenario they neutralize each other but it was still a good game. This team has given its all [Monday], but unfortunately it wasn't enough."

Germany will be playing in the third-place game at a World Cup for just the second time and first since the inaugural tournament hosted by China in 1991. The Germans lost that contest 4-0 to Sweden and had won three-consecutive World Cup semifinals before losing to the United States on Monday.

"It will be very hard for all of us, but in a way we would like to have a nice conclusion to the tournament, so ... we will focus on the match for third-place on Saturday," Neid said.

Germany has never finished third at the World Cup - having been fourth in 1991 and second (to Norway) in 1995 before becoming world champions in back-to-back tournaments in 2003 and 2007.

England come into the contest assured of their highest-ever finish at a World Cup and hoping to end the competition on a positive note following their 2-1 loss to Japan on Tuesday in the semifinals, in which they conceded the game-winning score on an unfortunate own goal by Laura Bassett in the 92nd minute.

Portland Thorns FC forward Jodie Taylor made her second-consecutive start for the Lionesses and played 60 minutes before she was replaced in the 60th minute.

The third-place match Saturday will be played at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta - the same site as England's semifinal loss to Japan - and will be broadcast live on FOX.

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