LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The United States (US) women’s football team will face Jamaica in an international friendly in June after China withdrew from a previously agreed fixture, US Soccer said on Friday.

China had originally agreed to back-to-back friendlies against the US, one in St Paul, Minnesota on May 31 and another in St Louis, Missouri on June 3.

However, US Soccer said the Chinese Football Association has now withdrawn from the second planned fixture. No reason was given for the Chinese withdrawal from the June 3 game.

The match against Jamaica will be just the sixth time the US have faced the fast-improving Reggae Girlz, who reached the last 16 at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

The Americans last faced Jamaica in 2022 in the Concacaf Women’s Gold Cup in Monterrey, Mexico, with the four-time World Champions winning 5-0.

The June 3 fixture is planned to be a send-off game for US legend Becky Sauerbrunn, who announced her retirement last December.