Dallas Wings Guard Arike Ogunbowale Meets US Women’s National Soccer Team

By Dorothy J. Gentry Sports Editor

Dallas Wings All-WNBA guard and former high school standout soccer player, Arike Ogunbowale, watched training and met with members of the United States Women’s National Soccer team Tuesday at Toyota Stadium in Frisco.

The USWNT is in town participating in the SheBelieves Cup, an annual four-team tournament hosted by the U.S. Soccer Federation for the USWNT during every February. They will play against No. 9-ranked Brazil in Frisco at Toyota Stadium on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET (6 p.m. CST). It will be broadcast on TNT and HBO Max in English, Univer- so and Peacock in Spanish.

Ogunbowale presented midfielder Rose Lavelle with a customized ‘Lavelle’ Dallas Wings jersey and Lavelle presented Arike with an official USWNT kit. Lavelle, a University of Wisconsin alum, attended school with Arike’s older brother, Dare Ogunbowale, who currently is a running back with the Houston Texans.