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U.S. women’s hockey team declines invitation to attend the State of the Union

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The USA women’s hockey team has declined an invitation to attend Tuesday night’s State of the Union, a day after President Donald Trump jokingly told the men’s hockey team that he would probably be impeached if he also didn’t invite the women’s team. 

Scheduling conflicts was the reason for declining the invitation to attend the State of the Union, according to a USA Hockey spokesperson. 

“We are sincerely grateful for the invitation extended to our gold medal–winning U.S. Women’s Hockey Team and deeply appreciate the recognition of their extraordinary achievement,” the spokesperson said. “Due to the timing and previously scheduled academic and professional commitments following the Games, the athletes are unable to participate.”

The spokesperson added that the team was “honored to be included and are grateful for the acknowledgment.”

Trump invited the men’s team to the State of the Union during a call with the team shortly after their win over Canada. It is unclear whether the team will attend. 

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“I must tell you, we’re gonna have to bring the women’s team,” he said. “I do believe I probably would be impeached.” 

Team USA made history at the 2026 Olympics by completing a sweep of hockey gold medals for the first time. The women’s team won the gold for the first time in eight years after recording a 2-1 overtime win over Canada. Two days later, the men’s team followed suit in nearly identical fashion after posting a 2-1 overtime win over Canada. The men’s team captured their first gold medal since the 1980 “Miracle on Ice.” 

While the women’s team trailed for most of regulation before tying the score in the third period, the men’s team took an early lead before Canada tied things up in the second period. It remained tied throughout the third period before Zach Werenski fed Jack Hughes for the game-winning goal less than two minutes into overtime. 

The women’s golden goal was scored by Megan Keller, who had assisted on Hilary Knight’s game-tying goal in the third period. 

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Wolfsburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt Prediction and Betting Tips

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Wolfsburg will invite Eintracht Frankfurt to Volkswagen Arena in the Bundesliga on Saturday. The hosts have five wins and are 17th in the league table. Frankfurt have 10 wins and are seventh in the league standings.

Die Wölfe have endured a poor run of form and are winless in their last 11 games in all competitions. They suffered a second consecutive defeat last week, as they resumed their league campaign after the international break with a 6-3 away loss to Bayer Leverkusen. The Danish trio of Jonas Wind, Joakim Mæhle, and Christian Eriksen scored in the first half, but they conceded four goals after the break.

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Die Adler are winless in their last two games and were held to a 2-2 draw by Koln last week. After a goalless first half, Jonathan Burkardt and Arnaud Kalimuendo scored in quick succession in the second half. Koln scored twice late in the match to level the score.

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Wolfsburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

  • The two teams have crossed paths 53 times in all competitions. Die Wölfe have the lead in the head-to-head record with 24 wins. The visitors have 11 wins, and 18 games have ended in draws.
  • They last met in the reverse fixture in November and played out a 1-1 draw.
  • The hosts have the joint-worst defensive record in the league, conceding 63 goals, 10 more than Eintracht Frankfurt.
  • Wolfsburg have scored a goal each in their last three meetings against the visitors.
  • Six of the last nine meetings between the two teams have produced under 2.5 goals.
  • Die Adler are winless on their travels across all competitions since December.
  • Only Hamburg have drawn more games (10) in the Bundesliga this season than the visitors (9).

Wolfsburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt Prediction

Die Wölfe have lost five of their last six league games, conceding 17 goals in that period, and will look to improve upon that record. Notably, they have scored in all but one of their last 10 home games.

They have a lengthy absentee list for this match, as Cleiton, Kevin Paredes, Bence Dárdai, Rogério, Jenson Seelt, Kilian Fischer, Jonas Wind, and Marius Müller are injured, and Konstantinos Koulierakis is suspended.

Die Adler have conceded two goals apiece in their last two league games. They have conceded three goals each in four of their last seven away games, which is cause for concern.

Michy Batshuayi, Rasmus Kristensen, Kauã Santos, Nnamdi Collins, and Jean-Mattéo Bahoya remain sidelined for the visitors.

Frankfurt are unbeaten in their last four meetings against the hosts and should make the most of Wolfsburg’s struggles to eke out a win.

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Prediction: Wolfsburg 1-2 Eintracht Frankfurt


Wolfsburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt Betting Tips

Tip 1: Result – Eintracht Frankfurt to win

Tip 2: Goals – Over/Under 2.5 Goals – Over 2.5 goals

Tip 3: Both teams to score – Yes

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Tip 4: At least one goal to be scored in the second half – Yes