America Ladies’s Nationwide Crew will want a brand new goalkeeper between the sticks following the retirement of Alyssa Naeher.
The 36-year-old introduced the information on Monday because the United Sates gear up for friendlies in opposition to England and the Netherlands inside the subsequent week.
A legend inside the group and international ladies’s recreation, Naeher exits the worldwide stage after 11 years with the senior USWNT. Throughout that span, she gained two FIFA Ladies’s World Cup titles and one Olympic gold medal.
Moreover, she is the one goalkeeper in historical past to earn a shutout in a World Cup Remaining and an Olympic gold medal recreation.
Legend 🇺🇸
Alyssa Naeher, two-time World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist, has introduced her retirement from the USWNT following the workforce’s closing match of 2024.
“Having the chance to be part of the USWNT for the previous 15 years has been the best honor,” stated Naeher. “Once I started this journey, I by no means may have imagined the place it will take me, and now I discover myself so grateful for all of the unimaginable teammates that I’ve shared the sector with; teammates which have became lifelong pals.
“To all my teammates, coaches and employees, thanks all for pushing me, supporting me, and making me a greater particular person/participant each single day.
“A particular thanks goes to my household. You could have traveled everywhere in the world and have been in my nook each step of the way in which and I really like you all.
📸 Carl Recine – 2024 Getty Photographs
“This has been a particular workforce to be part of and I’m past pleased with what we now have achieved each on and off the sector. The recollections I’ve made over time will final me a lifetime.
“I do know one chapter is ending, however I’m so excited to proceed to see the expansion of this workforce going ahead and what extra they’ll accomplish.”
Following her closing worldwide recreation, Naeher will proceed enjoying with the Chicago Crimson Stars.
📸 Luke Hales – 2024 Getty Photographs