have been each referred to as up Tuesday to the for this month’s , marking simply the third time siblings have been named to the identical senior nationwide workforce roster. However among the many names lacking from the 23-woman roster is defender , who final month moved to Chelsea on a $1-million switch, the most costly in girls’s soccer historical past.
Girma, who final 12 months named to the FIFA world Finest XI after serving to the in final summer season’s , was one among 10 Olympians left off the workforce to provide coach an opportunity to audition a brand new wave of gamers. Girma can also be returning to health after recovering from a calf damage.
Others lacking embrace midfielder and forwards , and . 4 of the ladies Hayes referred to as up have by no means appeared in a senior nationwide workforce whereas seven others have eight or fewer caps; the common age of the 23 gamers in 24.9 years.
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“This workforce continues to be rising,” Hayes stated in a press release. “With many gamers at the start of their membership preseasons, we’ll be affected person with them. However on the identical time, we’re going to maximise the time now we have collectively.”
The U.S. will open the four-team event towards Colombia on Feb. 20 in Houston, then face Australia three days later in Glendale, Ariz., earlier than ending towards Japan on Feb. 26 in San Diego. All three groups reached the quarterfinals of the final World Cup whereas Colombia and Japan additionally made the ultimate eight of final summer season’s Paris Olympics.
“We face three wonderful groups with three very completely different kinds and the event will probably be an incredible take a look at to see who can carry out towards world-class gamers,” Hayes stated. “However to see that we have to give them alternatives. We’ve got put plenty of thought on how greatest to perform that whereas persevering with to evolve and placing out a workforce that may win.”
The Thompson sisters signed with Angel Metropolis as youngsters; Alyssa, a ahead, within the winter of 2023 and Gisele, a defender, a 12 months later. Alyssa, now 20, went on to play within the World Cup as a rookie whereas Gisele, 19, has been referred to as right into a earlier nationwide workforce coaching camp however has not appeared in a sport.
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The primary pair of sisters referred to as up for senior nationwide workforce video games have been twins Lorrie and Ronnie Truthful within the Nineties. Extra lately Samantha and Kristie Mewis have been on the 2021 Olympic workforce collectively.
Sixteen of the gamers referred to as up this month play within the NWSL whereas seven different come from 5 European golf equipment. A kind of is Chelsea ahead Catarina Macario, who needed to withdraw from the Olympic workforce with a knee damage final summer season. She hasn’t performed for the U.S. since final June.
Defender Savy King, lately acquired by Angel Metropolis in a commerce with Bay FC, will probably be in camp as a coaching participant however won’t seem on any sport rosters.
U.S. girls’s nationwide workforce roster
Goalkeepers: Jane Campbell (Houston Sprint), Mandy McGlynn (Utah Royals)
Defenders: Tierna Davidson (NJ/NY Gotham), Crystal Dunn (Paris Saint-Germain), Emily Fox (Arsenal), Tara McKeown (Washington Spirit), Jenna Nighswonger (Arsenal), Emily Sams (Orlando Delight), Emily Sonnett (NJ/NY Gotham), Gisele Thompson (Angel Metropolis FC)
Midfielders: Korbin Albert (Paris Saint-Germain), Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns FC), Lindsey Heaps (née Horan) (Olympique Lyon), Claire Hutton (Kansas Metropolis Present), Jaedyn Shaw (North Carolina Braveness), Lily Yohannes (Ajax)
Forwards: Lynn Biyendolo (née Williams) (Seattle Reign FC), Michelle Cooper (Kansas Metropolis Present), Catarina Macario (Chelsea FC), Yazmeen Ryan (Houston Sprint), Emma Sears (Racing Louisville), Ally Sentnor (Utah Royals), Alyssa Thompson (Angel Metropolis)
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