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🇺🇸 Emma Hayes names USWNT coaching roster for Iceland friendlies

by Soccer-News October 31, 2024

Emma Hayes has named her 26-player coaching roster for USWNT’s two friendlies towards Iceland.

It’s the Olympic gold medallist’s first sport on house soil since their success, and 18 members of that squad return.

There’s additionally locations for Alyssa Thompson and Ashley Sanchez, who have been a part of the 2023 FIFA Girls’s World Cup group.

Hayes has additionally added six uncapped gamers to the roster, two of whom have been on the Olympics however didn’t play in midfielder Hal Hershfelt and defender Emily Sams. They’re joined by Eva Gaetino, Alyssa Malonson, Yazmeen Ryan and Emma Sears, who’re rewarded for his or her sturdy NWSL type this season.

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The Stars and Stripes tackle Iceland on each Thursday October twenty fourth in Austin, Texas and 27 October in Nashville, Tennessee.

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USWNT vs Iceland: 2 late objectives give USA dominating 3-1 win

by Soccer-News October 30, 2024

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It was fairly the Texas homecoming Thursday for United States ladies’s nationwide group ahead Jaedyn Shaw.

Shaw, who was born in Frisco, fired dwelling the profitable aim within the eighty fifth minute because the

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“I used to be simply ecstatic,” Shaw stated. “I used to be so glad my household was right here. I’m in my dwelling state, and it’s simply actually thrilling.”

Approaching within the 66th minute as a second-half sub, Shaw took a brief go from Casey Krueger, made two nifty cutbacks, after which slid the ball previous approaching Iceland goalkeeper Telma Ívarsdóttir.

“Her means to create objectives is second to none on this nation,” USWNT coach Emma Hayes stated. “She’s a novel expertise. I don’t know too many gamers who can do what she does. She simply must maintain engaged on her sport and maintain constructing on what largely has been a great 12 months for her.”

Shaw is a member of the youth motion for the USWNT.

Together with Mallory Swanson, Sophia Smith, Trinity Rodman and Alyssa Thompson, she’s a part of the plethora of expertise the USWNT has at ahead between the ages of 19-26. It’s a humiliation of riches that ought to have the group arrange prime for almost a decade.

“I really feel we’re all very distinctive in our personal methods,” stated Smith, who supplied the third aim two minutes after Shaw’s on a powerful take from simply outdoors the field. “For some purpose, it simply clicks each time all of us get to play collectively. It’s essential to have depth, particularly in world tournaments the place you’ve got sport after sport after sport. And it’s essential to have expertise with that depth, so persevering with to get the younger gamers minutes … I believe we will probably be very troublesome to defend.”

At present in her third 12 months enjoying professionally for the San Diego Wave FC of the NWSL — she turned professional when she was 17 — Shaw was on the roster for the Olympics however was injured in coaching and rendered a spectator for the group’s run to the gold medal.

“It’s superb to return again and contribute,” she stated. “All people within the locker room afterwards was so glad for me as a result of they noticed how exhausting the Olympics have been for me.”

The USWNT took a 1-0 lead on Thompson’s rocket from the left aspect of the field late within the first half, however Selma Magnusdottir’s well-placed shot within the fifty fifth minute tied the sport.

Oct 12, 2024; Austin, Texas, US; US Women's National Team forward Jaedyn Shaw (15) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal in the second half against Iceland at Q2 Stadium.

Dominating possession with greater than 70%, the USWNT did little flawed within the match, which is the beginning of a three-game tour celebrating it profitable Olympic gold in August.

With eight objectives and counting earlier than she turns 20 late subsequent month, Shaw might have loads of extra probabilities to go on victory excursions.

“Jaedyn has all of it,” Smith stated. “She’s athletic, has technicality, is sensible and has a excessive soccer IQ. As she continues to construct minutes with this group she’s solely going to proceed to get higher.”

Hayes impressed with Austin followers

Hayes credited the gang of roughly 18,000 with enjoying a component within the win.

“I completely love the drums through the sport,” she stated. “The group was super and you can actually hear them. They have been fantastic and I believe helped encourage the group late.”

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Oct 12, 2024; Austin, Texas, US; U.S. WomenÕs National Team forward Alyssa Thompson (7) scores a goal during the first half against Iceland at Q2 Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Scott Wachter-Imagn Images

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USWNT 3, Iceland 1: Alyssa Thompson’s first worldwide objective helps U.S. safe victory

by Soccer-News October 30, 2024

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The U.S. ladies’s nationwide group defeated Iceland 3-1 on Thursday in its first match following its gold-medal run this summer time on the Paris Olympics. and , each nonetheless youngsters, scored first earlier than offered a late dagger to seal the end result.

Thompson was the one participant to begin who didn’t play on this summer time’s . The 19-year-old was extensively anticipated to be known as again into the nationwide group following a superb run of kind with in . She didn’t disappoint in Austin, Texas, offering the opening objective, which was additionally her first worldwide objective.

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“I get in these conditions loads in video games, so I knew what to do: put it in with my proper,” Thompson mentioned throughout her halftime interview.

For the reason that NWSL’s return from the Olympic break, Thompson has scored 5 objectives with Angel Metropolis and famous she’s spent additional time after coaching engaged on slicing in off the wings with an eye fixed for objective alongside her NWSL teammate . Thursday night time, she received one other good alternative to point out what these additional reps have unlocked.

Thompson final performed for the U.S. in 2023, that includes within the ultimate match of the 12 months in Texas. Regardless of her inclusion within the 2023 World Cup roster, she missed out on an Olympic spot below head coach Emma Hayes.

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“Simply coming onto the sphere and sporting the jersey at first, I used to be like, ‘That is surreal,’” Thompson mentioned throughout halftime. “With the ability to get my first objective, I can’t describe how I really feel. I’m simply so completely satisfied.”

Iceland equalized within the second half when Selma Magnúsdóttir scored within the 56th minute with an effort from exterior the field that beat goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher within the backside left nook. However the tie didn’t final.

Shaw was a second-half substitute, however that didn’t cease her from scoring. Whereas her Olympics went in an sudden course after she picked up a muscle damage in France, Shaw had no points returning to her scoring methods with the nationwide group having totally recovered.

“It was a very powerful month for me,” Shaw mentioned of the Olympics after the match. “However it was additionally the very best month of my life. I discovered loads from it. It simply made me hungry to return again and produce the identical, if no more.”

Smith additionally picked up some USWNT minutes, after lastly making her NWSL return for the in a restricted capability final weekend. Smith had an ankle damage resurface in September and had missed out on a number of Thorns matches. Smith, one-third of the “Triple Espresso” ahead line on the Olympics, added the exclamation level along with her objective within the 88th minute.

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’s earned her first U.S. cap Thursday night time, subbing on within the 66th minute alongside Shaw and . of the additionally lastly earned her first cap for the USWNT on this match, after touring with the group to France this summer time as an alternate.

Coach Emma Hayes known as up six uncapped gamers as a part of her 26-player roster for the October window, although solely 23 gamers can costume for every match.

“We regarded a bit rusty,” Hayes mentioned in her postgame press convention. “We haven’t performed collectively because the Olympics, and I feel we seem like a group with numerous gamers on the again finish of the season.”

Whereas she favored their brief passing sport, Hayes mentioned the efficiency within the ultimate third throughout the first half wasn’t adequate and that they weren’t switching the ball rapidly sufficient. Each have been addressed at halftime.

“It’s as much as us to inject that urgency into the sport,” she mentioned. “The gamers that got here from the bench did that.”

The USWNT nonetheless has two extra matches on this worldwide window. They play Iceland once more Sunday in Nashville (5.30 p.m. ET, airing on TNT, truTV, Max, Universo and Peacock), earlier than their ultimate match on U.S. soil this 12 months subsequent Wednesday in opposition to Argentina in Louisville (7 p.m. ET, airing on TNT, truTV, Max, Universo and Peacock).

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USWNT rallies to beat Iceland, 3-1, with three second-half objectives

by Soccer-News October 30, 2024

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In its , the US girls’s nationwide soccer staff skilled a primary underneath Emma Hayes.

Iceland’s Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir scored a surprising “Olimpico” purpose within the thirty first minute, giving the USWNT its first deficit in Hayes’ 12 video games as coach. For 40 minutes after that, the No. 13 staff within the FIFA Girls’s World Rankings stymied the U.S. because it pushed for a monumental upset.

However Lynn Williams broke the dam within the 72nd minute, and from there, it was all United States. Lindsey Horan put the USWNT in entrance 4 minutes later, and Emma Sears put the sport away with a stoppage time purpose because the U.S. beat Iceland 3-1 in Sunday’s worldwide pleasant in Nashville.

“I am happy with the entire squad effort,” Hayes stated. “I need us to begin higher, however how we ended is one other signal of the assumption that we are able to come again from any state of affairs.”

USWNT rallies from first deficit of Emma Hayes period

Getting into Sunday’s match, the USWNT had received 10 of its first 11 matches with Hayes on the helm, together with a gold medal at this summer time’s Paris Olympics. The U.S. had outscored opponents 23-3 in these 11 video games.

The USWNT had 64.7% possession and completed the sport with 17 pictures to Iceland’s 4, however could not get previous Iceland goalkeeper Cecelia Rúnarsdóttir till Hayes went to her substitutes. Williams, Horan and Sears all got here off the bench, as did Sophia Smith and Alyssa Thompson, who contributed to the build-up on a number of objectives.

“I believed within the second half, we saved the ball higher,” Hayes stated. “Our connections had been nearer collectively. Possibly we did not play the ball in behind sufficient, particularly when Emma Sears got here on, however I believed the gamers that got here into the sport actually added lots of worth.”

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Emma Sears achieves uncommon feat

In her first sport for the USWNT, Sears assisted on Williams’ purpose earlier than getting on the scoresheet herself within the 93rd minute. Smith had a shot blocked contained in the penalty field, however the rebound made its solution to Sears, who beat Rúnarsdóttir with a left-footed strike.

“When she got here on, she had a giant smile on her face,” Hayes stated. “She regarded actually relaxed to me, whether or not she was or not. … What I favored about her was the intention. She’d flip, she’d face up, she’d go ahead.”

Sears turned the twenty third participant to attain a purpose in her USWNT debut, and simply the fourth to report a purpose and an help. The newest to take action was Christen Press, who had two objectives and an help in opposition to Scotland in February 2013.

“It is laborious to search out the phrases to clarify,” Sears stated. “I am positive it should all settle, however the feeling was tremendous surreal.”

Mallory Swanson, Kelley O’Hara honored

Earlier than kickoff, ahead Mallory Swanson was honored for her one hundredth cap with the USWNT, which she earned within the Olympic gold medal match in opposition to Brazil in August. Swanson, who turned the forty fourth participant to succeed in 100 USWNT caps and at 26, the youngest since 25-year-old Amy Rodriguez in 2012, scored the game-winning purpose in that match.

Retired defender Kelley O’Hara was honored in a ceremony at halftime. O’Hara performed for the USWNT from 2011-23, incomes 160 caps throughout her profession, and helped them win the 2015 and 2019 World Cups. The Twenty first-most capped participant in USWNT historical past, O’Hara introduced her retirement in Might after coping with continual knee degeneration.

“She deserves all of the flowers for her profession,” Williams stated. “Her profession most likely did not finish precisely how she needed to, however that does not imply we should not have fun all the issues that she’s completed inside this program.”

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🇺🇸 Rotated USWNT erase deficit in comeback pleasant win over Iceland

by Soccer-News October 30, 2024

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On a day when Emma Hayes closely rotated the USWNT lineup, the Stars and Stripes got here from behind to win a second consecutive pleasant in opposition to Iceland.

Scorers: Williams 72′, Horan 76′, Sears 90+3′ ; Vilhjálmsdóttir 31′

After beating Iceland in Austin simply three days in the past, the U.S. returned to motion in Nashville, however it wasn’t with out main adjustments. U.S. supervisor Emma Hayes made seven adjustments to the facet, most notably giving Emily Sams the beginning on her debut for the nationwide workforce.

However the motion on the pitch wasn’t as lucky for the house facet, as they went behind on the half-hour mark when an oblique free-kick from Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir someway discovered its manner by means of a crowded field and into the again of the online.

After the break the U.S. made a handful of adjustments to herald a number of the larger stars, and the adjustments took. The leveler got here within the last 20 minutes when Lynn Williams pounced on a ball within the field earlier than firing house, however the U.S. discovered the winner solely 4 minutes later by means of a Lindsey Horan tap-in.

The hosts weren’t accomplished there nevertheless, as Emma Sears got here off the bench to attain a debut aim to recollect, selecting out the nook of the online from contained in the field.

With the 2 wins over Iceland below their belt, the USWNT will now flip their consideration to a mid-week showdown with Argentina in Louisville.

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USWNT honors Kelley O’Hara with retirement ceremony in pleasant win over Iceland

by Soccer-News October 30, 2024

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America Girls’s Nationwide Staff mentioned goodbye to a different legend. The crew honored defender Kelley O’Hara in a ceremony throughout a pleasant towards Iceland on Sunday.

O’Hara, a two-time World Cup winner and Olympic gold medalist with the USWNT, racked up 160 appearances and three targets throughout 13 years on the U.S. senior crew. The crew supplied $16 tickets to the sport in Nashville, in honor of O’Hara’s 160 caps. She was honored with a No. 160 jersey commemorating these appearances.

The 36-year-old American defender introduced her retirement in Could, saying that she would . All through the season, O’Hara performed minimal video games for her membership, NJ/NY Gotham FC, as a consequence of harm. She was ultimately to the season-ending harm listing with power knee degradation, bringing about her retirement just a few months sooner than anticipated.

O’Hara is one in all simply 12 U.S. gamers to be named to 4 World Cup rosters, and was named to the FIFA FIFPro World XI for 2019 after her efficiency on the 2019 World Cup.

The defender’s final recreation for the USA was within the 2023 World Cup, when she was introduced off the bench in additional time to assist the USWNT by means of a penalty shootout towards Sweden within the Spherical of 16. The U.S. went on to lose the shootout, resulting in its earliest-ever World Cup exit.

Sunday’s recreation obtained to a gradual begin, with the U.S. happening 1-0 within the first half after a aim from Iceland ahead Karólína Lea Vilhjálmsdóttir. USA responded with three unanswered targets within the second half to safe .

The crew additionally took time previous to the match to honor ahead Mallory Swanson for reaching her a hundredth cap. Defender Emily Sonnett was honored for her a hundredth cap in the course of the on Thursday.

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O’Hara is the newest in a wave of USWNT legends to announce the tip of her soccer profession, with U.S. icons like , and bidding farewell to each the NWSL and the nationwide crew up to now 12 months.

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