USWNT Closes September Slate Against Nigeria At Audi Field

Following a 4-0 win over Nigeria on September 3 in Kansas Metropolis, the U.S. Girls’s Nationwide Crew returns to the sphere on Tuesday for the second of two matches in opposition to the Tremendous Falcons. The September 6 matchup, introduced by Allstate, might be performed at Audi Area in Washington, D.C. with kickoff at 6 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

 

Instantly following the conclusion of Tuesday’s match, the U.S. Soccer Federation and the U.S. Girls’s Nationwide Crew Gamers Affiliation will formally signal the historic new Collective Bargaining Agreements that function an identical financial phrases with the U.S. Males’s Nationwide Crew and units the worldwide commonplace transferring ahead for worldwide soccer.

Followers will even be capable of comply with the motion by way of Twitter (@USWNT), Instagram (@USWNT), Facebook and the official U.S. Soccer App.

U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER BY POSITION (CLUB; CAPS/GOALS)

 

GOALKEEPERS (3): Aubrey Kingsbury (Washington Spirit; 1), Casey Murphy (North Carolina Braveness; 8), Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Pink Stars; 84) 

 

DEFENDERS (6): Alana Cook dinner (OL Reign; 15/0), Emily Fox (Racing Louisville FC; 18/0), Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave FC; 6/0), Sofia Huerta (OL Reign; 20/0), Hailie Mace (Kansas Metropolis Present; 4/0), Becky Sauerbrunn (Portland Thorns FC; 208/0)  

 

MIDFIELDERS (7): Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns FC; 0/0), Savannah DeMelo (Racing Louisville FC; 0/0), Lindsey Horan (Olympique Lyon, FRA; 117/26), Taylor Kornieck (San Diego Wave FC; 5/1), Rose Lavelle (OL Reign; 79/21), Kristie Mewis (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 45/7), Ashley Sanchez (Washington Spirit; 14/3), Andi Sullivan (Washington Spirit; 33/3) 

 

FORWARDS (6): Ashley Hatch (Washington Spirit; 12/4), Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave FC; 197/119), Mallory Pugh (Chicago Pink Stars; 79/24), Midge Purce (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 20/4), Megan Rapinoe (OL Reign; 193/62), Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns FC; 22/10) 

 

Seventeen of the 23 gamers on this roster noticed motion in Saturday’s win over Nigeria, with head coach Vlatko Andonovski making all six allotted substitutions within the second half. General, 21 of the 23 gamers known as into this camp have been a a part of the roster that helped the USA win the 2022 Concacaf W Championship in Mexico. Defender Kelley O’Hara and ahead Trinity Rodman, who each featured within the USA’s profitable five-game run in Monterrey, have been additionally initially named to the roster however O’Hara was later dominated out of camp on account of a lingering hip harm whereas Rodman withdrew on account of a household dedication. They have been changed by defender Hailie Mace and midfielder Savannah DeMelo. Defender Crystal Dunn, who gave beginning to her son Marcel on Might 20, can be in camp for coaching as she continues her return to health however is not going to function within the matches. 

 

LAST TIME OUT

Taking part in in entrance of a crowd of greater than 14,000 at Youngsters’s Mercy Park, the USA jumped out an early lead over Nigeria within the September 3 matchup. Ahead Sophia Smith scored twice within the first half, tallying within the 14th minute and once more in first-half stoppage time for her fourth multi-goal recreation of the yr. The 22-year-old additionally added an help on Lindsey Horan’s aim within the 25th minute because the USA took a 3-0 lead into the locker room.The USA added to the benefit within the opening levels of the second half as Mallory Pugh drew a penalty which Alex Morgan coolly transformed within the 52nd minute for her fourth aim of the yr.

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