Laken Litman
School Soccer & Soccer Analyst
Emma Hayes has named 24 gamers to signify the U.S. girls’s nationwide staff on its ultimate roster of the yr. The squad will conclude an epic 2024 with abroad matches towards England and the Netherlands.
Fifteen of twenty-two members from this summer season’s gold medal successful Olympic squad made the reduce, however this doesn’t embrace the famed Triple Espresso entrance line. That is as a result of Trinity Rodman, Sophia Smith and Mallory Swanson are all coping with nagging accidents after an extended yr. Rodman will even be coming off a NWSL ultimate, as she and the Washington Spirit are set to face the Orlando Satisfaction within the championship match on Nov. 23.
The USWNT will face England on the iconic Wembley Stadium on Nov. 30 and the Netherlands at ADO Den Haag Stadium on Dec. 3.
“By way of our schedule, that is the top of an exquisite yr, however we’re nonetheless at the start of our strategy of constructing in the direction of qualifying for the subsequent World Cup,” Hayes mentioned in an announcement. “So, this journey shall be about testing ourselves towards two world-class groups with alternatives to develop our roster. We’ll proceed to construct relationships on and off the sector, and I am actually excited to work with this group as we proceed to set the stage for 2025.”
One of many highlights of this roster for Hayes is undoubtedly her skill to name up 17-year-old midfielder Lily Yohannes, who simply final week introduced that she’s going to signify the U.S. nationwide staff as a substitute of the Netherlands. Yohannes was born in Virginia, however has lived within the Netherlands since she was 10 years outdated. She’s been known as into two earlier camps and had an emotional dream debut on June 4 when she scored a objective minutes after being subbed into her first USWNT match.
Yohannes stars for Ajax and reportedly confronted backlash on social media after making her choice public. However her membership coach Hesterine de Reus mentioned through ESPN that “she dealt with it very nicely.” That comes as no shock, as USWNT teammates have marveled on the teenager’s maturity previously.
Yohannes is the one teen on this roster, as Alyssa Thompson and Jaedyn Shaw each turned 20 this month.
That is nonetheless a youthful roster, although, with solely 5 members of their 30s — Alyssa Naeher, Casey Krueger, Lynn Williams, Lindsey Horan and Emily Sonnett. The roster averages 37 caps per participant, with solely 4 having greater than 100, and 14 gamers having 20 caps or fewer.
There are some new faces on this camp, together with two uncapped gamers in 28-year-old Manchester United goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce and 20-year-old Utah Royals FC ahead Ally Sentnor. Tullis-Joyce, who’s 6-feet tall, signed with Manchester United in September 2023 and frolicked backing up England goalkeeper Mary Earps. When Earps moved to Paris Saint-Germain, Tullis-Joyce turned the starter and has six clear sheets this season.
Sentnor, in the meantime, was the captain of the U.S. youth nationwide staff that completed in third place on the 2024 U-20 Girls’s World Cup in Colombia earlier this fall. She scored three objectives and received the Bronze Ball because the third-best participant within the event, and scored three objectives and added 4 assists as a daily starter for Utah this previous NWSL season.
With the addition of Tullis-Joyce and Sentnor, Hayes has now known as up 11 new gamers since changing into the USWNT supervisor.
After these video games, the USWNT may have a while off earlier than getting again collectively in January in Los Angeles for a coaching camp that shall be held concurrently with a “Futures Camp,” which can assist determine rising expertise.
U.S. Girls’s Nationwide Group Roster by Place (Membership; Caps/Objectives) – 2024 European Friendlies
GOALKEEPERS (3): Mandy Haught (Utah Royals FC; 1), Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Manchester United, ENG; 0), Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Crimson Stars; 113)
DEFENDERS (9): Tierna Davidson (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 64/3), Emily Fox (Arsenal FC, ENG; 60/1), Eva Gaetino (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA; 1/0), Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave FC; 42/2), Casey Krueger (Washington Spirit; 59/0), Alyssa Malonson (Bay FC; 1/0), Jenna Nighswonger (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 17/2), Emily Sams (Orlando Satisfaction; 2/0), Emily Sonnett (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 101/2)
MIDFIELDERS (6): Korbin Albert (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA; 20/1), Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns FC; 26/1), Hal Hershfelt (Washington Spirit; 2/0), Lindsey Horan (Olympique Lyon, FRA; 159/36), Rose Lavelle (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 108/24), Lily Yohannes (Ajax, NED; 1/1)
FORWARDS (6): Yazmeen Ryan (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 2/0), Emma Sears (Racing Louisville FC; 2/1), Ally Sentnor (Utah Royals FC; 0/0), Jaedyn Shaw (San Diego Wave FC; 19/8), Alyssa Thompson (Angel Metropolis FC; 11/1), Lynn Williams (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 73/20)
Laken Litman covers school soccer, school basketball and soccer for FOX Sports activities. She beforehand wrote for Sports activities Illustrated, USA At this time and The Indianapolis Star. She is the writer of “Sturdy Like a Lady,” revealed in spring 2022 to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Title IX. Observe her at @LakenLitman.
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