Alex Morgan, Becky Sauerbrunn are absent from USWNT's Gold Cup roster. Change has come to the U.S. women's national team since its calamitous World Cup performance, first with a coaching switch and, in the past two months, with sweeping roster decisions that foretell a fresh look at the Paris Olympics this summer.

11, 2024) – In a year in which she was one of the USA's best players at the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup and was the National Women's Soccer League Defender of the Year, helping San Diego Wave FC win the NWSL Shield as regular season champions, defender Naomi Girma has been voted the 2023 U.S. Soccer Female Player of ...

The backline is expected to feature Emily Fox as the right-back (RB), Naomi Girma and Alana Cook as the centre-backs after the exclusion of Becky Sauerbrunn due to injury, and Crystal Dunn as the left-back (LB). In the midfield, the team is likely to feature Andi Sullivan, Lindsey Horan, and Rose Lavelle.