Catarina Macario returns to USWNT for SheBelieves Cup – Soccer

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Catarina Macario will return to america ladies’s nationwide group for the primary time since final June to compete on the SheBelieves Cup later this month.

On Tuesday, U.S. head coach Emma Hayes named her 23-player roster for the pleasant match that may function video games towards Australia, Colombia, and Japan.

Macario final performed for the U.S. on June 1, 2024, in Hayes’ first sport in cost. The Chelsea FC ahead missed the Olympics after initially being named to the U.S. roster as a result of persistent knee irritation following her torn ACL in 2022. She lately started growing her minutes with Chelsea, together with three straight begins in league play because the begin of 2025.

4 uncapped gamers made america’ SheBelieves Cup roster, which options solely 12 gamers from final 12 months’s Olympic gold-medal profitable group.

“This team is still growing, and I continue to be impressed with the dedication of our player pool to get better, individually and as a group,” Hayes mentioned in a press release. “With many players at the beginning of their club preseasons, we’ll be patient with them but at the same time, we’re going to maximize the time we have together.”

Your complete beginning ahead line from the Olympics stays absent from this roster, as has been the case for the previous two worldwide home windows. Per U.S. Soccer, Trinity Rodman remains to be regaining health from rehabbing a again harm, Mallory Swanson has private commitments, and Sophia Wilson (nee Smith) is “not physically ready for national team competition” after reaggravating an ankle harm in late 2024.

Additionally absent from the roster are midfielder Rose Lavelle, who lately had ankle surgical procedure, and defender Naomi Girma, who’s recovering from a calf harm.

Jane Campbell and Mandy McGlynn are the one two goalkeepers on the roster, a marked change within the first U.S. matches because the worldwide retirement of two-time World Cup-winner Alyssa Naeher. Casey Murphy has been the backup goalkeeper for the previous few years.

The 4 uncapped gamers on the SheBelieves Cup roster are defenders Tara McKeown and Gisele Thompson, midfielder Claire Hutton, and ahead Michelle Cooper. All 4 gamers earned appears to be like with Hayes in January at both the senior nationwide group camp or the “Futures Camp” that was meant to guage younger and fewer skilled gamers.

Thompson’s sister, Alyssa, was additionally named to the roster, marking the third time in group historical past that sisters have been named to the identical roster.  

Manchester United goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce, Angel Metropolis defender Savy King and up to date Bay FC signing Hannah Bebar will prepare with the group all through the match however is not going to be rostered. All three gamers are uncapped.

The U.S. opens the match towards Colombia on Feb. 20 in Houston, adopted by a match towards Australia on Feb. 23 in Glendale, Arizona, and a finale towards Japan in San Diego on Feb. 26.

“We are facing three excellent teams with three very different styles and the tournament will be a great test to see who can perform against world-class players, but to see that, we need to give them opportunities,” Hayes mentioned. “We have put in a lot of thought on how best to accomplish that while continuing to evolve and putting out a team that can win, so every game should be a lot of fun for the staff, the players and the fans.”

Lindsey Heaps (nee Horan) and Lynn Biyendolo (nee Williams) will play for the U.S. beneath their married names for the primary time.

Full USWNT SheBelieves Cup roster (Membership; Caps/Targets)

GOALKEEPERS (2): Jane Campbell (Houston Sprint; 8), Mandy McGlynn (Utah Royals; 1)

DEFENDERS (8): Tierna Davidson (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 65/3), Crystal Dunn (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA; 155/25), Emily Fox (Arsenal FC, ENG; 62/1), Tara McKeown (Washington Spirit; 0/0), Jenna Nighswonger (Arsenal FC, ENG; 18/2), Emily Sams (Orlando Delight; 2/0), Emily Sonnett (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 103/2), Gisele Thompson (Angel Metropolis FC; 0/0)

MIDFIELDERS (6): Korbin Albert (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA; 22/1), Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns FC; 28/1), Lindsey Heaps (Olympique Lyon, FRA; 161/36), Claire Hutton (Kansas Metropolis Present; 0/0), Jaedyn Shaw (North Carolina Braveness; 21/8), Lily Yohannes (Ajax, NED; 2/1)

FORWARDS (7): Lynn Biyendolo (Seattle Reign FC; 75/21), Michelle Cooper (Kansas Metropolis Present; 0/0), Catarina Macario (Chelsea FC, ENG; 19/8), Yazmeen Ryan (Houston Sprint; 4/0), Emma Sears (Racing Louisville FC; 3/1), Ally Sentnor (Utah Royals; 2/0), Alyssa Thompson (Angel Metropolis FC; 13/1)

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