Emma Hayes known as up her first squad as ladies’s nationwide crew coach on Tuesday and it contains many acquainted names, with 19 gamers from April’s squad returning for a pair of friendlies with South Korea subsequent month.
Hayes, whose $2 million wage makes her the highest-paid ladies’s coach on this planet, was named U.S. coach in November however could not take cost of the crew till she completed her tenure with Chelsea Women’s Super League. It occurred final weekend when Chelsea beat Manchester United 6–0 to win their fifth consecutive WSL title underneath Hayes.
She now takes cost of the ladies’s nationwide crew lower than 10 weeks earlier than the Olympics open, giving her treasured little time to get to know her gamers. That could also be one motive why Hayes introduced in a veteran Alex Morganwho just lately returned to coaching after being sidelined for a month as a result of an ankle harm. The midfielder has additionally been known as to coaching camp Rosa Lavellewho was restricted to 169 minutes together with her NWSL membership, Gotham FC, as a result of a leg harm.
Among the absences, the goalkeeper stands out Alyssa Naeherwho missed the Chicago Red Stars sport final weekend with a left thigh harm. The harm will not be thought of critical and Naeher is prone to be prepared for the Olympics.
Despite accidents to Morgan, Lavelle and Naeher, the U.S. crew is more healthy than it has been shortly with Catarina Macario and Mallory Swanson becoming a member of a deep ahead line that additionally contains Sophia Smith, the scoring chief accountable for the NWSL, and teenager Jaedyn Shaw, who leads the nationwide crew with 5 targets and one help in eight appearances in 2024.
In truth, the U.S. is so deep on the place that Lynn Williams, who turned the NWSL’s all-time main scorer together with her 79th profession objective on Sunday, did not make the crew. The 23 gamers have a mean age of 26.3, making Hayes’ crew two years youthful than the one which bowed out of final summer season’s World Cup within the spherical of 16.
However, time is working out for Hayes, who should scale back his squad to 18 for Paris. The gamers can have two costume rehearsals with friendlies towards South Korea on June 1 in suburban Colorado and June 4 in St. Paul, Minnesota. After Hayes picks his Olympic crew, the United States will play farewell video games towards Mexico on July 13 in Harrison, N.J., and towards Costa Rica three days later in Washington, D.C.
The checklist
Goalkeepers: Jane Campbell (Houston Dash), Aubrey Kingsbury (Washington Spirit), Casey Murphy (North Carolina Courage)
Defenders: Crystal Dunn (NJ/NY Gotham FC), Tierna Davidson (NJ/NY Gotham FC), Emily Fox (Arsenal FC), Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave FC), Casey Krueger (Washington Spirit), Jenna Nighswonger (NJ/NY Gotham FC) FC), Sam Staab (Chicago Red Stars)
Midfielders: Korbin Albert (Paris Saint-Germain), Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns FC), Hal Hershfelt (Washington Spirit), Lindsey Horan (Olympique Lyon), Rose Lavelle (NJ/NY Gotham FC), Emily Sonnett (NJ/NY Gotham FC) , Lily Yohannes (Ajax)
Attackers: Catarina Macario (Chelsea FC), Alex Morgan (San Diego Wave FC), Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit), Jaedyn Shaw (San Diego Wave FC), Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns FC), Mallory Swanson (Chicago Red Stars)
