USWNT vs. Dominican Republic: Starting Members and Lineup Notes | 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup

USWNT vs. Dominican Republic – 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup – Group A
date: February 20, 2024
venue: Dignity Health Sports Park; Carson, California
broadcast: Paramount+, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+
Official kickoff time: 10:15pm ET / 7:15pm PT

Starting lineup against Dominican Republic: 1-Alyssa Neher, 2-Abby Derkemper, 3-Jenna Neiswonger, 5-Becky Sauerbrunn, 6-Lynn Williams, 9-Midge Peirce, 11-Sophia Smith, 13-Olivia Moultrie , 14-Emily Sonnett, 15-Corbin Albert, 17-Sam Coffey

Available subchannels: 4-Naomi Girma, 7-Alex Morgan, 8-Jaedyn Shaw, 10-Lindsay Horan, 12-Tierna Davidson, 16-Rose Lovell, 18-Casey Murphy, 19-Crystal Dunn, 20-Casey Krueger, 21-Jane Campbell, 22-Trinity Rodman, 23-Emily Fox

game memo | 5 things you need to know

• USWNT Starting Eleven Cap Numbers (including this game): Sauerbrunn (218), Neher (98), Sonnet (84), Dahlkemper (81), Williams (60), Smith (39), Peirce (27), Coffey (8), Neiswonger (3), Moultrie (3), Albert (2)
• The starting eleven includes the four 2019 World Cup champions Dahlkemper, Nair, Sauerbrunn and Sonnett, and four players with single-digit caps: Albert, Coffey, Moultrie and Neiswonger.
• This lineup has an average age of 27.6 years and each player has 56 caps, with the two oldest players on the roster being Sauerbrunn (38 years old) and Nair (35 years old) and the two youngest players being Moultrie (18 years old). ) and Albert (20 years old). Moultrie was only two years old when Portland Thorns teammate Sauerbrunn made his international debut in January 2008.
• emily sonnet would get her 84^th She earned eight consecutive starts and caps for the USWNT. Starting with the World Cup Round of 16 against Sweden, Sonnett has started the last eight games for the U.S. national team, recording one goal and two assists during that time, holding U.S. opponents to just one goal and eight total shots. contributed to suppressing it. Goals for the past 7 games.
• defender Becky Sauerbrunn She will be the captain of the team if she scores 218.^th Sauerbrunn was not originally selected to the 2024 Concacaf World Gold Cup roster, but was added when Alana Cooke was forced to withdraw with a minor knee injury. .If Sauerbrunn plays against the Dominican Republic, it will be his 16th game.^th The year she earned her USWNT cap.
• Alyssa Neher Although he was not included in the U.S. national team for the year-end game against China in December 2023, he will be back in the starting lineup for the opening game in 2024, when he will be 98 years old.^th International look. Neher is on track to become the third goaltender in USWNT history to reach 100 caps, and she has 59 career shutouts, nine of which came in 2023, her highest shutout in a calendar year. lined up. When she reaches 100 years old, the United States will become the first country in history to have three female goaltenders with 100 or more caps.
• After being sidelined for nearly two years due to a serious back injury, Abby Derkemper she will be 81 years old^cent The USWNT cap will be making his second appearance and second start since December. Dahlkemper underwent major back surgery in November 2022, but returned to the U.S. national team on Dec. 2, 2023, playing the full game in the U.S. win over China.
• Current NWSL Rookie of the Year Jenna Neiswonger This will be his second consecutive start for the USWNT and his third cap. Neiswonger, who grew up in Huntington Beach, Calif., just under 40 miles from DHSP, made his international debut on Dec. 2, 2023 at Fort Martin. He joined Lauderdale and made his first start three days later, playing the full 90 minutes in a game between the United States and China in Frisco, Texas, at the end of the year.
• Lynn Williams she will be 60 years old^th Williams appeared in 11 games for the USWNT in 2023, scoring three goals, four of which came as a starter.
• Midge Peirce she will be 10 years old^th It is the start of his career and his 27th victory since the opening race in the United States in 2023.^th cap. Peirce, the 2023 NWSL Championship Game MVP with New Jersey/New York Gotham FC, appeared in six games for the United States in 2023.
• 2023 NWSL Golden Boot Winner, sophia smith she will earn 39^th USWNT cap. Smith started nine of 11 games for the U.S. national team in 2023, contributed directly to the goal in each of the last two games, and scored the opening goal in the U.S.'s win over China on Dec. 2. , assisting Jadyn Shaw's game-winning goal in December. 5, Frisco, Texas.
• 18-year-old Olivia Moultrie This is his third cap in total and his first start for the USWNT. Moultrie made his international debut on December 2, 2023, coming on in the second half of the United States' win over China in Fort Martin.Lauderdale ranks 72nd.^n.d. He set the USWNT's caps record for a teenager and played in a Dec. 5 victory in Frisco, Texas.
• Moultrie, 18 years old and 156 days old, becomes the third player in the past 15 years to appear in a USWNT game under the age of 18, joining Mallory Swanson and Alyssa Thompson.
• corbin albert It will be his second cap in the red, white and blue and his first start for the USWNT. The Paris Saint-Germain midfielder made his international debut on December 5, 2023, coming on as a substitute late in the second half against China and helping the United States score the winning goal by scoring a foul near the top of the penalty area. Right into the game.
• Sam Coffey She earned her eighth cap, third career start with the USWNT and second consecutive year. Coffey started the game between the United States and China on December 5th, played the full 90 minutes, and scored her first international goal in 1962.^n.d. The first minute that led to America's 2-1 come-from-behind victory.