Friendly international match: USA against Colombia

USWNT v. Colombia – International Friendlies

Date: June 28, 2022 Venue: Rio Tinto Stadium; Sandy, Utah Broadcast: ESPN Broadcast Time: 22:00 ET / 20:00 MT Official Start Time: 22:08 ET / 20:08 MT

Starting XI against Colombia: 1-Alice Naeher; 2-Ashley Sanchez, 8-Sofia Huerta, 10-Lindsay Horan (captain), 12-Naomi Girma, 13-Alex Morgan, 14-Emily Sonnet, 15-Megan Rapino, 16-Rose Lovell, 23-Midge Pierce-Carson Pickett

Available subtitles: 4-Becky Sauerbrunn, 5-Kelly O’Hara, 6-Trinity Rodman, 7-Ashley Hatch, 9-Mallory Pew, 18-Casey Murphy, 19-Emily Fox, 20-Taylor Cornick, 21-Aubrey, 22 -Christie Muis, 25-Jaelin Howell, 27-Sam Coffey

No dressing: Alana Cook, Sofia Smith, Andy Sullivan

GAME NOTES FIVE THINGS TO KNOW – COLOMBIA

• USWNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (including this match): Morgan (192), Rapinoe (189), Horan (111), Naeher (81), Lavelle (73), Sonnett (66), Purce (15), Huerta (14) , Sanchez (9), Girma (2), Picket (1)

• Tuesday’s starting lineup includes nine different players from Starting XI on Saturday against Colombia, with Horan and Lavelle being the only players to start both games.

• Today’s starting lineup averages 67 games per player, with three players – Morgan, Rapino and Horan – having over 100 games. In fact, Morgan and Rapino entered the match after making more combined appearances for the USWNT (379) than the other nine players in this starting lineup combined (363).

• Conversely, three players in this starting IX – Sanchez, Girma and Pickett – have single-digit caps, and Pickett is set to make his international debut.

• Defender Carson Pickett will win his first game for the women’s national team of the United States. Pickett, who was born without part of her left arm, was the first player with a limb difference to appear for the USWNT.

• Picket will be the fifth player to make his US debut in 2022 and the 15th player to win his first game under Andonowski. At 28 years and 286 days, Pickett is the oldest outfielder to make his U.S. debut since McCall Zerboni made his international debut at the age of 30 in 2017 and is the oldest outfielder to ever launch for the United States. in his first game. .

• Lindsay Horan will captain the team as she makes her 111th all-time appearance for the United States and her third – and third start – in 2022. This will be Horan’s fourth time as captain of the United States and the first since USWNT matches against Australia will end in 2021.

• Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher is back in the starting lineup for his 81st game overall and his third appearance of the year. Naeher entered the game with 46 career breaks and ranked third in USWNT history in goalkeeping matches, wins (64) and clean sheets.

• Ashley Sanchez will make her fourth career start – all in 2022 – as she appears overall for her ninth USWNT appearance. Sanchez will now appear in every game for the United States since making his international debut on November 27, 2021 against Australia and has two goals and two assists so far in his international career.

• Defender Sofia Huerta will make her 6th career start in what will be her 14th overall appearance with USWNT. This will be Huerta’s seventh game since returning to the national team in November 2021 after winning his previous seven games in 2017 and 2018, including a second-half appearance in the last USWNT match at Rio Tinto Stadium against China in June 2018

• Naomi Girma will win her second hat of her career as she makes her second start for USWNT. Girma, No. 1 overall pick in NWSL College 2021, made his international debut and played the full 90 minutes in the U.S. victory on April 12 over Uzbekistan in Chester, Pennsylvania.

• Alex Morgan will make her first start for the United States on October 21, 2021, as she has to win her 192nd game overall. Morgan made his international debut in Sandy, Utah on March 31, 2010 in a snow match against Mexico. With his participation today against Colombia, Morgan will equal Brandi Chastain for 14th place in the US all-time ranking.

• Defender Emily Sonnet returns to the field for her first start of the year with USWNT and her 66th appearance. Sonnet, who missed the April US camp due to a rib injury, saw time off the bench in the USWNT SheBelieves Cup matches against the Czech Republic and Iceland. This is her first start for the United States, after spending a full 90 minutes in a 3-0 victory over Australia on November 27, 2021.

• Megan Rapino is ready to win her 189th game when she makes her first start for the USWNT on October 21, 2021. Rapino returned to the field in Colorado for her first minutes of the year with the USWNT and assisted on Taylor Kornik’s goal in the 90- that minute. Rapinoe already has 72 career assists, one ashamed to equal Abby Wambach for third place in the USWNT all-time assistant rankings.

• Rose Lovell will make her fifth appearance and fifth start in 2022 as she wins her 74th hat of her career for the USWNT. Lavelle assisted both goals for Sofia Smith in Saturday’s win over Colombia and has now played a direct role in seven goals in the last three US games, with two goals and five assists during that period. Lavelle’s five assists so far in 2022 have already been matched for her by a maximum of one calendar year with the USWNT.

• Striker Midge Peirce will win his 15th match overall as he makes his second start of the year and the first since the US victory on February 20 over New Zealand during the SheBelieves Cup. Peirce has three goals and three assists so far in her career at USWNT and scored in the 84th minute against Uzbekistan on April 12, her latest action at Crest.

• Midfielder and current rookie of the month of NWSL Sam Kofi is available off the bench for this match in Sandy. After Pickett received the starting nod today for his first game, Kofi will be the only player on this list who is still looking for a hat. If he sees a fight against Colombia, Kofi will become the 250th player to win a hat for the USWNT.