USWNT vs. Costa Rica – 2024 Send-Off Match Presented by Coca-Coladate: 16 July 2024
venue: Audi Field; Washington DC
broadcast: TNT, TruTV, Universo, Max, Peacock
Official Kickoff Time: 7:37 pm ET
Starting XI vs Costa Rica: 1-Alyssa Naeher; 2-Emily Fox, 4-Naomi Girma, 5-Trinity Rodman, 7-Crystal Dunn, 9-Mallory Swanson, 10-Lindsay Horan (captain), 11-Sophia Smith 12-Tierna Davidson, 16-Rose Lavelle, 17- Sam coffee
Available Subscriptions: 3-Corbin Albert, 6-Casey Krueger, 8-Lynn Williams, 14-Emily Sonnett, 15-Jadin Shaw, 18-Casey Murphy, 19-Hal Hershfeldt, 20-Croix Bethune, 21-Emily Sams, 22-Jane Campbell
Game Notes Five things to know
- USWNT starting XI cap numbers (including this match): Horan (150), Dunn (149), Neher (106), Lavelle (102), Swanson (94), Davidson (60), Fox (51), Smith (50), Rodman (40), Girma (34), Coffee (19)
- Tuesday’s lineup averages 27.4 years of age and 77 caps per player and includes just one different player from the starting XI on Saturday against Mexico, with Dunn starting at left back in place of Jenna Knigswonger.
- Five players in this starting lineup saw action in the most recent matchup against Costa Rica in the semi-finals of the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship. Lindsey Horan, Mallory Swanson and Sophia Smith all started the match, with Swanson scoring the second goal for the USA just before halftime. Naomi Girma and Trinity Rodman came on as substitutes in the second half.
- midfielder lindsay horan She will captain the team for the 28th time in her career as she leads her team in her 11th start in 2024. Horan, who leads the US in total minutes played this year, is set to make her 150th international appearance, becoming the 25th player in the USWNT. History of earning 150 or more caps.
- Alyssa Naeher, who wore the captain’s armband against Mexico when honored for her 100th cap, will make her ninth appearance in 2024 – all of them starts – as she will earn her 106th cap overall for the USWNT. Naeher has 63 shutouts in 105 caps, including four clean sheets so far in 2024.
- Emily Fox, Joe, who on Saturday became the 67th player in USWNT history to earn 50 caps, will make her 51st international appearance and ninth of 2024. Fox ranks third among all U.S. field players in total minutes played this year and has appeared in all but one match for the USWNT since the beginning of 2023.
- Naomi Girma He is set to make his 34th international appearance and eighth start of 2024. Girma played the full 90 minutes in the win over Mexico on July 13 and has gone the distance in six of her seven games with the USWNT in 2024 and 25 of 33 starts. Very far into her USWNT career.
- The only player to appear in every match for the USWNT since the beginning of 2023, trinity rodman She will make her 30th consecutive appearance for the USWNT and earn her 40th cap overall. At 22 years, 57 days old, Rodman is the 12th-youngest player in USWNT history to reach 40 caps and the youngest player to do so since 20-year-old Mallory Swanson in 2018.
- Rodman, now in his fourth season with the Washington Spirit, is tied for the team lead with three assists in 2024, but is still looking for his first goal of the year with the USA. She has nine goals in 35 games in all competitions with the Spirit at Audi Field, including two goals at home during the 2024 NWSL regular season.
- After coming off the bench in the win over Mexico on 13 July, Crystal Dunn She will earn her 149th cap in 2024 with her sixth start and ninth appearance overall. One of three-time Olympians on this US roster, Dunn has played time as a forward and outside back in the USA’s last four games and has scored. First goal for the USWNT since 2018 in her most recent start against South Korea on June 4.
- Mallory Swanson, She assisted Sophia Smith’s game-winning goal on Saturday in New Jersey, earning her 94th cap in her fourth start of 2024. Swanson, who began his professional career with the Washington Spirit in 2017, created a team-high five chances. A win over Mexico and a four-goal contribution (two goals, two assists) in her three games for the USWNT.
- Sophia Smith She is set to make her 50th international appearance, and becomes the first player born in the 2000s to reach 50 caps for the USWNT. Smith scored her 20th international goal in the USA’s 1–0 win over Mexico at Red Bull Arena, the ninth most goals by any player through 50 caps in USWNT history.
- With his goal on Saturday, Smith has scored in back-to-back games for the first time in his international career and has now contributed a goal in each of his last four games (four goals, one assist), which The longest such chain. This is her career and the longest by any USWNT player in 2024.
- tierna davidson She will make her ninth appearance in 2024 – all of these starts – as she earns her 60th cap for the USWNT. At 25 years, 300 days, Davidson is the youngest net defender to reach 60 caps for the USWNT since Stephanie Cox (23 years, 362 days) in 2011. All of Davidson’s starts at center back this year came alongside 24-year-old Girma, his former teammate at Stanford University.
- Rose Lavelle This year she will make her sixth start and 10th appearance overall as she earns her 102nd cap. The fourth most experienced player on this Olympic roster, Lavelle is tied with Rodman for the team lead with three assists in 2024.
- One of six players to appear in every USWNT match so far this year, Sam Coffee She will earn her 19th cap for the USWNT while making her 10th start in 2024. Coffey ranks second on the team in starts and total minutes played this year, trailing only Horan in both categories.