The USWNT will close their 2023 Schedule with two friendlies against China PR . The U . S . Women ’ s National Team interim head coach Twila Kilgore named a 26-player training camp roster that shows only six players with 50 or more caps , 11 Players with Single-Digit Caps , and the return of defender Abby Dahlkemper .
Midfielder Rose Lavelle makes her first roster since the end of the 2023 FIFA Women ’ s World Cup after also overcoming injury .
Defender Tierna Davidson , the youngest member of the 2019 World Cup champions , also returns after recovering from a facial injury sustained during NWSL play . Davidson , who suffered a torn ACL in March of 2022 , was not part of the USA ’ s 2023 World Cup roster but returned to action for the USWNT in September of 2023 .
The roster includes two players who have earned first caps and scored first WNT goals this fall : 19-year-old forward Jaedyn Shaw , who hails from Frisco , Texas and will be enjoying a homecoming of sorts during the second match , and forward Mia Fishel , who dramatically scored in her hometown of San Diego on Oct . 29 in a 3 x 0 win over Colombia , the same game in which Shaw tallied her first .
MIA FISHEL CELEBRATING HER GOAL
JAEDYN SHAW
Ten different NWSL clubs are represented on this roster . NWSL champions NJ / NY Gotham FC , Washington Spirit , OL Reign , San Diego Wave , and Portland Thorns FC all have three players each
The roster features three teenagers in MOULTRIE ( 18 ), SHAW ( 19 ) and ALISSA THOMPSON ( 19 ). These three were all on the team that won the 2018 Concacaf Girls ’ U-15 Championship in Bradenton , Florida .
ALISSA THOMPSON
The roster includes two midfielders – 2023 NWSL Rookie of the Year Jenna Nighswonger and Paris Saint-Germain ’ s Korbin Albert – selected for their first full national team training camp .
JENNA NIGHSWONGER , a first time call-up , the fourth pick in the 2023 NWSL Draft out of Florida State , appeared in 20 games for Gotham while playing more than 1,500 minutes in her first professional season . She scored three goals , tied for second among all rookies . Nighswonger has played for the USA ’ s Women ’ s Youth National Teams at the U-16 , U-17 , U-18 , U-20 and U-23 levels . She helped the USA win the 2020 Concacaf Women ’ s U-20 Championship , starting all six games , but the World Cup for that age group was cancelled due to the global pandemic , so she never played in a youth World Cup .
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