USWNT vs. Canada – 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup – Semifinal
Date: March 6, 2024
Venue: Snapdragon Stadium; San Diego, Calif.
Broadcast: Paramount+, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+
Official Kickoff Time: 10:15 p.m. ET / 7:15 p.m. PT
Beginning XI vs. Canada: 1-Alyssa Naeher; 3-Jenna Nighswonger, 4-Naomi Girma, 7-Alex Morgan, 8-Jaedyn Shaw, 10-Lindsey Horan (Capt.), 12-Tierna Davidson, 15-Korbin Albert, 17-Sam Coffey, 22-Trinity Rodman, 23-Emily Fox
Accessible Subs: 2-Abby Dahlkemper, 5-Becky Sauerbrunn, 6-Lynn Williams, 9-Midge Purce, 11-Sophia Smith, 13-Olivia Moultrie, 14-Emily Sonnett, 16-Rose Lavelle, 18-Casey Murphy, 19-Crystal Dunn, 20-Casey Krueger, 21-Jane Campbell
GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
- USWNT Beginning XI Cap Numbers (Together with this match): Morgan (220), Horan (143), Naeher (101), Davidson (54), Fox (44), Rodman (33), Girma (29), Coffey (12), Shaw (9), Nighswonger (6), Albert (6)
- The beginning lineup to face Canada is similar because the lineup that began towards Colombia within the quarterfinal, marking the primary time this event the USA has used the identical beginning lineup in back-to-back video games.
- The Beginning XI to face Canada averages 25.9 years of age and 59 caps per participant.
- 5 gamers on this Beginning XI performed in the newest matchup between the USA and Canada on the 2023 SheBelieves Cup – Naeher, Fox, Horan, Morgan and Rodman – and 6 – Naeher, Girma, Fox, Horan, Morgan and Rodman – noticed the sector when the groups met within the 2022 Concacaf W Championship.
- Lindsey Horan will earn her 143rd cap as she makes her fourth consecutive begin of the W Gold Cup and captains the U.S. for the 22nd time in her profession. Horan is tied for the group lead with three purpose involvements this event (two targets, one help) and scored what proved to be the game-winning penalty kick within the quarterfinal win over Colombia.
- Horan now has seven purpose contributions (3 targets, 4 assists) in aggressive knockout matches. Since her first knockout match look in 2016, solely Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan (10 every) have extra purpose contributions in aggressive knockout matches than Horan.
- After a stellar exhibiting towards Colombia in her 100th cap, Alyssa Naeher will make her fourth begin of the event as she earns cap No. 101. Naeher has 61 profession shutouts, two of which have come on the W Gold Cup. This can be Naeher’s fifth begin towards Canada in a aggressive match. She didn’t enable a purpose in any of her earlier 4 such matches towards Canada.
- After scoring her second profession purpose within the win over Colombia, Jenna Nighswonger will make her third begin of the W Gold Cup as earns her sixth cap general for the USWNT. Nighswonger began and scored from the penalty spot within the USA’s opening match of the Gold Cup towards the Dominican Republic after which began and scored her first purpose from the run of play in Sunday’s quarterfinal victory.
- Naomi Girma will make her second consecutive and third begin general of the W Gold Cup as she earns her 29th cap. The 2023 U.S. Soccer Participant of the 12 months, Girma and heart again companion Tierna Davidson can be beginning collectively for the third time this event. Previous to this event, the previous Stanford teammates had began simply two matches collectively for the USWNT.
- Alex Morgan earns her 220th cap for the USWNT as she makes her third begin of the Concacaf W Gold Cup. Morgan is tied for the group lead with three purpose involvements this event and assisted Jenna Nighswonger’s purpose towards Colombia on March 3. Morgan has 10 profession targets towards Canada – her second-most towards any opponent – and has scored a complete of 5 targets in six aggressive knockout spherical matches towards Canada, together with profitable targets within the 2022 Concacaf W Championship Closing and the 2012 Olympic semifinal. Her 5 knockout-round targets towards Canada are tied for probably the most by any USWNT participant towards a single opponent (M. Akers vs. Chinese language Taipei, C. Lloyd vs. Japan, A. Wambach vs. Costa Rica).
- Jaedyn Shaw will earn her ninth cap as she makes her third begin of the Concacaf W Gold Cup and the fourth of her profession. Shaw leads the USA in scoring with three targets this event and joined Shannon Boxx as the one gamers in USWNT historical past to attain in every of their first three begins. No USWNT participant has scored in every of the primary 4 begins of their worldwide profession.
- Together with her quarterfinal purpose towards Colombia coming at 19 years and 104 days of age, Shaw grew to become the youngest participant ever and simply the third teenager all-time to attain for the USWNT within the knockout rounds of a aggressive event. She joins Kristine Lilly, who scored within the semifinal and ultimate of 1991 World Cup Qualifying, and Heather O’Reilly, who scored within the semifinal of the 2004 Olympics.
- Tierna Davidson will earn her 54th cap as she makes her third begin of the Gold Cup and the 40th of her worldwide profession. Solely 25 years previous, Davidson is a veteran of the 2019 FIFA Ladies’s World Cup and the Tokyo Olympics and can be making her eighth begin for the USWNT in a aggressive match.
- Korbin Albert earns her sixth cap as she makes her fourth profession begin, all of which have come on the Concacaf W Gold Cup. A gradual presence within the midfield, Albert ranks fourth on the group with 16 ball recoveries this event.
- Sam Coffey will make her third consecutive begin and fourth begin of the Gold Cup as she earns her 12th cap. Coffey, who entered the Gold Cup with simply two begins and 7 caps, has performed the third-most minutes of anybody on the U.S. roster this event and can be making her fifth look of the event.
- Trinity Rodman earns her 33rd cap as she makes her 23rd consecutive look for the USWNT. Rodman, who tallied her first help of the 12 months on Jaedyn Shaw’s purpose towards Colombia, has appeared in each match for the USWNT for the reason that begin of 2023 and her 23 consecutive appearances are the longest streak by any USWNT participant since 2020.
- Emily Fox will make her third consecutive begin of the W Gold Cup as she earns 44th cap for the USWNT. Fox completed second on the group in whole minutes performed in 2023 and logged her first 90-minute efficiency of 2024 within the quarterfinal win over Colombia.