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USWNT vs. Costa Rica: Starting XI & Lineup Notes

USWNT vs. Costa Rica: Starting XI & Lineup Notes

USWNT vs. Costa Rica – 2024 Farewell Match Presented by Coca-Cola
Date: July 16, 2024
Location: Audi Field; Washington, DC
Broadcast: TNT, truTV, Universo, Max, Pauw
Official kick-off time: 7:37 PM ET

Starting XI against Costa Rica: 1-Alyssa Naeher; 2-Emily Fox, 4-Naomi Girma, 5-Trinity Rodman, 7-Crystal Dunn, 9-Mallory Swanson, 10-Lindsey Horan (captain), 11-Sophia Smith 12-Tierna Davidson, 16-Rose Lavelle, 17-Sam Coffee

Available subtitles: 3-Korbin Albert, 6-Casey Krueger, 8-Lynn Williams, 14-Emily Sonnett, 15-Jaedyn Shaw, 18-Casey Murphy, 19-Hal Hershfelt, 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), Naeher (106), Lavelle (102), Swanson (94), Davidson (60), Fox (51), Smith (50), Rodman (40), Girma (34), Coffey (19)
  • Tuesday’s lineup features players averaging 27.4 years of age and 77 caps per player. There is only one player different from the XI that started against Mexico on Saturday: Dunn starts at left back in place of Jenna Nighswonger.
  • Five players in this starting lineup saw action in the most recent match against Costa Rica in the semifinals of the 2022 Concacaf W Championship. Lindsey Horan, Mallory Swanson and Sophia Smith all started the match, with Swanson scoring the U.S.’s second goal just before halftime. Naomi Girma and Trinity Rodman came on as second-half substitutes.
  • Midfielder Lindsey Horan will captain the team for the 28th time in her career as she makes her 11th start in 2024, marking her team lead. Horan, who leads the U.S. in total minutes played this year, is set to make her 150th international appearance, becoming the 25th player in USWNT history to earn 150 or more caps.
  • Alyssa Naeherwho wore the captain’s armband against Mexico when she was honored for her 100th cap, will make her ninth appearance of 2024 — all as a starter — while earning her 106th cap overall for the USWNT. Naeher has 63 shutouts in her 105 caps, with four clean sheets so far in 2024.
  • Emily Vos, Fox, who became the 67th player in USWNT history to earn 50 caps on Saturday, will make her 51st international appearance and ninth start of 2024. Fox ranks third among all U.S. outfield players in total minutes played this year and has appeared in all but one match for the USWNT since the start of 2023.
  • Naomi Girma is set to make her 34th international appearance and eighth start in 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 appearances for the USWNT in 2024 and in 25 of the 33 matches so far in her USWNT career.
  • The only player to appear in every game for the USWNT since the start of 2023, Trinity Rodman will make her 30th consecutive appearance for the USWNT while earning her 40th cap overall. At 22 years, 57 days, Rodman is the 12th youngest player in USWNT history to reach 40 caps and the youngest to do so since 20-year-old Mallory Swanson in 2018.
  • Rodman, now in her fourth season with the Washington Spirit, is tied for the team lead with three assists in 2024 but is still waiting for her first goal of the year with the U.S. 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 appearing as a substitute in the win over Mexico on July 13, Crystal Dunn will earn her 149th cap while making her sixth start and ninth appearance overall of 2024. Dunn, one of three three-time Olympians on this U.S. roster, has played the U.S.’s last four games as a forward and winger, scoring her first goal for the USWNT since 2018 in her most recent start on June 4 against South Korea.
  • Mallory Swanson, who assisted Sophia Smith’s go-ahead goal on Saturday in New Jersey, earns her 94th international cap as she makes her fourth start in 2024. Swanson, who began her professional career with the Washington Spirit in 2017, created a team-high five chances in the win over Mexico and has contributed four goals in her three games for the USWNT (two goals, two assists).
  • Sophia Smit is set to make her 50th international appearance, becoming the first player born in the 2000s to reach 50 caps for the USWNT. Smith scored her 20th international goal in the U.S.’s 1-0 win over Mexico at the Red Bull Arena, equaling the ninth-most by a player in USWNT history in 50 caps.
  • With Saturday’s goal, Smith made it the first time in her international career that she’s scored back-to-back goals and has now scored in each of her last four games (four goals, one assist). It’s the longest streak of her career and the longest of any USWNT player in 2024.
  • Tierna Davidson Davidson will make her ninth appearance of 2024 – all as a starter – while earning her 60th cap for the USWNT. At 25 years, 300 days, Davidson is the youngest pure defender to reach 60 caps for the USWNT since Stephanie Cox in 2011 (23 years, 362 days). All but one of Davidson’s roles this year has been at center back alongside 24-year-old Girma, her former teammate at Stanford University.
  • Rose Lavelle will make her sixth start and 10th appearance overall this year, while earning her 102nd cap. The fourth most experienced player on this Olympic roster, Lavelle shares the team lead with Rodman with three assists in 2024.
  • One of six players to appear in every game for the USWNT so far this year, Sam Coffey will earn her 19th cap for the USWNT as she makes her 10th start of 2024. Coffey ranks second on the team in starts and total minutes played this year, trailing only Horan in both categories.