SheBelieves Cup 2021: USA vs Canada

Starting XI vs. Canada: 1-Alyssa Naeher; 20-Margaret Purce, 4-Becky Sauerbrunn (Capt.), 7-Abby Dahlkemper, 19-Crystal Dunn; 8-Julie Ertz, 9-Lindsey Horan, 11-Catarina Macario; 15-Megan Rapinoe, 10-Carli Lloyd, 6-Lynn Williams

Available subscribers: 2-Casey Krueger, 3-Jaelin Howell, 5-Kelley O’Hara, 12-Tierna Davidson, 13-Alex Morgan, 14-Emily Sonnett, 16-Rose Lavelle, 17-Sophia Smith, 18-Jane Campbell, 21-Casey Murphy, 22-Kristie Mewis, 23-Christen Press

Game notes

• US WNT XI Cap starting numbers (including this correspondence): Lloyd (296), Sauerbrunn (180), Rapinoe (171), Dunn (108), Ertz (106), Horan (89), Naeher (66), Dahlkemper (64), Williams (32), Purce (5), Macario (3)

• Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher is scheduled to make it 63^rd start and 66^º overall appearance for the US Women’s Team. One of the three finalists for The Best Female Goalkeeper of 2020, Naeher has 38 career stops and recorded a clean record in each of the last eight matches, the longest of her career.

• Margaret Purce is ready to start her second career and earn 5^º general cap. Purce made his first career start on his international debut on November 10, 2019, playing the full 90 minutes in the U.S. 6-0 win over Costa Rica. She scored her first international goal in the US 6-0 victory over Colombia on January 22.

• Defense and team captain Becky Sauerbrunn will win 180 for her^º cap and enters the match after playing 13,940 minutes in total for the USA, 13^º-more in the history of the USWNT. Sauerbrunn needs another 44 minutes to pass Brandi Chastain for 12^º.

• Abby Dahlkemper will be doing it 57^º start and 64^º general appearance for the USA. Dahlkemper led the team in total minutes played in 2019 and 2020 and led all field players in total minutes played in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Dahlkemper has played 90 minutes in each of his last eight appearances for the USWNT.

• The only player to appear in all nine games in 2020, Crystal Dunn will make its 109th appearance in the US tonight against Canada. Going to the SheBelieves Cup, Dunn has played in 21 of the last 23 games in the US and has started all but two. Dunn registered his 18^º Career assistance in the US 6-0 victory over Colombia on January 22, scoring Lindsey Horan’s goal in the second half.

• Julie Ertz will be doing it 106^º attended the US and spent 90 minutes in his last eight appearances for the USWNT. Ertz won 100^º international on March 5 against England at the Exploria Stadium in the first match of the 2020 SheBelieves Cup and has 20 international goals, the 29^º American woman to achieve that mark.

• After drawing to the team’s lead in scoring in 2020 with seven goals, Lindsey Horan will make its second start of 2021 and win 89^º general cap. Horan had a stellar game against Colombia on January 18, playing directly in three of the four goals, which included he won a penalty just seconds from the second half. Against Colombia on January 22, she scored her first goal of the year – straight from a corner – after leaving the bench to play the final 28 minutes. They were their 20^º career goal, making her the 31^st USWNT player to achieve 20 career goals.

• Catarina macario will make its second consecutive match and third overall appearance in the USA. She wonhis first time in his career for the USWNT on January 18, replacing Megan Rapinoe in the second half against Colombia and scored his first goal for the USWNT in his first goal for the USWNT, with less than two minutes of play against Colombia in 22 of January. to play for the USA on January 13 and the match against Colombia on January 18 was his first professional game and the first international match at any level.

• Megan Rapinoe will win 171^st debuts tonight and makes her third consecutive debut, joining Julie Ertz and Lynn Williams as the only US players to start all 2021 games so far.

• This tournament marks Rapinoe’s return to the US squad for the first time since March 2020 at the SheBelieves Cup, where she scored a brilliant free kick against Japan in the final US game to help secure the tournament title. She assisted in her 45 minutes against Colombia on January 18 – preparing Samantha Mewis for the first US goal in 2021 – and then scored twice, once from a penalty, against Colombia on January 22. Internationalizations led her to 170 and a draw by 17^º place on the all-time list in the US, while his goals earned him 54, just two less to tie Carin Gabarra 11^º all the time.

• The active US leader in all 297 games (including tonight), Carli Lloyd is the third of all time in USWNT history and is about to become only the third American, and the third player of all time, to play 300 or more times for her country, where she would join former teammates Kristine Lilly and Christine Rampone.

• Lloyd has three assists so far in 2021 – already matching his total assisted production for 2020 – and hit the back of the net in eight of the last 16 US matches, scoring 10 times. She scored in four of her 11 games under Andonovski. Lloyd’s most recent goal came on January 5, 2020 at Orlando’s Exploria Stadium, scoring in 55^º minute of the USA’s 2-0 victory over England at the Exploria Stadium to start the 2020 SheBelieves Cup.

• Lynn Williams is set to win his 32^WL cap and will make the fourth consecutive match for the USA. Williams, who scored the winning goal and scored an assist in the US 3-0 win over Canada in the final of the Concacaf Olympic Qualifying Tournament, scored 10 points.^º international goal in the 60s^º minute of the US 6-0 victory over Colombia on January 22.

• All 23 players on the SheBelieves Cup list will dress for the match. The only player uncapped in the camp is the goalkeeper Casey Murphy. Defender Casey Kruegermidfielder Jaelin Howelgo forward Alex Morgan, Christen Press and Sophia Smith everyone could see the action from the first game of 2021.

• Press was one of only two players to play in all 24 WNT games in 2019 and played in all nine in 2020 before losing the top two in 2021. Press was directly involved in 26 goals in his last 27 games for the USA, scoring 11 goals and assisting another 15.

• For the US training camp and departure in November in the Netherlands, Morgan made her return to the squad for the first time since becoming a mother on May 7, 2020. She played the second half against the Netherlands in what was her first game in the USWNT since the 2019 Women’s World Cup Final, a period of 509 days. She missed the January training and games field while recovering from an illness. She is tied at the moment with Michelle Akers in fifth place on the all-time US goal list, with 107 international goals.