CHICAGO (January 6, 2021) – The US Women’s Team will hold its training camp from January 9 to January 22 in Orlando, Florida. The camp will conclude with two games against Colombia, on January 18 (19:00 GMT in FS1) and January 22 (19h ET on ESPN2). Both matches will be played at the Exploria Stadium, home of the NWSL Orlando Pride and MLS Orlando City SC.
US Women’s National Team coach Vlatko Andonovski named a list of 27 players for the training camp he will train in Orlando before naming 18 players for each of the two games.
TICKETS
The capacity for each game will be limited to no more than 4,000 fans with tickets. Tickets will go on sale to the public for both games on Wednesday, January 13 at 10 am ET, on ussoccer.com. Tickets will be sold only in 1, 2, 3 or 4 capsules and a socially spaced seating manifest will be used. Coaches Circle and Presidents Circle members who support the U.S. Football Development Fund can receive individual customer support and concierge services for their ticketing needs. Click on here or contact [email protected] For more informations.
NATIONAL TEAM OF US WOMEN – JANUARY ROSTER TRAINING FIELD BY POSITION:
GOALS (4): Aubrey Bledsoe (Washington Spirit), Jane Campbell (Houston Dash), Ashlyn Harris (Orlando Pride), Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars)
DEFENDERS (10): Alana Cook (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA), Abby Dahlkemper (North Carolina Courage), Tierna Davidson (Chicago Red Stars), Crystal Dunn (Portland Thorns FC), Emily Fox (UNC), Ali Krieger (Orlando Pride), Kelley O ‘Hara (Washington Spirit), Margaret Purce (Sky Blue FC), Becky Sauerbrunn (Portland Thorns FC), Emily Sonnett (Washington Spirit)
MIDFIELDERS (8): Julie Ertz (Chicago Red Stars), Lindsey Horan (Portland Thorns FC), Jaelin Howell (state of Florida), Rose Lavelle (Manchester City, ENG), Catarina Macario (Stanford), Kristie Mewis (Houston Dash), Samantha Mewis (Manchester City, ENG), Andi Sullivan (Washington Spirit)
ADVANCES (5): Carli Lloyd (Sky Blue FC), Mallory Pugh (Chicago Red Stars), Megan Rapinoe (OL Reign), Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns FC), Lynn Williams (North Carolina Courage)
USWNT: BACK HOME
The games against Colombia will be the first domestic games for American women since the 2020 SheBelieves Cup in March and will mark their first encounter with Colombia since 2016, a 2-2 draw during the Olympics in Manaus, Brazil. Of the six previous games the United States played against Colombia, two were in World Cup games (2011, 2015) and two were during the Olympics (2012 and 2016), which means that the teams faced each other in four consecutive world championships . The USA won three of those games and drew one.
The USWNT comes from a successful return to the field in the form of an 11-day training camp in late October in Commerce City, Colorado, which marked the team’s first event since the 2020 SheBelieves Cup, and a productive trip for the Netherlands in November, which ended with a 2-0 victory over the Dutch in Breda. This match was the first in the USA in 261 days. The first match against Colombia will have 313 days between domestic games for American women.
“A great deal of credit goes to our players, staff and medical staff in general for their tremendous work to ensure that we have safe and healthy environments for our camps and games,” said US WNT coach Vlatko Andonovski. “And special thanks also go to our game operations team for allowing us to host two games against a talented opponent. It is extremely valuable to play against a team that we don’t see often and it’s important for our Olympic preparation ”.
As in Colorado and the Netherlands, players and staff from the United States will operate in a highly controlled environment at the team’s hotel. The staging of the camp and the departure will fall into the comprehensive American Football Return Guidelines and Protocols and according to Concacaf’s return to game protocols. As soon as the Colombian team and staff arrive in the USA, they will operate within the same controlled environment with the same testing protocols. Everyone who enters the environment will be tested for COVID-19 before traveling, on arrival and every two days thereafter. Teams will not begin full training until the results of all arrival tests are confirmed.
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Pre-sale schedule |
Pre-sale date and start time |
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Circle Presale (Circle insiders) |
Thursday, January 7 | 10 am ET |
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Pre-sale VIP (VIP Insiders) |
Thursday, January 7 | 12:00 ET |
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Priority pre-order (Premium and Premium Family Insiders) |
Friday, January 8 | 10 am ET |
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Standard pre-order (Standard Insiders) |
Monday, January 11 | 10 am ET |
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VISA Presale (Visa card holders only) |
Tuesday, January 12 | 10 am ET |
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Public Sale |
Wednesday, January 13 | 10 am ET |
VISA PRESALE
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SAFETY PROTOCOLS AND GUIDELINES | COVID-19 NOTICE
In both games against Colombia, fans will be required to wear face covers at all times while on the stadium premises, except when eating or drinking. A socially spaced stadium seating manifesto was designed to keep fans in place and within their own groups of four or less, which also includes the following protocols:
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Adequate spacing between the playing field and ticket buyers has been provided.
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Each occupied row will have a maximum of two parties (each consisting of four or fewer people), allowing each to access the corridor closest to their seats without going over another.
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Each party will have at least six feet of space between it and other parties.
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Tickets will not be issued for the first two seats closest to the aisle.
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Reserved seats only, general admission will not be allowed.
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Mobile-only tickets.
The concession stands will have payment without cash. Suitcases, including transparent bags, will not be allowed. Ticket holders will have a designated gate to enter the stadium based on the location of the tickets.
Additional Notes:
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The camp marks the return of several World Cup veterans – strikers Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd and Mallory Pugh – who have not been to the two previous U.S. camps and saw little or no action for their NWSL clubs in 2020.
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Nineteen players from the training camp list were with the U.S. in the Netherlands for the final action of 2020.
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Of the eight who were not in the Netherlands, four players – Lloyd, Pugh, Andi Sullivan and Lindsey Horan – returned from injury or illness.
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Lloyd is just six games away from becoming the third player in US and world history to play 300 times for his country. She joined world record holder Kristine Lilly (354) and Christie Rampone (311) at the exclusive 300-player club.
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Lloyd, Rapinoe, Sullivan and Pugh will be at their first USWNT events since the 2020 SheBelieves Cup last March. At SBC, Rapinoe scored against Japan in the final, while Pugh assisted.
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World Cup veterans and Orlando Pride players, Ashlyn Harris and Ali Krieger, were called in after they were not nominated for the trip to Holland and will try to save time in their club’s stadium.
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Emily Fox, a veteran of the University of North Carolina, is called up for the first time since January 2019, when she debuted for the third time in a match against France in Le Havre.
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Sixteen members of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup champions are on this list of the training ground.
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Striker Alex Morgan, who returned to the United States for the first time since the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup final, when he played the second half in the 2-0 win over the Netherlands on November 27, was barred from participating of camp training after positive test for COVID-19. She is observing the prescribed quarantine protocols and is doing well.
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Striker Christen Press, who currently plays for Manchester United in England and lost his last three FA Women’s Super League matches before the holiday due to illness not caused by COVID, will remain in England as he works to regain form.
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Striker Tobin Heath, who is also playing for Manchester United, has been invited to the training ground, but will remain in Manchester to compete in January in the FA Women’s Super League.
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The camp marks the third consecutive call for striker Catarina Macario. She is not yet qualified to play an international game for the United States, but is in the final stages of the process to become eligible to represent the United States.
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The Orlando games will mark the first domestic games since the U.S. beat Japan 3-1 on March 11, 2020, to complete the SheBelieves Cup. The USA opened the 2020 SheBelieves Cup with a 2-0 win over England at Orlando’s Exploria Stadium.
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U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski is 11-0-0 in his first 11 games (two at the end of 2019 and nine in 2020), which set a record for best head coach in USWNT history.
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Midfielder Jaelin Howell (21) and striker Sophia Smith (20) are the two youngest players on the list. Both were first internationalized on November 27 against the Netherlands, becoming the first players born after the historic 1999 Women’s World Cup to be internationalized by the USA. Smith became the first player born in the 2000s to win a cap.
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The USA ranks first in the world. Colombia is in 26th placeº in the world and the second in South America, behind Brazil.
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Colombia finished fourth in the 2018 Copa America and therefore did not qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup or the 2020 Olympics. This broke a series of four consecutive qualifications for world championships for Colombian women, which played in the 2011 and 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cups and the 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games.
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In the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Colombia qualified for the round of 16, where they fell to the USA 2-0.
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Colombia did not leave the group in any of their participation in the Olympic Games without winning a match, but tied the USA 2-2 in 2016.
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Colombia won the 2019 Pan American Games, which also featured Mexico, Jamaica, Panama and Costa Rica by Concacaf and which hosted Peru, Argentina and Paraguay in South America.