February 7, 2024 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) – NJ/NY Gotham FC News Release
HARRISON, NJ – NJ/NY Gotham FC today announced that seven players have been named to the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) roster for the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup taking place from Feb. 17-March 10. The 23-player roster features Gotham FC players Tierna Davidson, Crystal Dunn, Rose Lavelle, Jenna Nighswonger, Midge Purce, Emily Sonnett, and Lynn Williams.
Davidson was the first of Gotham FC’s class of 2024 free agents to sign with the club in the off-season. The Menlo Park, California, native has appeared in 51 matches for the USWNT, where she has recorded one goal and seven assists. Before joining Gotham FC, Davidson was with the Chicago Red Stars, where she played and started in all 18 matches and recorded 1,613 minutes. She also registered a 66.7% tackle success rate and 65.9% duel success rate. Davidson was most recently a part of the last December training camp for the national team.
After being one of the most sought after free agents last off-season, Dunn joins Gotham FC ahead of the 2024 NWSL season. Dunn was nominated for 2023 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year for her stellar play for club and country. In 2023 with the USWNT, she started in all 14 of her appearances and recorded 970 minutes, while helping the team to one of its best defensive years to date with the lowest goals allowed per game average (0.17) in any year in program history (min. 10 games). Dunn is making her return to the USWNT roster since last being called up in October 2023.
Nighswonger was selected as a midfielder for her first full national team training camp in December 2023 after a sensational rookie season in the NWSL. She continued to add to her impressive list of accolades in 2023 including being named the 2023 NWSL Rookie of the Year, Best XI Second Team, as well as earning six NWSL awards throughout the regular season. In a pair of friendlies against China PR, she made her national team debut as a substitute on December 2, 2023 and earned her first start on December 5, 2023.
Lavelle was also a part of the club’s free agent signings in the off-season. Since her first appearance in 2017, Lavelle has been a consistent presence on the USWNT, registering 92 caps and notching 24 goals. In 2019, she emerged as a new star for her breakout performance in the 2019 FIFA World Cup, where she scored a memorable game-clinching goal to win the World Cup title. For her stellar…