CHICAGO (March 26, 2024) – U.S. Women’s National Team interim head coach Twila Kilgore has named the 23-player roster for the 2024 SheBelieves Cup, presented by Visa, taking place on April 6 and 9 in Atlanta and Columbus, Ohio, respectively
The roster includes 19 players from the squad that won the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup, defeating Brazil 1-0 in the championship game on March 10. Forward Mallory Swanson, still just 25 years old, returns to a game roster for the first time since suffering a major knee injury on April 8, 2023. Should she play in the opening game of the SheBelieves Cup, it would mark just under a year to the day since Swanson’s last USWNT cap. She has played in two matches so far this season for the Chicago Red Stars and trained with the USA prior to the Concacaf W Gold Cup. Swanson was named the Visa SheBelieves Cup MVP at the conclusion of the 2023 tournament after scoring in every match while helping the USA to the tournament title.
Also returning after a long recovery from a major knee injury is forward Catarina Macario. The 24-year-old Macario returned to the field in grand fashion for Chelsea, scoring in her first two games off the bench and getting an assist in the Blues’ 3-0 UEFA Women’s Champions League win over Ajax on March 19 and setting up the final goal in Chelsea’s March 24 win over Aston Villa. Macario has not played for the USA since April 12, 2022, a match in which she scored twice against Uzbekistan. Should she play in the opening game of the SheBelieves Cup, it would mark just under two years to the day since Macario’s last USWNT cap. Macario won Visa SheBelieves Cup MVP honors in 2022.
Rounding out the roster are two players currently plying their trades in Europe in 21-year-old Paris Saint-Germain defender Eva Gaetino and 16-year-old Ajax midfielder Lily Yohannes, both of whom get their first senior team call-ups. Gaetino scored the opening goal in PSG’s quarterfinal win over BK Hacken on March 20 while Yohannes started and put in a solid performance against Chelsea.
This SheBelieves Cup roster features 17 NWSL players who are at the start of their seasons and six that will come to Atlanta from Europe: Lindsey Horan (Olympique Lyon), Emily Fox (Arsenal FC), Korbin Albert (Paris Saint-Germain), Macario, Gaetino and Yohannes. All except for Fox play for clubs who are still alive in the quarterfinal round of the UEFA Women’s Champions League.
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