CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Emily Sonnett, an alumna of the Virginia women’s soccer team, has been named to the 18-player roster of the U.S. Women’s National Team that will represent the United States in the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris.
The Olympic 18 🇺🇸
Full Roster Details » https://t.co/4AYdQah9DP pic.twitter.com/tDWS9z7goe
— U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (@USWNT) June 26, 2024
Sonnett is on an Olympic roster for the USWNT for the second time after also being named to the roster for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Sonnett was an alternate on the 2016 roster and traveled with the team to Brazil for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Virginia has had at least one player on an Olympic roster for six straight Olympics dating back to the 2004 Games in Athens, Greece.
The 2024 U.S. Olympic Women’s Soccer Team will come together for the first time on July 8 in New Jersey in preparation to face Mexico on July 13 (3:30 p.m. ET on TNT, truTV, Telemundo, Universo, Max and Peacock) at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J in the Impact 99 Legacy Match, presented by New York Life. The USA will then head to the nation’s capital for the 2024 Send-Off Match, presented by Coca-Cola, on July 16 against Costa Rica at Audi Field in Washington, D.C. (7:30 p.m. ET on TNT, truTV, Universo, Max and Peacock).
It’s here!
Join @FortuneFeimster in saying hello, bonjour, howdy to your 2024 #USWNT Olympic Roster! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/h2Ey1ZrAzQ
— U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (@USWNT) June 26, 2024
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, the eighth Olympic Games to feature women’s soccer, the U.S. will open Group B play on July 25 – one day before the Opening Ceremonies – against Zambia (9 p.m. local / 3 p.m. ET) at Stade de Nice in Nice. The Americans will then play Germany on July 28 (9 p.m. local / 3 p.m. ET) at Marseille’s Stade de Marseille in their second match and finish group play against Australia on July 31 (7 p.m. local / 1 p.m. ET), also in Marseille. Located in the south of France, Nice is nearly 600 miles from Paris near France’s border with Monaco and Italy. Marseille, located 125 miles west of Nice, is the second-largest city in France.
The USA won the inaugural Olympic gold medal for women’s soccer in 1996 in Atlanta, won silver in 2000 in Sydney and then won three straight golds, standing atop the podium in Athens, Greece in 2004, Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012. The USA fell in the quarterfinals in penalty kicks…