Gotham FC puts six players on USWNT for blockbuster European matches

Six Gotham FC players were named Monday to the U.S.women’s national team roster for a pair of upcoming European friendly matches, making the NWSL team the roster’s most represented club.Gotham’s Rose Lavelle, Tierna Davidson and Lynn Williams are among the names headlining the USWNT for this marquee trip abroad. Gotham defenders Jenna Nighswonger and Emily Sonnett and forward Yazmeen Ryan also earned the call-up to the 24-player roster, offering perhaps some solace after Gotham’s hopes of repeating as NWSL champions were dashed in the playoff semifinals Saturday when the Washington Spirit beat them in a penalty shootout.The U.S.

women’s national team, which features 15 players from the team that won Olympic gold this summer in Paris, is set to play England on Nov.30 in front of an expected crowd of more than 70,000 at Wembley Stadium before facing the Netherlands three days later at ADO Den Haag Stadium in The Hague.

The second match will have an added layer of intrigue after 17-year-old sensation Lily Yohannes, a star midfielder for the Dutch club AFC Ajax, recently opted to represent the U.S.instead of the Netherlands.“In terms of our schedule, this is the end of a wonderful year, but we’re still at the beginning of our process of building towards qualifying for the next World Cup,” U.S.

women’s national team head coach Emma Hayes said in a statement.“So, this trip will be about testing ourselves against two world class teams with opportunities to develop our roster.

We will continue to build relationships on and off the field and I’m really excited to work with this group as we continue to set the stage for 2025.”England and the Netherlands made it to the FIFA Women’s World Cup finals in the past two cycles. England was the runner-up in the 2023 World Cup, and the Netherlands fell to the U.S.in the 2019 final.The U.S.

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