England vs. USWNT
Date: November 30, 2024
Venue: Wembley Stadium; London, England
Broadcast: TNT, Telemundo, Universo, Max, Peacock
Official Kickoff Time: 12:20 p.m. ET / 5:20 p.m. GMT
Starting XI vs. England: 1-Alyssa Naeher; 4-Naomi Girma, 6-Lynn Williams, 7-Alyssa Thompson, 10-Lindsey Horan (Capt.), 13-Emma Sears, 14-Emily Sonnett, 16-Rose Lavelle, 17-Sam Coffey, 20-Casey Krueger, 23-Emily Fox
Available Subs: 2-Emily Sams, 3-Korbin Albert, 5-Jenna Nighswonger, 8-Jaedyn Shaw, 9-Ally Sentnor, 11-Lily Yohannes, 12-Tierna Davidson, 15-Alyssa Malonson, 19-Hal Hershfelt, 21-Mandy Haught, 22-Eva Gaetino, 24-Yazmeen Ryan
Not dressing: Phallon Tullis-Joyce
GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
- USWNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (Including this match): Horan (160), Naeher (114), Lavelle (109), Sonnett (102), Williams (74), Fox (61), Krueger (60), Girma (43), Coffey (27), Thompson (12), Sears (3)
- Today’s lineup to face the Lionesses options seven gamers – Naeher, Girma, Fox, Coffey, Lavelle, Horan and Thompson – who featured within the USA’s final match at Wembley on October 7, 2022. Naeher, Girma, Fox, Lavelle and Horan all began that match whereas Coffey and Thompson got here on within the second half as substitutes. It was simply Coffey’s second cap for the USWNT, and Thompson’s first.
- Just three gamers on this XI — Naeher, Horan and Lavelle — performed in opposition to England within the 2019 World Cup semifinal in Lyon.
- Lindsey Horan will captain the USWNT for the thirty fifth time in her profession as she earns her one hundred and sixtieth cap, transferring right into a tie with the just lately retired Kelley O’Hara for twenty first all-time in USWNT historical past. Horan, certainly one of two U.S. starters nominated for the 2024 The Best FIFA Women’s Player of the Year together with Naomi Girma, will probably be making her team-leading twentieth begin of the yr. Horan leads the USWNT in minutes performed in 2024 with 1,652 and is 56 minutes away from setting a brand new career-high for minutes performed in a calendar yr (1,707 minutes participant in 2021).
- Five days after saying that she’s going to retire from worldwide soccer on the finish of this journey, Alyssa Naeher will begin in objective for the U.S. as she makes her seventeenth begin of 2024 and earns her 114th cap for the USWNT. Naeher, who famously saved a penalty kick by former England captain Steph Houghton within the 2019 World Cup semifinal, has 68 profession clear sheets, 9 of which have come this yr. Naeher’s 9 shutouts are tied for her most in any calendar yr with the USWNT and one away from making her simply the fourth goalkeeper in USWNT historical past to report double-digit shutouts in a yr.
- Naomi Girma will make her seventeenth begin of the yr as she earns her forty third cap general for the USWNT. Girma began and performed 82 minutes in opposition to the Lionesses within the 2022 assembly between the groups in what was simply her eighth cap. Two years later, she has established herself as one of many prime heart backs on the planet and had a stellar displaying on the Paris Olympics, enjoying all 600 minutes whereas main a U.S. protection that conceded simply two objectives in six video games. She ranks third on the crew amongst discipline gamers in whole minutes performed this yr, logging a career-high 1,457 minutes of motion.
- Lynn Williams will make her fourth begin of the yr as she earns her 74th cap for the USWNT. Williams, who began the USA’s Oct. 24 match in opposition to Iceland in Austin, Texas after which tallied a objective and an help off the bench three days later in Nashville, has three objectives and one help in 14 appearances for the U.S. in 2024, together with a objective in opposition to Germany within the group stage of the Summer Olympics.
- Seven hundred and eighty-five days after making her debut at Wembley Stadium on the age of 17, Alyssa Thompson will earn her twelfth cap as she makes her fourth profession begin for the USWNT and her second of the yr. Thompson, who scored her first worldwide objective final month when she began in opposition to Iceland on Oct. 24 in Austin, Texas, had a debut to recollect two years in the past in opposition to England. Thompson got here on for Megan Rapinoe within the 84th minute in entrance of a packed crowd of 76,893 followers and at 17 years and 334 days previous, she grew to become the seventieth teenager all-time to earn a cap for the USWNT and the youngest to debut since January 2016.
- The least-experienced participant on this Starting XI, Emma Sears will make her second profession begin as she earns simply her third cap for the USWNT. The 23-year-old Sears acquired her first call-up to the USWNT this October and earned her first cap on October 27 in Nashville, Tennessee, coming off the bench within the second half to tally each a objective and help. Sears grew to become the fourth participant in USWNT historical past to attain and have an help in her USWNT debut and adopted it up with a 90-minute efficiency – and her first profession begin – within the USA’s Oct. 30 victory over Argentina in Louisville, Kentucky.
- Emily Sonnett will make her eighth begin and nineteenth look of the yr for the USWNT as she earns her 102nd cap. This will probably be Sonnett’s third profession begin in opposition to England, doing so in each 2016 and 2018, and her 19 worldwide appearances in 2024 are her most in a calendar yr for the USWNT. A 2019 World Cup champion and 2024 Olympic gold medalist, Sonnett reached the 100-cap milestone within the USA’s Oct. 24 victory over Iceland to change into the forty fifth participant in USWNT historical past to achieve 100 caps.
- Rose Lavelle, who made her worldwide debut in opposition to England on March 4, 2017, will make her 109th worldwide look and her thirteenth begin of the yr. Lavelle captained the U.S. in its most up-to-date match in Louisville as she was honor for her a hundredth cap, which she earned on June 4, 2024, in opposition to Korea Republic in St. Paul, Minnesota. Lavelle began and received the 2020 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on November 1, 2020, whereas enjoying for Manchester City.
- Recently introduced as midfield nominee for The Best FIFA Women’s 11, Sam Coffey will make her 18th begin and twentieth look of the yr for the USWNT as she makes her twenty seventh worldwide look general. Coffey, who got here on in opposition to the Lionesses simply after the hour mark to earn her second cap in October 2022, has had a profession yr for the USWNT, logging profession highs in begins (17), video games (19) and whole minutes performed (1,409) and performed a key function within the midfielder through the USA’s run to gold at Paris 2024.
- After serving to lead the Washington Spirit to a spot within the 2024 NWSL Final in her first yr with the membership, Casey Krueger will make her fourth begin and 18th look of the yr as she earns her sixtieth cap for the USWNT. Krueger has two assists on the yr for the USWNT, the newest approaching Oct. 24 in Austin when she assisted Jaedyn Shaw’s game-winning objective in opposition to Iceland. A 2024 Olympic gold medalist and 2021 Olympic bronze medalist, Krueger has been known as into each camp for the USWNT for the reason that conclusion of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
- The solely U.S. participant to look in each match this yr, Emily Fox will make her seventeenth begin of the yr as she makes her 61st worldwide look. Fox, who was just lately introduced as a defender nominee for 2024 The Best FIFA Women’s 11, is the lone U.S. starter presently enjoying her membership soccer in England after signing with Arsenal FC in January 2024.Fox began all six matches of the 2024 Olympics and is second on the USWNT this yr amongst discipline gamers with 1,503 whole minutes of motion, eclipsing the 1,000-minute mark for the second consecutive yr.
