USWNT vs Wales: Lineup, how to watch and start time

Game notes | Five things to know

• USWNT starting numbers cap XI (including this match): Morgan (207), Dunn (132), Horan (129), Nahir (91), Sullivan (45), Smith (30), Fox (29), Cook (25), Sanchez (25), Girma (16), Thompson (4)

• Sunday’s starting lineup includes five players with strong connections in the Gulf region. Defender Naomi Girma grew up in San Jose and went to Stanford University, where she helped lead the Cardinals to the 2019 NCAA Tournament. Cook, Smith, and Sullivan also attended Stanford—each winning a national championship during their time on the farm—while Morgan attended the University of California, Berkeley.

• This starting XI averages 66 caps per player with three players in the starting XI – Morgan, Dunne and Horan – with over 100 caps. Naher has lost 90 caps while today the other seven – Sullivan, Smith, Fox, Cook, Sanchez, Girma and Thompson – have fewer than 50 caps.

• Lindsey Horan Heading into the Women’s World Cup finals for the second time, the United States will lead and is set to earn 129^y Career cover. Horan, who leads the USWNT with 500 total minutes played this year, will lead the United States in the 10^y At the time of her career, and with Morgan, she was announced as one of the captains of the team heading into the 2023 Women’s World Cup.

• Heading into the World Cup finals for the third time, Alyssa Naher You’ll earn it 91^street 88^y first in her career and fifth in 2023. Nahir has had three shutouts so far this year and 53 clean sheets in her USWNT career, good for third overall in program history.

• Midfielder Ashley Sanchez She will make her fifth start of 2023 and 11^y of her international career where she earned 25 years^y max in general. Sanchez, who was named to her first Women’s World Cup roster, but boasts a great exIn the Youth World Cup, he played the full 90 minutes in USA’s last game, a 1-0 win over the Republic of Ireland on 11 April.

• A native of San Jose Naomi Girma You’ll make it 16^y international appearance and 14^y Her career begins as she plays her first match with the USWNT in her hometown. Girma, one of four players in this World Cup roster born after the historic 1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup, made her senior national team debut in April 2022 and played the full 90 minutes in 10 of her 15 caps.

• The youngest player on this list and the second-youngest player ever to be named to a USWNT World Cup roster, aged 18 Alisa Thompson, set to make her second consecutive start as she clinched her fourth title overall. Thompson made her first career start — and played the full 90 minutes — in the USA Game on April 11 in St. Louis — becoming the youngest player to start in the USWNT since 2016.

• Sophia Smith She will start for the third time in a row that she earns 30 for her^y USWNT cover. Smith, named US Soccer Player of the Year, is headed to her first World Cup after a stellar 2022 campaign in which she led the team in scoring with 11 goals.

• cannon Alana Cook She will be starting her fifth year this year as she turns 25^y USWNT cover. Cook scored her first career goal—which came on her birthday though—in USA’s April 11 victory over the Republic of Ireland, becoming just the third player in USWNT history to score on her birthday. Cook is heading to the Women’s World Cup for the first time at any level.

• Heading into the World Cup finals for the fourth time, Alex Morgan She is set to make her seventh start of 2023, which ties with Lindsey Horan for the most by any player in the USWNT this year. Morgan is slated to earn her 207^y Maximum overall, breaking a tie with Tiffiny Milbrett for the only possession on 10^y on the USWNT all-time maximum charts.

• Midfielder Andy Sullivan She will make her sixth start in 2023 as she earns her 45 years^y USWNT cover. She was named to her first World Cup roster – and first World Championship event – Sullivan He leads the USWNT in total minutes and games played since the end of the 2021 Olympics, recording 1,973 action minutes over 27 games.

• cannon Crystal Dunnwho is heading to her second World Cup final, is set to make her sixth start of the year as she earns her 132nd.^{Abbreviation II} Maximum overall – moving to tie with Amy Rodriguez for 29^y On the USA list. Dunn is one of three moms on this World Cup roster, along with Morgan and quarterback Julie Ertz, all of whom will be heading to their first World Cup as moms.
• Emily Fox She’s heading to her first Women’s World Cup and will make her sixth start in 2023 – and her 20th^y since the beginning of 2022 – earning her 29^y Maximum in general for the USA. A mainstay in the USA defense after the conclusion of the 2021 Olympics, Fox has played in 24 of USA’s 29 matches since the October 2021 FIFA window and currently ranks second on the team with 495 total minutes in 2023.

• Midfielder Savannah Demelo is available for selection today, and if she sees the move she will become the ninth player on this World Cup roster to earn his first international cap under coach Vlatko Andonovski. DeMelo is the third player ever to make the US World Cup roster without previously earning a cap, joining Debbie Keller in 1995 and Shannon Boxx in 2003.