Concacaf W Championship – Group A: USA vs Haiti
Date: July 4, 2022 Place: Estadio Universitario; Monterrey, Mexico Broadcast: CBS Sports Network, Paramount +, ViXBroadcast Time: 7 pm ET / 6 pm CTOOfficial launch time: 7 pm ET / 6 pm CT
XI starter against Haiti: 18-Casey Murphy; 3-Alana Cook, 4-Becky Sauerbrunn (cap.), 5-Kelley O’Hara, 9-Mallory Pugh, 10-Lindsey Horan, 11-Sophia Smith, 13-Alex Morgan, 16-Rose Lavelle, 17-Andi Sullivan , 19-Emily Fox
Substitutions available: 1-Alyssa Naeher; 2-Ashley Sanchez, 6-Trinity Rodman, 7-Ashely Hatch, 8-Sofia Huerta, 12-Naomi Girma, 14-Emily Sonnett, 15-Megan Rapinoe, 20-Taylor Kornieck, 21-Aubrey Kingsbury, 22-Kristie, 23 -Midge Purce
GAME NOTES FIVE THINGS TO KNOW – HAITI
- USWNT starting eleven cap numbers (including this match): Sauerbrunn (204), Morgan (193), O’Hara (155), Horan (112), Pugh (75), Lavelle (74), Sullivan (29), Smith (17 years old), Fox (15), Cook (11), Murphy (6)
- Today’s starting lineup averages 80 games per player with four players (Sauerbrunn, Morgan, O’Hara and Horan) with over 100 games. Four players on this list (Smith, Fox, Cook and Murphy) have less than 20 games and will all make their first appearance for the USWNT in a World Cup or Olympic qualifier.
- Four players from this starting lineup appeared in the last U.S. match against Haiti, which took place in the inaugural match of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifiers on January 28, 2020. Lavelle, O’Hara and Sauerbrunn began this game in Houston while Horan finished second. -half substitute and scored the third US goal in the eventual 4-0 victory.
- Central Becky Sauerbrunn will be the captain of the USWNT for the 33rd time when she makes her 204th international appearance. This will be the 18th outing and the 19th edition of the Sauerbrunn for the USA in a CONCACAF qualifying event, after having played in the qualifying for the World Cup in 2010, 2014 and 2018 and in the Olympic qualifying in 2012, 2016 and 2020.
- Goalkeeper Casey Murphy will make his CONCACAF debut when he gets the sixth game of his career and makes his fourth appearance in 2022. Murphy, who got his first game with the USWNT just seven months ago in a 3-0 win over Australia in Sydney in November. 27, has four blank sheets in his previous five games.
- Defender Alana Cook will make her seventh outing in 2022 when she makes her debut in the standings in what will be her eleventh international appearance overall for the USWNT. Cook leads the team with a total of 504 minutes played in 2022 and counted a couple of assists in the April 9 U.S. victory over Uzbekistan. This will be the fourth time Cook and Sauerbrunn have started together at the center. They started together recently in the 3-0 victory of the United States over Colombia on June 25.
- Kelley O’Hara is poised to win her 155th trophy, going on to tie with Michelle Akers and Christen Press at No. 22 on the USWNT All-Time Trophy List. O’Hara, who scored his third goal in the USWNT victory over Colombia on June 28, will compete in his sixth CONCACAF qualifying tournament, having played in the Olympic qualifiers in 2012, 2016 and 2020 and qualifying for the World Cup in 2014 and 2018. He has one goal and four assists in 16 appearances in the standings.
- Mallory Pugh will make her sixth start in 2022 as she becomes the 49th player in USWNT history to reach 75 games. At 24 years and 66 days old, she is the youngest player to reach the milestone since Heather O’Reilly did so in 2008 at the age of 23. Pugh has been directly involved in a maximum of 10 team goals in 2022 is tied for team leadership. both in goals (5) and assists (5). This will be Pugh’s 10th selection in a CONCACAF standings and the first since qualifying for the 2018 World Cup.
- Midfielder Lindsey Horan will win her 112th selection by competing in her fourth consecutive qualifying round for the US, having competed in the 2016 Olympic qualifiers, the 2018 World Cup qualifiers and the 2018 Olympic qualifiers. new in 2020. Horan led the U.S. in scoring with six goals. during the 2020 Olympic qualifiers, including a goal at the start of the tournament against Haiti.
- Sophia Smith, the youngest player in this starting eleven at 21, will make her CONCACAF debut with her 17th overall selection. Smith is tied for U.S. leadership by scoring five goals this year and scored twice in his last U.S. outing, a 3-0 win over Colombia on June 25 in his home state of Colorado.
- Alex Morgan will get his 193rd game for the USWNT in what will be his second outing and third overall appearance for the U.S. in 2022. Morgan has a total of 19 goals in his 20 qualifying appearances for the U.S., 10 of the who will come to the World Cup. classification, which is tied with the fourth best team in history. He scored seven goals in four games in qualifying for the 2018 World Cup, which was his most recent action in a CONCACAF qualifier for the USA. She lost her Olympic qualification in 2020 due to pregnancy.
- Rose Lavelle will reach her 74th race title when she begins a fifth straight game for the USWNT. Lavelle is tied for the team’s lead in assists this year with five assists and has participated directly in seven goals in the last four U.S. games (two goals and five assists). Lavelle has five goals and an assist in his nine appearances prior to the CONCACAF qualifying matches.
- Midfielder Andi Sullivan will make his seventh outing of the year 2022 in what will be his 29th international appearance in the US in general. Sullivan, who ranks third on the team in total minutes played in 2022 with 436, will make his second appearance with the U.S. in a CONCACAF qualifying event, starting and playing the full 90 minutes against Panama during qualifying. 2020 Olympic Games.
- Emily Fox will make her CONCACAF standings debut when she reaches her 15th selection in the US. Fox will now have played in 11 of the 12 U.S. matches since the October 2021 FIFA window, making 10 starts during that period. No player has appeared in more matches with the US in the last 10 months.