USWNT vs. Japan – 2024 SheBelieves Cup Presented by Visa – Semifinals
date: April 6, 2024
venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium.atlanta, georgia
broadcast: TNT, truTV, Telemundo, Universo, Max, Peacock
Official kickoff time: 12:37pm ET
Starting lineup for the match against Japan: 1-Alyssa Neher; 3-Jenna Neiswonger, 4-Naomi Girma, 8-Jaedyn Shaw, 9-Mallory Swanson, 10-Lindsay Horan (Capt.), 12-Tierna Davidson, 13 -Alex Morgan, 17-Sam Coffey, 22-Trinity Rodman, 23-Emily Fox
Available subchannels: 2-Abby Dahlkemper, 5-Olivia Moultrie, 6-Eva Gaetino, 7-Katarina Macario, 11-Sophia Smith, 14-Emily Sonnet, 15-Corbin Albert, 16-Lily Johannes, 18 -Casey Murphy, 19-Crystal Dunn, 20-Casey Krueger, 21-Jane Campbell
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- USWNT Starting Eleven Cap Numbers (including this game): Morgan (222), Horan (145), Neher (103), Swanson (89), Davidson (56), Fox (46), Rodman (35), Girma (31), Coffey (14), Shaw (11) , Nightswanger (7)
- This is the sixth different starting lineup the USWNT has used through seven games so far in 2024.
- The average age of the members playing against Japan today is 26.5 years old, and each player has 68 caps.
- Six players from this starting eleven (Gilma, Fox, Horan, Rodman, Morgan and Swanson) played in the most recent matchup between the United States and Japan at the 2023 SheBelieves Cup.
- lindsay horan He scored the winning goal in the World Gold Cup final against Brazil and became the captain of the U.S. national team in 2024.th She earned 145 hours in her career.th cap. Horan tied for the team lead with four total goal involvements (three goals, one assist) in 2024 and has five assists in 18 career SheBelieves Cup games, the most assists of any player in SheBelieves Cup history. It is.
- Won the Golden Glove Award at the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup, Alyssa Neher would earn her 103rd Neher enters the tournament with three shutouts on the year and 62 in his international career. A six-time SheBelieves Cup winner, Neher has nine career shutouts in SheBelieves Cup, the most by any player in the history of the tournament.
- Jenna Neiswonger This will be his fifth career start, fourth start in 2024, and seventh career cap. Making his SheBelieves Cup debut, Nicewonger played in four games and scored two goals in the Concacaf World Gold Cup.
- Naomi Girma she is going to be 31 years oldcent Girma, who appeared in all three games of the 2023 SheBelieves Cup, played every minute for the U.S. team in the Concacaf World Gold Cup finals, helping the U.S. shut out Colombia in the first round of the tournament. Brazil in the quarterfinals and finals.
- He had great success at the Concacaf World Gold Cup, leading the American team in scoring and winning the Golden Ball as the tournament's top player. Jadyn Shaw He will make his fourth start in 2024 and his 11th win, the fifth of his international career.th USWNT cap. Shaw, 19, enters the SheBelieves Cup in 2024 as the United States' leading scorer with four goals and has scored in every game he has started in his international career.
- 364 days after patellar tendon rupture Mallory Swanson Return to the field for the USWNT in '89th A look at her international career. Despite playing in only six games in 2023, Swanson led the USWNT in scoring last year with seven goals, four of which came in the SheBelieves Cup, where she was named the Visa SheBelieves Cup MVP. He became the first player in tournament history to score a goal in every game. Match at the Single Sea Believes Cup.
- Swanson, who scored four goals in the 2023 tournament, passed Megan Rapinoe as the all-time leading scorer in SheBelieves Cup history with eight goals in 19 games.
- tiana davidson The 56-year-old will make his fifth start in 2024.th USWNT cap. Davidson will be competing in his sixth She Believes Cup, having missed the 2023 She Believes Cup while regaining his form and fitness after tearing his ACL in March 2022. She helped the U.S. win titles in 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022.
- alex morgan This will be his fourth consecutive starting appearance for the USWNT, making his seventh appearance in 2024 and 2022.n.d. A look back at her entire international career. She has played the second-most minutes in SheBelieves Cup history (1,241) and has five career goals, tied for third-most in SBC history. Morgan has 12 goals and 3 assists in 15 career appearances against Japan, which is her most goals against a single opponent in her international career.
- Sam Coffey She will be making her SheBelieves Cup debut in 2024, her sixth start and eighth overall in her international career. Coffey, who finished fifth in the Concacaf World Gold Cup with 416 minutes played, will earn her 14th USWNT cap.
- trinity rodmanShe made her international debut at the age of 19 at the 2022 SheBelieves Cup and is set to achieve the 35-year-old record.th He will earn a cap and make his sixth start in 2024.Rodman will play every game for the USWNT in 2023, when he will be 25 years old.th The USWNT's streak is the longest by a USWNT player since 2020.
- emily fox she will earn 46th Fox played every minute for the USWNT in the Concacaf World Gold Cup finals, assisting on Lindsey Horan's winning goal in the final against Brazil. She was also the only American player to play in every game for the U.S. team as they aim for the 2023 SheBelieves Cup title.