{"id":90170,"date":"2022-10-07T19:16:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T19:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/international-friendly-usa-vs-england\/"},"modified":"2022-10-07T19:16:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T19:16:03","slug":"international-friendly-usa-vs-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/international-friendly-usa-vs-england\/","title":{"rendered":"International Friendly: USA vs.  England"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><strong><span>England vs.  USWNT \u2013 International Friendly<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span><br \/><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><strong>Date: <\/strong>October 7, 2022<\/span><br \/><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><strong>Venue:<\/strong> Wembley Stadium;  London, England<\/span><span class=\"scxw239088534\"\/><br \/><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><strong>Broadcast:<\/strong> FOX<\/span><br \/><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><strong>Broadcast Time:<\/strong> 2:30 p.m. ET<\/span><br \/><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><strong>Official Kickoff Time: <\/strong>3 p.m. ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><strong><span> <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"eop\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><strong><span>Starting XI vs.  England: <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span>1-Alyssa Naeher;  3-Alana Cook, 6-Trinity Rodman, 8-Sofia Huerta, 10-Lindsey Horan (Capt.), 11-Sophia Smith, 12-Naomi Girma, 15-Megan Rapinoe, 16-Rose Lavelle, 17-Andi Sullivan, 23 -Emily Fox<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"> <\/span><span class=\"eop\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><strong><span>Available Subs:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span class=\"normaltextrun\"> <\/span><span>2-Ashley Sanchez, 4-Becky Sauerbrunn, 5-Hailie Mace, 7-Ashley Hatch, 13-Alyssa Thompson, 14-Sam Coffey, 18-Casey Murphy, 19-Crystal Dunn, 20-Jaelin Howell, 21-Aubrey Kingsbury, 22-Kristie Mewis, 25-Savannah DeMelo<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\" style=\"margin: 0in; text-align: justify;\"><strong><span>GAME NOTES<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"normaltextrun\"><strong><span>  | <\/span><\/strong><\/span><strong><span>FIVE THINGS TO KNOW &#8211; ENGLAND<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in;\"><span> <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><strong><span>USWNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (Including this match):<\/span><\/strong><span>  Rapinoe (195), Horan (119), Naeher (85), Lavelle (81), Sullivan (34), Smith (24), Huerta (22), Fox (20), Cook (17), Rodman (8), Entering (8)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><span>Four players in this XI \u2013 Naeher, Horan, Lavelle and Rapinoe \u2013 saw action in the most recent matchup between the USA and England, a 2-0 win for the USWNT on March 5, 2020, in the SheBelieves Cup.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><span>Horan, Naeher and Lavelle are the only three starters for tonight&#8217;s match at Wembley who started against England in the 2019 FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup semifinal.  In that match Horan assisted Alex Morgan&#8217;s game winner in the 31<sup>st<\/sup> minute while Naeher saved a penalty kick in the 84<sup>th<\/sup> to secure the 2-1 win for the USA.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><span>The match against the Lionesses marks the USWNT&#8217;s second time playing at Wembley Stadium and the first since the 2012 Olympic gold medal match, in which the USA defeated Japan, 2-1.  Rapinoe is the only starter in today&#8217;s match who played in that game at Wembley.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><span>This starting lineup averages 55 caps per player with Rapinoe and Horan the only players in the lineup with 100+ caps.  Six players \u2013 Smith, Huerta, Fox, Cook, Rodman and Girma \u2013 have fewer than 25 caps, including Rodman and Girma both in single-digits.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><strong><span>Lindsey Horan<\/span><\/strong><span>  will wear the captain&#8217;s band as she earns her 119<sup>th<\/sup> career cap and makes her 11<sup>th<\/sup> start of 2022. Horan scored her first goal of the year and the 26<sup>th<\/sup> of her international career in the Sept.  3 wins over Nigeria.  Since the start of 2020, Horan has played in 40 matches for the USA and has been directly involved in 22 goals &#8211; with 14 goals and eight assists.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><strong><span>Alyssa Naeher<\/span><\/strong><span>  will earn every 85<sup>th<\/sup> career cap as she makes the start in goal for the USA in what will be her fourth career start against England.  Naeher, who provided the heroic penalty save in the 2019 FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup Semifinal against the Lionesses, has two clean sheets in her previous three matches against England, all wins for the USA.  Overall, Naeher has 50 career shutouts and boasts the highest shutout percentage in USWNT history.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><strong><span>Alana Cook <\/span><\/strong><span>will make every 13<sup>th<\/sup> start of the year as she earns her 17<sup>th<\/sup> cap overall with the USWNT.  Cook, who attended one senior team camp with the Lionesses, as her father is British, leads the USA with 1,016 total minutes played in 2022 and has played the full 90 minutes in nine of her 12 appearances so far this year.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><strong><span>Emily Fox<\/span><\/strong><span>  is set to earn every 20<sup>th<\/sup> career cap as she makes 12<sup>th<\/sup> appearance \u2013 and 12<sup>th<\/sup> start \u2013 of the year.  The Ashburn, Virginia native recorded her first international assist on September 3 against Nigeria.  Fox has played in 15 of the USA&#8217;s 18 matches since the October 2021 FIFA window, making 14 starts during that span.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><span>Defender <strong>Naomi Girma<\/strong> will earn her eighth cap as she makes second consecutive start and the sixth overall of her young career.  Girma, who made her international debut on April 12 vs.  Uzbekistan, made four appearances and two starts at the Concacaf W Championship, where she was named to the Tournament Best XI along with Becky Sauerbrunn, Alex Morgan and Rose Lavelle.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><strong><span>Sofia Huerta <\/span><\/strong><span>will make her fifth consecutive start as she makes her 22<sup>nd<\/sup> career appearance for the USA.  Huerta has started and played the full 90 minutes in each of her last four international appearances, the longest such streak of her USWNT career.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><strong><span>Rose Lavelle<\/span><\/strong><span>  will make her 81<sup>st<\/sup> international appearance as she makes her 12<sup>th<\/sup> start of 2022. Lavelle, who made her international debut against England on March 4, 2017, started and won the 2020 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium on November 1, 2020, while playing for Manchester City.  Lavelle has <\/span><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.2pt;\">been directly involved in 10 goals in the USA&#8217;s last 11 matches, tallying four goals \u2013 including the game-winning header on September 6 against Nigeria &#8212; and adding six assists during that span.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><strong><span>Megan Rapinoe <\/span><\/strong><span>will earn every 195<sup>th<\/sup> career cap as she makes her second start of 2022 and first since June 28. Rapinoe, who assisted Rose Lavelle&#8217;s game-winning goal against Nigeria on Sept.  6, has 73 career assists, which is tied with Abby Wambach for third-most in USWNT history.  Rapinoe has two goals in four career appearances vs.  England, scoring against the Lionesses in both 2011 and the 2019 SheBelieves Cup.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><span>forward <strong>Trinity Rodman<\/strong> will make her first career start for the USWNT as she earns her eighth career cap.  Rodman made her USWNT debut at age 20 on February 17, coming on against the Czech Republic to <\/span><span>become the 69th teenager to earn a cap for the USWNT and the first since 2018. She scored her first international goal on April 12 against Uzbekistan, becoming the 31<sup>st<\/sup> teenager to score for the USA.  The now 20-year-old Rodman also scored against Jamaica during the Concacaf W Championship and came on in the final minutes of the CWC Final against Canada on July 18, 2022, which marked her most recent action for the red, white and blue.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><strong><span>Sophia Smith<\/span><\/strong><span>  will make her team-high 14<sup>th<\/sup> start of the year as she earns 24<sup>th<\/sup> career cap.  The 22-year-old Smith leads the USA in scoring with nine goals on the year, most recently scoring a brace and adding an assist in the USA&#8217;s 4-0 win over Nigeria on September 3. Smith has a total of 10 goals through her first 23 caps.  The only players in USWNT history with more goals through their first 23 caps are Abby Wambach (14), Christie Welsh (13), Carin Jennings-Gabarra (12), Michelle Akers (12), Christen Press (12) and April Heinrichs ( 11th).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><span>midfielder <strong>Andy Sullivan<\/strong> is set to earn her 34th cap as she makes her 12<sup>th<\/sup> appearance \u2013 and 12<sup>th<\/sup> start \u2013 of 2022. Sullivan is third on the team in total minutes played in 202 with 859 minutes of action and has gone the full 90 minutes in four of her last five appearances for the USWNT.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.25in;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.2pt;\">Midfielder Savannah DeMelo and forward Alyssa Thompson are the only uncapped players on this roster and are both available for selection tonight.  Should she either see the field, she would become the 251<sup>st<\/sup> woman to earn a cap for the USWNT and the seventh debutant of 2022.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: 0.2pt;\">At 17 years and 334 days old, Thompson could become the 70th teenager overall to earn a cap for the USWNT and the youngest player to debut for the USA since January of 2016 when Mallory Pugh made her debut at 17 years and 269 days of age.<\/span><strong><span><br \/><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England vs. USWNT \u2013 International FriendlyDate: October 7, 2022Venue: Wembley Stadium; London, EnglandBroadcast: FOXBroadcast Time: 2:30 p.m. ETOfficial Kickoff Time: 3 p.m. ET Starting XI vs. England: 1-Alyssa Naeher; 3-Alana Cook, 6-Trinity Rodman, 8-Sofia Huerta, 10-Lindsey Horan (Capt.), 11-Sophia Smith, 12-Naomi Girma, 15-Megan Rapinoe, 16-Rose Lavelle, 17-Andi Sullivan, 23 -Emily Fox Available Subs: 2-Ashley Sanchez, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/international-friendly-usa-vs-england\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">International Friendly: USA vs.  England<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20995,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/englands-comeback-win-vs-spain-shows-a-new-side-of-this-special-team-and-a-mindset-to-win-euro-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":90170,"position":0},"title":"England&#8217;s comeback win vs.  Spain shows a new side of this special team &#8212; and a mindset to win Euro 2022","date":"July 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"BRIGHTON, England -- There's something about this England team. 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