USA Women’s National Team vs. South Korea
date: June 1, 2024
venue: Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado
broadcast: TNT, truTV, Universo, Max, Peacock
Official kick-off time: 3:07 PM MT/5:07 PM ET
Starting line-up for the match against South Korea: 21-Jane Campbell, 3-Jenna Neiswonger, 4-Naomi Girma, 7-Katarina Macario, 9-Mallory Swanson, 10-Lindsey Horan (captain), 11-Sophia Smith, 12-Tienna Davidson, 17-Sam Coffey, 22-Trinity Rodman, 23-Emily Fox
Available subs: 1-Casey Murphy, 2-Sam Staab, 5-Corbin Albert, 6-Lily Johannes, 8-Jaidyn Shaw, 13-Alex Morgan, 14-Emily Sonnett, 15-Hal Hirschfeld, 16-Rose Lavelle, 18-Aubrey Kingsbury, 19-Crystal Dunn, 20-Casey Kruger
Game Notes | Five Things You Need to Know
- USWNT Starting XI Caps (including this match): Horan (147), Swanson (91), Davidson (58), Fox (48), Smith (47), Rodman (37), Girma (32), Macario (19), Coffey (16), Nyswonger (8), Campbell (8).
- Today’s lineup, with an average age of 25.5 years per player and 45 caps, is the youngest starting 11 for the U.S. Women’s National Team since April 2022.
- Originally from Colorado Lindsey Horan Horan will captain the U.S. Women’s National Team for the 26th time of her career and the first time on home soil, earning her 147th cap. Horan has played 653 minutes this year, the most among field players, and is second on the team’s scoring list with four goals in seven appearances in 2024.
- Jane Campbell Campbell will earn her eighth cap and make her first start for the U.S. women’s national team since starting and recording a clean sheet against South Korea on Oct. 26, 2021, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Campbell, the 2023 NWSL Goalkeeper of the Year, was initially named as an alternate for the 2021 Olympic team but was promoted to the active roster after the IOC confirmed the expansion of the squad to 22 players. She did not play in any matches in Tokyo.
- Jenna Nyswonger Nys Wonger will be seeking his eighth cap in what will be his sixth career start and fourth of 2024. Nys Wonger, the 2023 NWSL Rookie of the Year, will make his international debut on Dec. 2 and has appeared in five of the United States’ eight games so far this year, scoring two goals in the CONCACAF World Gold Cup.
- United States Soccer Player of the Year Naomi Girma Girma will earn her 32nd cap with the U.S. Women’s National Team in her sixth appearance and sixth start of the year. Although she started in the SheBelieves Cup semifinal against Japan but was forced to leave the game early due to injury, she has played the full 90 minutes in 23 of her 31 caps to date.
- Catalina Macario Macario will be making her first start for the U.S. Women’s National Team in 781 days and is on track to earn her 19th cap. Macario returned to the field for the U.S. on April 6, entering the game as a substitute in the second half of the SheBelieves Cup semifinal against Japan. This was her first appearance for the U.S. Women’s National Team in 725 days since recovering from anterior cruciate ligament surgery. Macario last started for the U.S. on April 12, 2022, scoring two goals in the U.S. vs. Uzbekistan match in Chester, Pennsylvania.
- Colorado Mallory Swanson This will be Swanson’s second start and third appearance of the year and her 91st cap with the U.S. Women’s National Team. Playing in her fifth match for the U.S. on home soil, Swanson returned to the U.S. Women’s National Team field at the SheBelieves Cup after missing nearly a year with an injury, starting in the semifinal against Japan and playing the second half of the final against Canada.
- He scored two goals in the SheBelieves Cup final against Canada. Sophia Smith This will be Smith’s ninth appearance and fourth start of 2024 and her 47th international appearance. The Colorado native scored two goals against Columbia on June 25, 2022, in her only other appearance with the U.S. Women’s National Team in the Centennial State.
- The three Colorado players in that starting lineup — Horan (Golden), Swanson (Highlands Ranch) and Smith (Windsor) — have scored 40 percent of the U.S. Women’s National Team’s goals (22 of 55) since the start of 2023 and 37 percent of the team’s goals (41 of 111) since 2022.
- Tierna Davidson Davidson will earn her 58th cap as she makes her sixth consecutive start and seventh game of the year for the U.S. Women’s National Team. She has played in every game for the U.S. since the CONCACAF World Cup quarterfinal against Colombia and is fourth on the team in minutes played (570) and third among all field players.
- Midfielder Sam Coffey Coffey will make her eighth start of the year, tying her with Lindsey Horan for the most appearances by a player this year, and will earn her 16th cap with the U.S. Women’s National Team. Coffey will make her seventh consecutive start, the longest streak of her career, and she will already have more caps in 2024 than she did in her previous two years with the U.S. Women’s National Team combined.
- Trinity Rodman It will be her ninth appearance and seventh start in 2024 and her 37th cap with the U.S. Women’s National Team. Rodman will lead the U.S. with 10 goal involvements in 2023 and will play in every U.S. Women’s National Team match since the start of 2023, her 27th consecutive appearance — the longest streak by a U.S. Women’s National Team player since Christen Press, who played in 33 consecutive games from 2019-2020.
- Emily Fox Fox will make her seventh start and 48th appearance for the U.S. Women’s National Team in 2024. Fox has logged 597 minutes played, the second-most among U.S. field players in 2024. Fox has been a consistent starter for the U.S. Women’s National Team since October 2021, which began on Oct. 26, 2021, when she played the full 90 minutes against South Korea in St. Paul, Minnesota.
