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New U.S. women’s national team head coach Emma Hayes has named her 18-player roster for the quickly approaching 2024 Paris Olympics, tapping a young and versatile squad for this summer’s competition. Notably absent is longtime USWNT mainstay Alex Morgan.
With 224 appearances for the USWNT and two World Cup titles, Paris would’ve marked Morgan’s fourth Olympic Games for the U.S. The veteran shared her disappointment on social media, but said she looks “forward to supporting this team and cheering them on alongside the rest of our country,” nonetheless.
Led instead by veterans Crystal Dunn, Rose Lavelle, Alyssa Naeher, and captain Lindsey Horan — the only four on the squad with more than 100 caps, three of whom will be making their third Olympic appearances — Hayes’ roster features just eight players from the 2020 Olympics as she looks to move the team in a new direction.
There are nine first-time Olympians on the squad that will seek its first gold since…
