With her absence from the World Cup, Becky Sauerbrunn is passing the torch to Lindsey Horan and the next generation of USWNT leaders. (Brad Smith/USSF/Getty Images).
Becky Sauerbrunn will not travel with the U.S. women’s national team to the 2023 World Cup due to an injury. But the longtime captain is sending a message to the next generation of USWNT leaders.
“This is your guys’ team now,” Sauerbrunn told her USWNT teammates Lynn Williams and Sam Mewis on the latest episode of their podcast. That’s the same message she is sharing with any USWNT teammates who have reached out to her about her absence from the World Cup roster.
The 38-year-old defender has been a mainstay on the national team since the 2011 World Cup, and this summer’s tournament would have been her fourth. She also became the first president of the USWNT Players Association in 2020, a position she still holds. Still, she remains demure when asked about her legacy.
“I’m not going to claim to have any sort of influence over anybody,” she said. “I hope…
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