Mia Fishel did not make the U.S. women’s national team roster yet again, despite her breakout year in Liga MX in 2022.
The 21-year-old forward scored 17 goals in 17 games for Tigres UANL this season, enough to win that league’s Golden Boot and to eclipse all NWSL players, including league leader Alex Morgan (16) and MVP Sophia Smith (15).
Fishel became the first foreign-born player to win the Liga MX Golden Boot award.
Smith was left off the 24-player roster for two upcoming matches in New Zealand due to a nagging foot injury, and teenage phenom Alyssa Thompson also was left off the roster after. Despite the apparent openings in the forward group, Fishel was not called to join the team.
USWNT coach Vlatko Andonovski instead tabbed Lynn Williams, who just returned from a hamstring injury, and Midge Purce, who was left off the last two friendly rosters, to join the forward corps.
“Mia is a very good young player, we are very familiar with her qualities,” Andonovski said. “But as of right now, after looking at everything, we decided the forwards that we have in camp are going to give us the best chance to be successful.”
In addition to Williams and Purce, those forwards include: Morgan, Ashley Hatch, Trinity Rodman and Mallory…
