U.S. women’s national team coach Twila Kilgore has named her 23-player roster for the upcoming CONCACAF W Gold Cup, with three additional training players that will participate in the pre-tournament camp, including forward Mallory Swanson. This will be Swanson’s official return to the national team environment following her recovery from a torn patellar tendon last April.
“Mal will come in and be Mal. We’re thrilled to have her back in the camp environment,” Kilgore said. “We know that in anything that Mal’s doing, she brings a really high level of professionalism, a high level of execution. We believe she’s absolutely ready for the step, and she’s just a really important leader in this team.”
The roster is largely unchanged from the team’s final friendlies of 2023 against China in December, with the notable returns of goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher (who could earn her 100th cap during the Gold Cup) and defender Crystal Dunn. Veterans Becky Sauerbrunn and Alex Morgan, who were not on the December roster, are notable absences this camp.
“We have quite a few players that are not in camp that we’re still looking at and evaluating in terms of leading up to the Olympics. Nobody is out of the mix. That goes for some of our bigger names. That goes for lesser names…
