The U.S. national team will bring 23 players to Australia and New Zealand this summer, as the American women look to become the first team in FIFA history — men or women — to win three straight World Cup titles.
Yet with roster selections come roster cuts. And while Vlatko Andonovski got to inform 23 players that they would live out their dream as a Women’s World Cup player in 2023, he also had to make some extremely tough phone calls to tell players they would not be on the plane across the ocean.
Because of a significant number of injuries suffered by key players in the U.S. squad, Andonovski was forced to dig deeper into the player pool than he likely expected, so the list of snubs is smaller, given that some of the players originally on the bubble ended up making the cut.
Still, as always there were a number of players who will be disappointed not to be on the plane to Australia and New Zealand.
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