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When the USWNT roster for the 2023 Women’s World Cup is unveiled later this week, it is guaranteed to be a very different U.S. national team than the one that took home the top prize in 2019.
While just two members of the 2019 squad have retired — Carli Lloyd and Ashlyn Harris — only 10 or so players are expected to compete at this summer’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
Ahead of the official roster announcement, here’s a look at where the 23 members of the 2019 World Cup-winning team are now.
Injured USWNT players
Injuries have been a major theme in the lead-up to the 2023 Women’s World Cup and multiple members of the 2019 U.S. team are missing for that reason. The latest to join the injury list: USWNT captain Becky Sauerbrunn. The two-time World Cup champion has been dealing with an ankle injury and confirmed on Friday that there was “too much variability” in her return to play timeline to be named to the squad.
Other 2019 World Cup champions who are out with injury?…
