Inglewood, California – United States Coach of the women’s national team Emma Hayes said they feel confidently in the defensive staff of their team before the Olympic Gold Medal match against BrazilDespite the “extremely unfortunate” center injury back Davidson’s offer.
Davidson tore her ACL last week and will be missing the rest of the year 2025. USnt was already without a colleague from the starting center Nomi sizewho deals with the injury of the calf, heads for Saturday’s game at the Sofi stadium.
“Without Naomi Girma, without Tierna Davidson, it’s the first time to develop individuals,” Hayes said at a press conference on Friday. “It was really clear to me that this camp, two other camps, would be experimenting, and that means that the connection in the field may not be so strong, but we have a chance to find out where the individual development is in it.”
Defenders Crystal Dunn and Emily Sonnett They are the highest defenders in the current list. Some young and less experienced players like the middle back joined them TARA MCKEOWNSwho got their first caps in February and fullback Avery PattersonWho is in his first camp with USWTT.
Hayes said on Friday that “dripping” will be young players to the games along with veterans to make sure that less experienced players are prepared for success.
“In this camp, I noticed that there was a gap across the team on the team, and this is our first starting point,” Hayes said.
USWT will also play in Brazil on Tuesday in San Jose, California. Americans won the Olympic finals 2024 1-0 In August, capture the fifth Olympic gold medals for the program.
USWNT is without half of their appetizers from this game. Forward Sophia Wilson (Nee Smith) is on maternity leave, forward Mallory swanson is on a personal holiday and goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher He recently left an international duty. In addition to Girma and Davidson’s injury, Rose Lavelle – The long-term foundation in the middle of the pole- is also displaced.
Forward Trinity Rodman However, he returned to the team, for the first time since the Olympics after settlement with chronic back problems. 22-year-old recently said that she May not be 100% healthy.
“I think your back is very difficult because you can’t avoid using at any moment in the game, every moment of your everyday life,” Rodman said on Friday. “For me, it is about driving and training my back to be in certain positions, so I don’t overcome other muscles to exaggerate it.
“It was an interesting and hard way, but it was good to return.”
Hayes said he could handle Rodman to make sure he wouldn’t push her too soon. Rodman for the first time began Ns season for Washington Spirit Last weekend.
Forward Catarina Macario It is expected that in the next two peas against Brazil will play an important role for USnt, which is her native country. Macario was born in Brazil and in 2012 she and her family moved to the US. In 2020 she acquired American citizenship and on the same day she received her first call for USnt.
“I didn’t think too much about it,” Brazil said on Friday. “But obviously he will be very special-some of them like a moment with a full circle.”
Hayes expects Brazil to defly high pressure defensively, forcing her team to make a quick decision. On Friday, Mike Tyson’s famous quote about how every plan was until they got into the face.
“Let’s see what we are when we were broken in the game,” Hayes said. “That’s something I think we’re ready to do at the work we do both on the pitch and in the classroom.”
