USWNT vs. Costa Rica: Starting XI and lineup notes

USWNT vs. Costa Rica – 2024 Farewell Match presented by Coca-Cola
Date: July 16, 2024
Place: Audi Field, Washington, DC
Broadcast: TNT, truTV, Universe, Max, Peacock
Official kick-off time: 7:37 PM ET

Starting XI against Costa Rica: 1-Alyssa Naeher; 2-Emily Fox, 4-Naomi Girma, 5-Trinity Rodman, 7-Crystal Dunn, 9-Mallory Swanson, 10-Lindsey Horan (captain), 11-Sophia Smith 12-Tierna Davidson, 16-Rose Lavelle, 17-Sam Coffey

Available subtitles: 3-Korbin Albert, 6-Casey Krueger, 8-Lynn Williams, 14-Emily Sonnett, 15-Jaedyn Shaw, 18-Casey Murphy, 19-Hal Hershfelt, 20-Croix Bethune, 21-Emily Sams, 22-Jane Campbell

GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS TO KNOW

• Key figures from the USWNT starting XI (including this match): Horan (150), Dunn (149), Naeher (106), Lavelle (102), Swanson (94), Davidson (60), Fox (51), Smith (50), Rodman (40), Girma (34), Coffey (19)
• Tuesday’s squad has an average age of 27.4 and 77 caps per player and features just one player different from the XI that started against Mexico on Saturday, with Dunn starting at left-back in place of Jenna Nighswonger.
• Five players from this starting lineup appeared in the last match against Costa Rica in the semifinals of the 2022 Concacaf Women’s Championship. Lindsey Horan, Mallory Swanson and Sophia Smith all started the match, with Swanson scoring the second goal for the United States just before halftime. Naomi Girma and Trinity Rodman came on as second-half substitutes.
• Midfielder Lindsey Horan will captain the team for the 28th time in her career, making her 11th start in 2024, a team record. Horan, who leads the United States in total minutes played this year, is set to make her 150th international appearance, becoming the 25th player in USWNT history to reach 150 or more caps.
• Alyssa NaeherNaeher, who wore the captain’s armband against Mexico as she was honored for her 100th cap, will make her ninth appearance in 2024 — all as a starter — as she earns her 106th cap overall for the USWNT. Naeher has 63 shutouts in 105 caps, with four clean sheets so far in 2024.
• Emilie Renard, Fox, who on Saturday became the 67th player in USWNT history to reach 50 caps, will make her 51st international appearance and ninth start of 2024. Fox is third among all American outfield players in total minutes played this year and has appeared in all but one game for the USWNT since the start of 2023.
• Naomi Girma is set to make her 34th international appearance and eighth start of 2024. Girma played the full 90 minutes in the July 13 win over Mexico and has gone the distance in six of her seven appearances with the USWNT in 2024 and in 25 of 33 matches so far in her USWNT career.
• The only player to have appeared in every USWNT match since the start of 2023, Trinity Rodman will make her 30th consecutive appearance for the USWNT, bringing her cap to 40 overall. At 22 years and 57 days old, Rodman is the 12th youngest player in USWNT history to reach 40 caps and the youngest to do so since Mallory Swanson, 20, in 2018.
• Rodman, now in her fourth season with the Washington Spirit, is tied for the team lead with three assists in 2024, but she is still searching for her first goal of the year with the United States. She has nine goals in 35 games in all competitions for the Spirit at Audi Field, including two goals at home during the 2024 NWSL regular season.
• After coming on as a substitute in the July 13 victory over Mexico, Crystal Dunn will earn her 149th cap as she makes her sixth start and ninth appearance overall in 2024. Dunn, one of three three-time Olympians on this U.S. roster, has spent time as a forward and outside back in the U.S.’s last four games and scored her first goal for the USWNT since 2018 in her last start on June 4 against South Korea.
• Mallory Swanson, Swanson, who assisted on Sophia Smith’s game-winning goal Saturday in New Jersey, will earn her 94th cap in her fourth start of 2024. Swanson, who began her professional career with the Washington Spirit in 2017, created a team-high five chances in the win over Mexico and has assists on four goals in her three games for the USWNT (two goals, two assists).
• Sophie Smith is set to make her 50th international appearance, becoming the first player born in the 2000s to reach 50 caps for the USWNT. Smith scored her 20th international goal in the United States’ 1-0 win over Mexico at Red Bull Arena, which puts her ninth among USWNT players with 50 caps.
• With Saturday’s goal, Smith scored two goals in consecutive games for the first time in her international career and has now assisted on a goal in each of her last four games (four goals, one assist), the longest such streak of her career and the longest of any USWNT player in 2024.
• Tierna Davidson Davidson will make her ninth appearance in 2024 – all as a starter – and will mark her 60th cap for the USWNT. At 25 years and 300 days old, Davidson is the youngest pure defender to reach 60 caps for the USWNT since Stephanie Cox in 2011 (23 years and 362 days). All but one of Davidson’s center back starts this year have come alongside Girma, 24, her former teammate at Stanford.
• Rose Lavelle Lavelle will make her sixth start and 10th appearance overall this year, marking her 102nd cap. The fourth-most experienced player on this Olympic team, Lavelle is tied with Rodman for the team lead with three assists in 2024.
• One of six players to have played in every USWNT match so far this year, Sam Coffey will earn her 19th cap for the USWNT as she makes her 10th start in 2024. Coffey is second on the team in starts and total minutes played this year, behind only Horan in both categories.