WASHINGTON (AP) — With the inaugural season of the new women’s soccer league complete, the U.S. national team is back together.
The Americans face Mexico on Tuesday in a friendly at RFK Stadium.
Coach Tom Sermanni’s 18-player roster includes three players who could make their national team debuts. Defender Leigh Ann Robinson and midfielder Erika Tymrak were called up from FC Kansas City, and University of Illinois midfielder Vanessa DiBernardo was chosen as a replacement for Megan Rapinoe, who has a sore heel.
Sermanni said his aim is to give all three some playing time.
Forward Alex Morgan might have to sit this one out. She’s been bothered by a sore knee, although she did play as a substitute in the National Women’s Soccer League title game Saturday.
