Trinity Rodman to miss USWNT camp with MCL sprain
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Forward Trinity Rodman has returned to the U.S. women's national soccer team for her first matches since April after being sidelined because of a back issue. U.S. coach Emma Hayes on Wednesday announced her 26-player roster for a trio of upcoming games this month against Portugal and New Zealand.
Back in the Champions League after a year-long absence, and the Red Devils are making the most of it. Two wins to start their tournament and have goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce to thank for maintaining the narrow wins. The USWNT keeper has become a face of the franchise and has five UWCL cleansheets from qualifying.
For the third time this year, the USWNT roster will not include Girma, who continues to recover from a calf injury.
The United States women's national team split has cruised through friendlies vs China, Jamaica, the Republic of Ireland, and Canada. Now Portugal cross the Atlantic for a pair of October friendlies.
The 36-year-old Press won Women's World Cup titles with the United States in 2015 and 2019 and a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.
The U.S. women's national team will finally take the pitch after a long summer. The program had no matches with global tournaments across Europe, Africa, and South America this year, and head coach Emma Hayes has named a 26-player roster for the upcoming October friendlies.