USWNT vs. Wales: Lineup, How to Watch & Start Time
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USWNT vs. Wales – World Cup Send-Off Match presented by Visa
Date: July 9, 2023
Venue: PayPal Park; San Jose, Calif.
Broadcast: TNT, Telemundo, Universo, Peacock
Broadcast Time: 1 p.m. PT / 4 p.m. ET (Pre-game coverage begins at 12:30 p.m. PT / 3:30 p.m. ET on TNT)
Official Kickoff Time: 1:07 p.m. PT / 4:07 p.m. ET
Starting XI vs. Wales: 1-Alyssa Naeher, 2-Ashley Sanchez, 4-Naomi Girma, 7-Alyssa Thompson, 10-Lindsey Horan, 11-Sophia Smith, 12-Alana Cook, 13-Alex Morgan, 17-Andi Sullivan, 19-Crystal Dunn, 23-Emily Fox
Available Subs: 3-Sofia Huerta, 5-Kelley O’Hara, 6-Lynn Williams, 8-Julie Ertz, 9-Savannah DeMelo, 14-Emily Sonnett, 15-Megan Rapinoe, 16-Rose Lavelle, 18-Casey Murphy, 20-Trinity Rodman, 21-Aubrey Kingsbury, 22-Kristie Mewis
GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS TO KNOW
- USWNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (Including this match): Morgan (207), Dunn (132), Horan (129), Naeher (91), Sullivan (45), Smith (30), Fox (29), Cook (25), Sanchez (25), Girma (16), Thompson (4)
- Sunday’s starting lineup features five players with strong connections to the Bay Area. Defender Naomi Girma grew up in San Jose and attended Stanford University, where she helped lead the Cardinal to the 2019 NCAA Championship. Cook, Smith and Sullivan also attended Stanford – each winning a national championship during their time on The Farm – while Morgan attended the University of California, Berkeley.
- This Starting XI averages 66 caps per player with three players in today’s Starting XI – Morgan, Dunn and Horan – with over 100 caps. Naeher has eclipsed 90 caps while the other seven starters today – Sullivan, Smith, Fox, Cook, Sanchez, Girma and Thompson – all have fewer than 50 international appearances.
- Lindsey Horan, who is headed to her second FIFA Women’s World Cup, will captain the USA and is slated to earn her 129th career cap. Horan, who leads the USWNT with 500 total minutes played this year, will captain the USA for the 10th time in her career and, along with Morgan, was announced as one of the team captains heading into the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
- Heading into her third World Cup, Alyssa Naeher will earn her 91st cap as she makes her 88th career start and her fifth of 2023. Naeher has three shutouts so far this year and 53 clean sheets total in her USWNT career, good for third overall in program history.
- Midfielder Ashley Sanchez will make her fifth start of 2023 and the 11th of her international career as she earns her 25th cap overall. Sanchez, who was named to her first Women’s World Cup roster but boasts vast experience at FIFA Youth World Cups, played the full 90 minutes in the USA’s most recent match, a 1-0 victory over the Republic of Ireland on April 11.
- San Jose native Naomi Girma will make her 16th international appearance and 14th career start as she plays her first match with the USWNT in her hometown. Girma, one of four players on this World Cup roster born after the historic…
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