USWNT vs Brazil: XI notes and lineup | 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup Final

USWNT vs. Brazil – 2024 CONCACAF Gold Cup – Final
date: March 10, 2024
place: Snapdragon Stadium; San Diego, California.
Broadcasting: Paramount+, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+
Official kick-off time: 8:15 PM ET / 5:15 PM PT

Starting lineup against Brazil: 1- Alyssa Naher; 4-Naomi Girma, 7-Alex Morgan, 10-Lindsay Horan (captain), 12-Tierna Davidson, 15-Corbin Albert, 16-Rose Lavelle, 17-Sam Coffey, 19-Crystal Dunn, 22-Trinity Rodman, 23. -Emily Fox

Available subs: 2-Abby Dahlkemper, 3-Jenna Nijswinger, 5-Becky Sauerbrunn, 6-Lynn Williams, 8-Jaeden Shaw, 9-Midge Pierce, 11-Sophia Smith, 13-Olivia Moultrie, 14-Emily Sonnette, 18-Casey Murphy. 20-Casey Krueger, 21-Jane Campbell

Game notes | Five things to know

• USWNT Starting XI numbers (including this match): Morgan (221), Horan (144), Dunne (143), Naeher (102), Lavelle (98), Davidson (55), Fox (45), Rodman (34), Girma (30), Kofi (13), Albert (7)
• The starting lineup to face Brazil includes different players from the starting lineup used in the quarterfinals against Colombia and the semifinals against Canada. World Cup champions Rose Lavelle and Crystal Dunne return to the starting line-up while Jenna Niggsunger and Jayden Shaw will be available on the bench.
• The starting lineup to face Brazil has an average age of 27.6 years and each player has made 80 international appearances.
• Eight players played in the starting XI in the last match between the USA and Brazil in the 2023 SheBelieves Cup – Naeher, Fox, Girma, Dunn, Horan, Lavelle, Morgan and Rodman.
• Lindsay Horan She will participate in the CONCACAF Gold Cup for the fifth time in a row and achieve 144 points^y Hat as she leads the US in 23rd place^{Research and development} time in her career. Horan has played all but seven minutes for the U.S. over the last four games and leads all U.S. fielders with 383 minutes played this tournament.
• After a heroic performance against Canada where she became the first female goalkeeper in USWNT history to save three shots in a shootout, Alyssa Naher It will be her fifth start in the Concacaf W Gold Cup where she has earned 102 points^{Second abbreviation} hat. This will be Naher's fifth start in a USWNT final, as he has kept a clean sheet in each of his previous four matches.
• Naomi Girma You will earn her 30^y Her cap in her fourth start in the Concacaf W Gold Cup. Girma played every minute for the USA during the knockout rounds and will make her first appearance for the USA in a competitive final after coming off the bench in the closing stages of the final at the 2022 Concacaf W Championship.
• Alex Morgan She will be making her fourth start in the Concacaf W Gold Cup where she has earned 221 points^street Cover for USWNT. Morgan is tied for second on the team with three goals in this tournament and has scored five goals in competitive finals, trailing only Abby Wambach (9) and Carli Lloyd (8) for the most goals in a final in USWNT history.
• Terna Davidson You will earn her 55^y hat as she makes her fourth start – and fourth appearance – in the W Gold Cup. This marks Davidson's first start for the United States in a competitive final. Davidson and former college teammate Girma played every minute of their three matches together at center back in this tournament, helping the USA keep two clean sheets.
• Corbin Albert She will be making her fifth Concacaf W Gold Cup appearance where she will make her seventh cap for the USWNT. Entering the Gold Cup, Albert has only made one appearance and a total of 22 minutes of playing time in her USWNT career but will be making her sixth appearance in the tournament and ranks fifth on the team after 333 minutes played.
• Rose Lavelle It will be her third W Gold Cup start and first since the Feb. 26 group stage final against Mexico, where she earned 98 points.^y hat. Lavelle earned her second assist of the tournament in the semi-final against Canada as she set up Sophia Smith's goal in overtime. Lavelle has two goals in his career for the United States in competitive finals, scoring in the 2019 World Cup final and in the 2020 Olympic qualifying final.
• Sam Coffey She will be participating for the fourth consecutive time and fifth in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, where she finished 13th^y hat. Coffey played more minutes (346) and more appearances (4) for the United States in this Gold Cup than in her first seven appearances for the United States combined (323 minutes, one start).
• Crystal Dunn She will be participating in the CONCACAF Gold Cup for the third time and her third appearance, where she earned 143 points.^{Research and development} Cover for USWNT. This will be Dunn's fourth time starting in a competitive final for the USWNT, helping the team win the finals of the 2018 World Cup Qualifiers, the 2020 Olympic Qualifiers, and the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
• Trinity Rodman It will be her fifth appearance in the tournament and sixth appearance overall in the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Rodman 34 will earn it^y Hat because she makes it 24^y Consecutive USWNT appearances – the longest streak of any USWNT player since 2020.
• Emily Fox She will be making her fourth straight start in the W Gold Cup where she has a 45^y Cover for USWNT. Fox played every minute for the USA in the knockout stages and will make her second appearance for the USA in a competitive final, and will also start and play the full 90 minutes in the 2022 Concacaf W Championship final against Canada.