Today U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) head coach Jill Ellis announced the training camp roster for the team’s upcoming October friendlies. Seattle Reign FC’s Merritt Mathias is among the 24 players selected.
Mathias played in 19 of the 20 games during the 2016 season for Reign FC, starting 17, and logged 1,420 minutes. She helped the club set two defensive league records, including most consecutive clean sheets with five and most minutes without conceding a goal at 531 minutes. Mathias also scored one goal against Sky Blue FC on April 17th.
The national team’s next match is October, 19th against Switzerland. The match will be played at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah. The USWNT last played at Rio Tinto Stadium in 2014, winning 8–0 against Mexico. The game will be played at 6 p.m. PT and can be seen on ESPN2.
The team’s second and final match for the month of October will take place on October 23rd at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis Minnesota, once again facing off with Switzerland. This is the USWNT’s first match in U.S. Bank Stadium. Kickoff is scheduled for 11:45 a.m. PT and will be broadcast on FOX Sports 1.
Tickets for the match in Utah are on sale through ussoccer.com, by phone at 801–727–2700 (Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT) and at the Rio Tinto Stadium ticket office (open Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.).
Tickets for the match in Minnesota are on sale through ussoccer.com, by phone at 1–800–745–3000 and at all Ticketmaster ticket centers throughout the Twin Cities area (including many Walmart locations), as well as the U.S. Bank Stadium ticket office (open Monday-Friday at 6:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. PT, with extended hours on Wednesday until 7 p.m.).
U.S. Women’s National Team Roster by Position
GOALKEEPERS (3): Jane Campbell (Stanford), Ashlyn Harris (Orlando Pride), Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars)
DEFENDERS (7): Abby Dahlkemper (Western New York Flash), Arin Gilliland (Chicago Red Stars), Merritt Mathias (Seattle Reign), Kelley O’Hara (Sky Blue FC), Becky Sauerbrunn (FC Kansas City), Casey Short (Chicago Red Stars), Emily Sonnett (Portland Thorns FC)
MIDFIELDERS (8): Morgan Brian (Houston Dash), Danielle Colaprico (Chicago Red Stars), Tobin Heath (Portland Thorns FC), Lindsey Horan (Portland Thorns FC), Carli Lloyd (Houston Dash), Allie Long (Portland Thorns FC), Samantha Mewis (Western New York Flash), Andi Sullivan (Stanford)
FORWARDS (6): Crystal Dunn (Washington Spirit), Shea Groom (FC Kansas City), Ashley Hatch (BYU), Kealia Ohai (Houston Dash), Christen Press (Chicago Red Stars), Lynn Williams (Western New York Flash)
