USWNT vs. Brazil: Starting XI & Lineup Notes | 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup Final

USWNT vs. Brazil – 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup – Final
Date: March 10, 2024
Venue: Snapdragon Stadium; San Diego, Calif.   
Broadcast: Paramount+, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+
Official Kickoff Time: 8:15 p.m. ET / 5:15 p.m. PT

Starting XI vs. Brazil: 1-Alyssa Naeher; 4-Naomi Girma, 7-Alex Morgan, 10-Lindsey Horan (Capt.), 12-Tierna Davidson, 15-Korbin Albert, 16-Rose Lavelle, 17-Sam Coffey, 19-Crystal Dunn, 22-Trinity Rodman, 23-Emily Fox

Available Subs: 2-Abby Dahlkemper, 3-Jenna Nighswonger, 5-Becky Sauerbrunn, 6-Lynn Williams, 8-Jaedyn Shaw, 9-Midge Purce, 11-Sophia Smith, 13-Olivia Moultrie, 14-Emily Sonnett, 18-Casey Murphy, 20-Casey Krueger, 21-Jane Campbell

GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS TO KNOW            

• USWNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (Including this match): Morgan (221), Horan (144), Dunn (143), Naeher (102), Lavelle (98), Davidson (55), Fox (45), Rodman (34), Girma (30), Coffey (13), Albert (7)
• The starting lineup to face Brazil has two different players from the starting XI used in both the quarterfinal against Colombia and the semifinal against Canada. World Cup champions Rose Lavelle and Crystal Dunn return to the starting lineup while Jenna Nighswonger and Jaedyn Shaw will be available off the bench.
• The Starting XI to face Brazil averages 27.6 years of age and 80 caps per player.
• Eight players in this Starting XI played in the most recent matchup between the USA and Brazil at the 2023 SheBelieves Cup – Naeher, Fox, Girma, Dunn, Horan, Lavelle, Morgan and Rodman.
• Lindsey Horan will make her fifth consecutive start of the Concacaf W Gold Cup and earn her 144^th cap as she captains the U.S. for the 23^rd 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. field players with 383 minutes of action this tournament.
• Coming off a heroic performance against Canada in which she became the first goalkeeper in USWNT history to make three saves in a penalty kick shootout, Alyssa Naeher will make her fifth start of the Concacaf W Gold Cup as she earns her 102^nd cap. This will be Naeher’s fifth time starting a final for the USWNT, keeping a clean sheet in each of the previous four such games.
• Naomi Girma will earn her 30^th cap as she makes her fourth start of the Concacaf W Gold Cup. Girma has played every minute for the U.S. during the knockout rounds and will be making her first start for the USWNT in a competitive final after coming on as a substitute in the late stages of the final at the 2022 Concacaf W Championship.
• Alex Morgan will make her fourth start of the Concacaf W Gold Cup as she earns her 221^st cap for the USWNT. Morgan is tied for second on the team with three goal involvements this tournament and has scored five career goals in competitive finals, trailing only Abby Wambach (9) and Carli Lloyd (8) for the most goals in a final in USWNT history.
• Tierna Davidson will earn her 55^th cap as she makes her fourth start — and fourth appearance –of the W Gold Cup. This marks Davidson’s first start for the U.S. in a competitive final. Davidson and her former college teammate Girma have played every minute of their three appearances together at center back this tournament, helping the U.S. to two clean sheets.
• Korbin Albert will make her fifth start of the Concacaf W Gold Cup as she earns her seventh cap for the USWNT. Entering the Gold Cup, Albert had just one appearance and 22 total minutes of action in her USWNT career but will be making her sixth appearance of the tournament and is fifth on the team with 333 minutes played.
• Rose Lavelle will make her third start of the W Gold Cup and first since the Feb. 26 group stage finale vs. Mexico as she earns her 98^th cap. Lavelle earned her second assist of the tournament in the semifinal against Canada as she assisted Sophia Smith’s goal in extra time. Lavelle has two career goals for the U.S. in competitive finals, scoring in the 2019 World Cup Final and in the final of Olympic Qualifying in 2020.
• Sam Coffey will make her fourth consecutive start and fifth of the Concacaf W Gold Cup as she earns her 13^th cap. Coffey has played more minutes (346) and made more starts (4) for the USA this Gold Cup than in her first seven appearances for the USA combined (323 minutes, one start).
• Crystal Dunn will make her third start and third appearance of the Concacaf W Gold Cup as she earns 143^rd cap for the USWNT. This will be Dunn’s fourth time starting a competitive final for the USWNT, helping the team to victory in the finals of 2018 World Cup Qualifying, 2020 Olympic Qualifying and the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup.  
• Trinity Rodman will make her fifth start and sixth appearance overall of the Concacaf W Gold Cup. Rodman will earn her 34^th cap as she makes her 24^th consecutive appearance for the USWNT – the longest streak by any USWNT player since 2020.
• Emily Fox will make her fourth consecutive start of the W Gold Cup as she earns 45^th cap for the USWNT. Fox has played every minute for the U.S. in the knockout rounds and will be making her second appearance for the USA in a competitive final, also starting and playing the full 90 minutes in the final of the 2022 Concacaf W Championship against Canada.