Alex Morgan and Christen Press will return to the U.S. women’s national soccer team for the SheBelieves Cup this month, but veterans Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris were left off the 23-player roster.
Coach Vlatko Andonovski made few changes to the squad that defeated Colombia in two friendlies in January, adding the two star forwards who had missed the past camp because they were recovering from illness. Morgan (107 goals in 170 U.S. matches) contracted the coronavirus around the holidays, while Press (58 in 139) had an ailment unrelated to covid.
The top-ranked Americans will enter the four-team tournament in Orlando with all of their regular starters, except Manchester United forward Tobin Heath, who is sidelined 10-12 weeks with an ankle injury.