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The U.S. Women's National Team announced their World Cup roster and it will feature former Nittany Lions Ali Krieger and Alyssa Naeher. Krieger, selected to her second World Cup squad, slots in as a starter and arguably best defender on the U.S., meanwhile Naeher, making her World Cup squad debut, is the third goalkeeper behind Hope Solo and Ashlyn Harris. If you're interested in watching them before they leave for the great white north, they'll be playing on the east coast against Korea Republic at Red Bull Arena in New Jersey for the last game of their Send-Off Series on May 30.