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USWNT roster for games at Portugal and Scotland includes some surprising names: Danielle Colaprico and Jessica McDonald

U.S. women's soccer team coach Jill Ellis made some surprising picks for her first roster since the Americans qualified for next year's World Cup.

The headline names on the 24-player squad that will go to Portugal and Scotland next month are forward Jessica McDonald and midfielder Danielle Colaprico. Neither woman had been called up in quite a while.

McDonald's last call-up was for the 2017 SheBelieves Cup. The MVP of this year's NWSL title game for the treble-winning North Carolina Courage, she had 13 goals and a league-leading eight assists this year. The Courage won a historic treble of trophies this year: the regular-season title, the playoff championship, and the International Champions Cup.