It's that time again: The USWNT big board is back!
U.S. women's national team head coach Emma Hayes succinctly summarized the concept of our USWNT big board in her most recent news conference: She must work with who is available right now.
"The position I'm in is: I can only coach what's in front of me, and I can only coach the players that are available," Hayes said last week. "And we have been without five of some of the best players in the world, probably top 25 players in the world."
She was referring to a group that includes forward Trinity Rodman, who returns to the USWNT fold for the first time since the Olympic gold-medal game, but the absences are aplenty.