Vlatko Andonovski has made his first significant roster decisions as U.S. women's national team manager, omitting Women's World Cup winners Mal Pugh, Tierna Davidson, Morgan Brian and Allie Long among eight cuts made for the forthcoming Olympic qualifying tournament.
With rosters limited to 20 players for Concacaf's eight-team tournament–two more than will be permitted to go to Tokyo in the summer–some difficult cuts were always going to be a factor.
January camp took place from Jan. 5-15 in Tampa, Fla., and began with 28 players. The others who didn't make the final cut were goalkeeper Jane Campbell, defenders Midge Purce and Casey Short and forward Sophia Smith.