USWNT fans received news earlier this week that will have a big effect on the national team’s shape as they enter an important year. Sam Mewis announced yesterday that she has undergone yet another knee surgery, which makes the youth movement of USWNT head coach Vlatko Andonoski seem more critical.
Mewis had already missed the 2020 Olympics, rehabbing an injury on the same knee that required surgery. It seems to be another forcing factor for Andonovski to continue looking at younger faces for this summer’s Women’s World Cup. It was only a matter of time before we saw a transition into a different era of USWNT players, but with the labor disputes, the last four years have been a blur.