02-17-2020, 10:16 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-17-2020, 10:17 AM by ColoradoTree.)
OK, well, Sophia Smith definitely isn't making the Olympic roster now. US Soccer just announced the SheBelieves Cup training camp roster, and she's not on it. Only one forward not on the Olympic Qualifying roster is on there, and it's Mallory Pugh.
Just one more midfielder, too, but here there's a surprising bit of good news--it's Stanford's own Jordan DiBiasi!
And one more goalkeeper--our own Jane Campbell!
Three additional defenders added to the roster from qualifying, suggesting Vlatko isn't settled on his options there--Tierna Davidson (welcome back!), Margaret Purce, and Casey Short. Again, I think the starting four of Dunn-Sauerbrunn-Dahlkemper-O'Hara is well-established, so this should be setting off major alarm bells for Emily Sonnett and Ali Krieger. I think 6 defenders make the final roster, so it will be fierce competition for those last two spots.
There's zero chance (absent injuries) that either Campbell or DiBiasi make the Olympic roster, but it's still a great sign for future World Cup cycles that they're being included now. And that's DiBiasi making the roster over World Cup winners Morgan Brian and Allie Long, suggesting Vlatko has seen about all he needs to see from those two (and that they're highly unlikely to be called back in given the good, young group we have at midfield).
So, that's a 26-player roster with 6 former Cardinal on it. I'll take it!
Just one more midfielder, too, but here there's a surprising bit of good news--it's Stanford's own Jordan DiBiasi!
And one more goalkeeper--our own Jane Campbell!
Three additional defenders added to the roster from qualifying, suggesting Vlatko isn't settled on his options there--Tierna Davidson (welcome back!), Margaret Purce, and Casey Short. Again, I think the starting four of Dunn-Sauerbrunn-Dahlkemper-O'Hara is well-established, so this should be setting off major alarm bells for Emily Sonnett and Ali Krieger. I think 6 defenders make the final roster, so it will be fierce competition for those last two spots.
There's zero chance (absent injuries) that either Campbell or DiBiasi make the Olympic roster, but it's still a great sign for future World Cup cycles that they're being included now. And that's DiBiasi making the roster over World Cup winners Morgan Brian and Allie Long, suggesting Vlatko has seen about all he needs to see from those two (and that they're highly unlikely to be called back in given the good, young group we have at midfield).
So, that's a 26-player roster with 6 former Cardinal on it. I'll take it!