Angelina Anderson, goalkeeper for Angel City FC, has been selected for her first training camp with the US Women's National Team. This opportunity arises following Alyssa Naeher's retirement, paving the way for Anderson to compete for the starting goalkeeper position.
Angel City goalkeeper Angelina Anderson received her first call-up to the women's senior national team on Tuesday and will join club teammate Alyssa Thompson for a weeklong training camp in Carson next week. The 23-year-old Anderson started Angel City's first three games last season, conceding six goals and making 17 saves. She played four NWSL games in 2023, including Angel City's playoff loss to the Seattle Reign.
Anderson's call-up comes after Alyssa Naeher, who last year became the first American named FIFA goalkeeper of the year, announced her retirement from international play. Anderson, who was the starting keeper on the under-17 World Cup team in 2018, will be competing with veteran Casey Murphy of the North Carolina Courage, Seattle’s Claudia Dickey and Mandy McGlynn of the Utah Royals to replace Naeher. Of the four, only Murphy, with 20 caps, has played more than one match with the USWNT. “I'm planning for the future. And as we know with Alyssa Naeher retiring, this is an opportunity to really see the entire goalkeeping playing pool,” said manager Emma Hayes, who is unbeaten in 15 games with the national team. “This is the beginning of the year, this is an opportunity to see Angelina among others.” “We've got great goalkeepers in this country,” Hayes added. “We just have to recognize that there's not a lot of caps between lots of them.” The reigning Olympic champions play their first game of 2025 on Feb. 20 in Houston, facing Colombia in the SheBelieves Cup. The four-team tournament will conclude at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego on Feb. 26 with the U.S. facing Japan and Australia meeting Colombia. Because the training camp takes place outside a FIFA international window, all 26 players called in are coming off NWSL rosters, although the forward line of Trinity Rodman, Sophia Smith and Mallory Swanson, who combined for 10 of the 12 U.S. goals in last summer’s Paris Olympics, were not called u
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