The 19-year-old playmaker could be the Americans' breakout star at the Olympics, with seven goals and one assist in 12 national team games already.
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Jaedyn Shaw’s presence on the U.S. women’s soccer team seems almost natural now,But she’s still just 19 years old, and has played for her country just 12 times, the first of which came just last October. It hasn’t even been two years since she made her professional club debut for the NWSL’s San Diego Wave at age 17.awaits, it bears saying that it will be a new experience for her.
Shaw’s value has come not just from her goals and assists, but from her personality. It may sound trite to say vibes matter with a national team, but they really do. The players aren’t together for long, so building quick chemistry matters. Shaw has done that with Trinity Rodman, Sophia Smith, and others, and has Alex Morgan and Naomi Girma as club teammates in San Diego.
One of the big talking points was how she plans to address the big decision she’ll make to pick the 18-player Olympic squad, plus four alternates who will travel in case of injury. Hayes said she isn’t thinking about that yet, but she knows it’s on the horizon.Emma Hayes sets up her U.S. team debut with the last roster before picking the Olympic team
“The camp objectives this week have been developing an introduction to the structural principles, principles of play,” she said. “It’s been about building trust; it’s been about making sure everybody understands what the expectations are. So it’s a process, and we’ve got to go one step at a time, and for me the focus is on tomorrow.”
Hayes called the players “unbelievable sponges,” and said: “No matter what we’ve thrown at them, they’re taking it on, they’re absorbing it. This team is desperate to improve, and it’s focused on the performances and the processes to do that.”Saturday’s game will be preceded by the U.S. women’s Deaf National Team playing against Australia. The game will be televised on truTV and streamed on YouTube by Telemundo , giving a big platform to one of U.S. Soccer’s many extended national teams.
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