USA Women’s Head Coach Pia Sundhage Names 23-Player Roster for Two Matches in Japan

USA Women’s National Team head coach Pia Sundhage has named a 23-player roster that will travel to Japan in early April to compete in the Women’s Kirin Challenge Cup against 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup champion Japan and Brazil.

The USA will open against the hosts at Yurtec Stadium in Sendai on April 1 at 7:30 p.m. local (6:30 a.m. ET), before travelling south to face the Brazilians on April 3 at Fukuda Denshi Arena in Chiba at 8 p.m. local time (7 a.m. ET).

Roster

Goalkeepers:

Nicole Barnhart

Ashlyn Harris

Hope Solo 

Defenders:

Rachel Buehler

Stephanie Cox

Whitney Engen

Meghan Klingenberg

Amy LePeilbet

Heather Mitts

Kelley O’Hara

Christie Rampone

Becky Sauerbrunn

Midfielders:

Shannon Boxx

Tobin Heath

Lori Lindsey, Carli Lloyd

Heather O’Reilly

Megan Rapinoe

Amy Rodriguez

Forwards:

Lauren Cheney

Sydney Leroux

Alex Morgan

Abby Wambach