USWNT vs. Japan – 2024 SheBelieves Cup presented by Visa – Semifinals
Date: April 6, 2024
Venue: Mercedes-Benz Stadium; Atlanta, Ga.     
Broadcast: TNT, truTV, Telemundo, Universo, Max, Peacock
Official Kickoff Time: 12:37 p.m. 12:37 p.m.

Starting XI vs. Japan 1-Alyssa Nighswonger. 3-Jenna Nighswonger. 4-Naomi Girma. 8-Jaedyn Shave, 9 Mallory Swanson. 10-Lindsey Horan.1-Alyssa Naeher; 3-Jenna Nighswonger, 4-Naomi Girma, 8-Jaedyn Shaw, 9-Mallory Swanson, 10-Lindsey Horan (Capt.

Available Subs: 2-Abby Dahlkemper. 5-Olivia Moultrie. 6-Eva Gaetino. 7-Catarina Moultrie. 11-Sophia Smith. 14-Emily Sonnett. 15-Korbin Albrecht. 16-Lily Yohannes. 18-Casey Murphy. 19-Crystal Dunn. 20-Casey Krueger. 21-Jane Campbell.

GAME NOTES | FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW | MATCH HUB

• USWNT Starting XI cap numbers (including this match) Morgan (222), Horan 145, Naeher 103, Swanson 89), Davidson 56 Fox 46 Rodman 35 Girma 31 Coffey 14 Shaw 11 Nighswonger (7)
• This is the sixth starting lineup that the USWNT has used in seven games this year.
• The average age of the players in today’s lineup against Japan is 26.5 years old, with an average of 68 caps.
• Six players in this Starting XI played in the most recent matchup between the USA and Japan at the 2023 SheBelieves Cup – Girma, Fox, Horan, Rodman, Morgan and Swanson.
• Lindsey Horan, The captain of the USA’s 24th World Cup will be the player who scored the winning goal in the W Gold Cup final match against Brazil.^th As she earns 145^th cap. Horan is tied with the team leader in 2024 for four total goals (three goals and one assist). He has five assists over his 18 career SheBelieves Cup games, the most of any player in SheBelieves Cup’s history.
• Golden Glove winner at the Concacaf W Gold Cup in 2024 Alyssa Naeher Will earn her 103^rd As she makes her sixth 2024 start, Naeher will be wearing a cap. Naeher comes into the tournament with 62 shutouts in her career and three shutouts this year. Naeher is a six-time SheBelieves Cup winner and has nine shutouts in her career at the SheBelieves Cup. This is the most of any player to have ever achieved.
• Jenna Nighswonger She will earn her seventh cap in her career as she makes her fourth start of 2024 and her fifth career. Nighswonger made her SheBelieves Cup début and played in four matches of the Concacaf W Gold Cup. She scored two goals.
• Naomi Girma She is on track to earn 31^st She makes her fifth appearance in 2024. Girma played every minute of the Concacaf W Gold Cup knockout rounds for the USA, and helped the USA achieve shutouts against Colombia, in the quarterfinal, and Brazil, in the final.
• After a breakout performance in the Concacaf W Gold Cup, where she led the USA with goals and won the Golden Ball for the best player of the event, Jaedyn Shaw She will earn her 11th start in 2024, and her fourth of her international career.^th Cap for the USWNT Shaw, who is 19 years old, leads the U.S. with four goals scored in 2024. She has scored in all of her matches in the international career.
• Three hundred sixty four days after rupturing the patella tendon. Mallory Swanson Return to the field of the USWNT for 89^th Her first international appearance. Swanson was the USWNT’s top scorer in 2023 despite only playing six matches. She scored seven goals, four of them at the SheBelieves Cup. She was named Visa SheBelieves Cup’s MVP, and became the tournament’s first player to ever score in each game.
• Swanson, who scored eight goals in just 19 games in the SheBelieves Cup’s history, is now the all-time top scorer with four goals.
• Tierna Davidson She will earn her 56th start in 2024, her fifth of the year.^th Cap for the USWNT. Davidson missed 2023 SheBelieves Cup to return to form and fitness following a tear of her ACL in 2022. She will be playing her sixth SheBelieves Cup. She helped the USA win titles in 2018, 2021, and 2022. 
• Alex Morgan She will be making her seventh appearance in 2024, and her 222nd appearance for the USWNT.^nd Her international career is a total of ten years. She has played the most minutes (1,241) in the SheBelieves Cup’s history, and she has five career goals, tied for the third highest total in the competition’s history. Morgan has scored 12 goals and 3 assists in 15 career appearances versus Japan, the most she has ever scored against a single opponent.
• Sam Coffey She will make her SheBelieves Cup debut as she makes six starts in 2024, and eight overall of her career. Coffey will earn her 14th overall cap for the USWNT after finishing fifth in the Concacaf W Gold Cup with 416 minutes of play.
• Trinity Rodman, who was 19 when she made her international debut at the SheBelieves Cup 2022, is set for a 35^th Cap and make her sixth appearance in 2024. Rodman has played every match in the USWNT for 2023. This will be her 25th appearance.^th The USWNT has made a total of four consecutive appearances, the longest streak for any USWNT member since 2020.
• Emily Fox She will earn her 46^th Cap for the USWNT, as she makes her 5th start of 2024. Fox played for the USWNT in the knockout stages of the Concacaf W Gold Cup. She assisted Lindsey Horan’s game-winning goal against Brazil. She was the only U.S. woman to play in every match of the USA’s 2023 SheBelieves Cup run.