U.S. women’s national team head coach Greg Ryan named the 18-player roster that will face Sweden on Saturday at the National Sports Center in Blaine, Minn., in the first home match of the year for the USA (TV: ESPN2, live, 6 pm ET).
The match marks the 14th time the U.S. women have played in Blaine, the most games ever hosted by any city in the United States, and features the return of Dayton, Minn., native Briana Scurry to her home state. The only uncapped player on the U.S. roster is forward Megan Rapinoe, a rising sophomore at the University of Portland.
Sweden will be without two of its top players as forward Hanna Ljungberg has a hamstring injury and midfielder and captain Malin Mostrom has a previous commitment.
U.S. ROSTER
GOALKEEPERS: Briana Scurry (Dayton, Minn.), Hope Solo (Richland, Wash.);
DEFENDERS: Lori Chalupny (St. Louis, Mo.), Tina Frimpong (Vancouver, Wash.), Amy LePeilbet (Reno, Nev.), Heather Mitts (Cincinnati, Ohio), Christie Rampone (Point Pleasant, N.J.), Cat Whitehill (Birmingham, Ala.);
MIDFIELDERS: Carli Lloyd (Delran, N.J.), Marci Miller (St. Charles, Ill.), Leslie Osborne (Brookfield, Wis.), Lindsay Tarpley (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Aly Wagner (San Jose, Calif.);
FORWARDS: Natasha Kai (Kakuku, Hawaii), Kristine Lilly (Wilton, Conn.), Heather O’Reilly (East Brunswick, N.J.), Megan Rapinoe (Redding, Calif.), Abby Wambach (Rochester, N.J.).