Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan return to USWNT roster for 2022 CONCACAF Championship

Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan and Becky Sauerbrunn headline the 23-player roster named by United States women's national team boss Vlatko Andonovski that will take part in the 2022 CONCACAF W Championship next month.

Andonovski has also named three additional players that will be available to take part in a pair of upcoming friendlies against Colombia. The first match will be played on June 25 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado, with the second taking place on June 28 at Rio Tinto Stadium in Sandy, Utah.

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«Since we were last together in April, we've been evaluating a lot of games and hours of video and have had extensive conversations among the coaching staff to arrive at this 26-player roster for the Colombia games and the final 23 for qualifying,» Andonovski said.

«As usual, the players don't make these decisions easy, but we feel this is a roster that can accomplish all of our goals over the four weeks we will be together for what we hope will be seven successful games.»

Andonovski's selection embeds a new generation of American players, with young Washington Spirit duo Trinity Rodman and Ashley Hatch named to the roster. Just 10 of the 23 players on the CONCACAF W Championship roster have experience in World Cup and Olympic qualifying, a list that includes mainstays like Lyon midfielder Lindsay Horan and OL Reign's Rose Lavelle.

The list of notable absences is extensive. Sam Mewis continues to recover from a knee injury while Abby Dahlkemper (ribs), Tierna Davidson (knee) and Lynn Williams (hip) are also ruled out. Catarina Macario was recently sidelined