As the FIFA international window approaches, San Diego Wave FC has six players ready to represent their respective countries, including three for the U.S.
Defenders Abby Dahlkemper and Naomi Girma and forward Jaedyn Shaw will join the U.S. Women’s National Team, while goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan will join the Canadian Women’s National Team, and Kaitlyn Torpey and Emily van Egmond will join Australia’s Matildas.
The USWNT opens Group A play in the Concacaf Women’s Gold Cup on Feb. 20 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson against the winner of the Guyana vs. Dominican Republic Preliminary Round match, which will take place Saturday.
The U.S. will then face Argentina on Feb. 23 before finishing the first round against Mexico on Feb. 26. All of the USA’s games will kick-off at 7:15 p.m.
Tickets to all matches, including those at Snapdragon Stadium, are available here. San Diego has Group B play, before also hosting the March 6 semifinals and the March 10 final.
Dahlkemper gets her second consecutive USWNT call-up as she returned to the field last season after recovering from major back surgery. Girma, the 2023 NWSL Defender of the Year, was most recently named the 2023 U.S. Women’s Soccer Player of the Year. Shaw, 19, on Oct. 29, 2023, in a 3-0 USWNT win over Colombia.
Sheridan, 28, played in 20 matches for the Wave in 2023 and finished the regular-season with a career-high and league-leading nine clean sheets. On the international level, she has 43 appearances for Canada, while earning 21 clean sheets.
Torpey and van Egmond have been named to the CommBank Matildas roster for Round 3 of the Asian Qualifiers for the Women’s Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024.
This marks Torpey’s first-ever senior national team call-up. She spent three seasons with Melbourne City where she started in 44 matches (45 starts), logging six goals and five assists as a defender. Van Egmond, a 14-year veteran, has competed in four World Cups and has appeared in over 100 matches for her country
