USWNT Announce Roster for June Friendlies; Kelley O’Hara Called Up

On Thursday, the U.S. Women’s National Team announced it’s roster for it’s two game “Scandinavian series” in early June. Jill Ellis and the U.S. will travel to Scandinavia for matches against Sweden on June 8 (1:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2 and UDN) and against Norway on June 11 (1 p.m. ET on FOX). It was also announced that all NWSL players on the roster would be playing their June 3rd matches before traveling with the team.

“I have enjoyed watching the league games, but it will be great to get the players back together,” said Ellis. “This will be a quick trip against two very good teams in final preparations for the Euros, so I’m looking forward to seeing how we respond to these two quality opponents.”

Sky Blue FC’s Kelley O’Hara earned the lone national team call-up for the Jersey girls. Some other notable call-ups include Abbey Smith of the Boston Breakers (first call-up) and Sydney Leroux of the FC Kansas City (last made a roster in October of 2015 due to the birth of her child. Both goalkeeper Ashlyn Harris of the Orlando Pride (hip flexor) and midfielder Tobin Heath of the Portland Thorns (back) were unavailable for selection.

You can see Ellis’ 18 woman roster in full below:

GOALKEEPERS (2): Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars), Abby Smith (Boston Breakers)

DEFENDERS (7): Abby Dahlkemper (NC Courage), Julie Ertz (Chicago Red Stars), Jaelene Hinkle (NC Courage), Meghan Klingenberg (Portland Thorns FC), Kelley O’Hara (Sky Blue FC), Becky Sauerbrunn (FC Kansas City), Casey Short (Chicago Red Stars)

MIDFIELDERS (7): Morgan Brian (Houston Dash), Lindsey Horan (Portland Thorns FC), Rose Lavelle (Boston Breakers), Carli Lloyd (Houston Dash/Manchester City), Allie Long (Portland Thorns FC), Samantha Mewis (NC Courage), Megan Rapinoe (Seattle Reign FC)

FORWARDS (5): Crystal Dunn (Chelsea FC), Sydney Leroux (FC Kansas City), Alex Morgan (Orlando Pride/Olympique Lyonnais), Christen Press (Chicago Red Stars), Mallory Pugh (Washington Spirit)