The United States Women's National Team won its world-best fourth Women's World Cup, defeating the Netherlands 2-0 for the 2019 title. Former Portland Pilot Megan Rapinoe and former Wisconsin Badger Rose Lavelle scored in the final match.
This year's World Cup team was led by a squad of former college stars. Twenty-one of the 23 players on the active rosterplayed NCAA Division I women's soccer.
Before they were stars on the world stage, 103 players and coaches got their start in .
— NCAA Soccer (@NCAASoccer)
Five players hail from UNC — most of any school — while three played at Virginia, making the ACC the most represented conference on the USWNT roster with eight. The Pac-12 boasts six soccer alumnae on the list, while the Big Ten, Big 12 and West Coast Conference also each have at least one representative on the national team.
This list notes the schools where each player finished her career.
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Here is a breakdown of NCAA colleges represented by the 2019 USWNT roster:
NAME | SCHOOL |
---|---|
Kelley O'Hara |
Stanford |
Abby Dahlkemper |
UCLA |
Crystal Dunn |
North Carolina |
Ali Krieger |
Penn State |
Adrianna Franch |
Oklahoma State |
Ashlyn Harris |
North Carolina |
Tobin Heath |
North Carolina |
Lindsey Horan |
N/A |
Julie Ertz |
Santa Clara |
Rose Lavelle |
Wisconsin |
Carli Lloyd |
Rutgers |
Allie Long |
North Carolina |
Tierna Davidson |
Stanford |
Jessica McDonald |
North Carolina |
Samantha Mewis |
UCLA |
Alex Morgan |
California |
Alyssa Naeher |
Penn State |
Christen Press |
Stanford |
Mallory Pugh |
N/A |
Megan Rapinoe |
Portland |
Becky Sauerbrunn |
Virginia |
Morgan Brian |
Virginia |
Emily Sonnett |
Virginia |