US Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis chose her 21-woman squad on Thursday to travel to Scandinavia for matches against Sweden and Norway next month.
Four Red Stars players are among those heading overseas: Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, defenders Julie Ertz and Casey Short, and forward Christen Press.
The USWNT will play Sweden on June 8 at Gamla Ullevi Stadium in Gothernberg and Norway at Komplett Arena in Sandefjord on June 11.
Ellis seems in high spirits going into the trip— which marks the United States’ first friendly matches in Europe since February 2015— and appears to be using these matches to measure the quality of her squad.