Taylor Smith got her first call up to the senior US women’s national team in January of this year. She didn’t get rostered for SheBelieves in March, but she made enough of an impression (almost definitely helped along by very solid NWSL play) that she returned to camp in July and promptly played three games in a row, two of them starts, against Australia, Brazil, and Japan. And considering the 1-0 defeat by a rollicking Australian team and the madcap comeback against Brazil, it was as much of a baptism by fire as any national team player’s debut.
Taylor Smith: from undrafted to national team starter
