When Casey Krueger roams Audi Field for the first time in a Washington Spirit uniform Saturday, lining up at right back, left back, center back or wherever else her virtuosic versatility takes her, she’ll do so under the most welcome of microscopes.
That’s because Krueger — despite outside expectations and, if she’s being honest, her more pessimistic doubts — has remained in the mix for the U.S. women’s national soccer team ahead of the Summer Olympics in Paris. As the Spirit (0-1-0) welcomes San Jose-based expansion team Bay FC (1-0-0), Washington’s marquee offseason signing will be playing not just to impress her newfound home fans but a U.