Considering how lethal the U.S. women’s national soccer team can be in transition, it’s only fitting that Vlatko Andonovski will lean on a different kind of turnover and opportunism at this summer’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
When the U.S. coach chose his lineup for the send-off exhibition against Wales this month, he not only picked seven World Cup newcomers — all seven weren’t even on the squad he took to the Tokyo Olympics two summers ago.
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Introducing fresh faces, of course, was part of the plan as players aged out and breakout talents emerged.