The 2023 Women’s World Cup is almost here.

Before the U.S. women’s national team kicks off the group stage against Vietnam on Friday, July 21, take a look at the reigning World Cup champion’s roster by the numbers.

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There are 14 players on the World Cup team who will be making their World Cup debuts: GK Casey Murphy, GK Aubrey Kingsbury, D Alana Cook, D Emily Fox, D Naomi Girma, D Sofia Huerta, M Savannah DeMelo, M Kristie Mewis, M Ashley Sanchez, M Andi Sullivan, F Trinity Rodman, F Sophia Smith, F Alyssa Thompson and F Lynn Williams.

That makes this year’s World Cup team less experienced than it was in 2019, when 11 players made their tournament debuts.

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Of the 23 players on the U.S. roster, four have notched double-digit World Cup caps: Alex Morgan (18), Megan Rapinoe (17), Julie Ertz (13) and Kelley O’Hara (10).

Additionally, four players on the roster — Alyssa Thompson, Naomi Girma, Trinity Rodman and Sophia Smith — were born after the USWNT’s inaugural World Cup win in 1999.

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Crystal Dunn and Morgan are tied for the most goals in a single match. Dunn scored five against Puerto Rico in a 2016 Olympic qualifier, while Morgan tallied five against Thailand in the USWNT’s 2019 World Cup group-stage opener. Morgan’s performance matched a World Cup single-game goals record set by Michelle Akers in 1991.

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Morgan is the most-capped World Cup player on the roster, having played in 18 World Cup matches. In those games, Morgan has nine goals, including six in 2019 alone. Rapinoe — who announced that this World Cup will be her last with the USWNT — is tied with Morgan for the most World Cup goals on the squad with nine.

Thompson is also the youngest player on the roster at the age of 18. She’s the second-youngest player ever to be named to a World Cup roster behind Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak.

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The average age of the USWNT’s 23 rostered players is 28.5 years old. In 2015 and 2019, the roster also averaged around 28 years old.

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In addition to being the most-capped World Cup player on the roster, Morgan has the most international appearances with 206, tied for 10th all-time. Her first appearance at this year’s World Cup will break her tie with Tiffeny Milbrett for sole ownership of 10th place on the list.

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Morgan also holds the record on this year’s roster for most international goals scored. Her 121 career goals in 206 appearances rank fifth all-time behind Kristine Lilly (130). Rapinoe is second on the 2023 roster and 10th all-time with 62 goals.

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Rapinoe has the third-most assists all-time, tied with Abby Wambach at 73, and the most on the World Cup roster. Morgan is tied for 10th with 49 assists.

9

The USWNT is making its ninth Women’s World Cup appearance. The U.S. is one of just seven national teams to appear in all nine editions of the tournament, alongside Brazil, Germany, Japan, Nigeria, Norway and Sweden.

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Of the 23-member squad, 22 players compete in the NWSL. Lindsey Horan, a midfielder for Olympique Lyon, is the only current exception. The NWSL’s OL Reign has the most players on the roster with five.

The USA women's hockey team came out on top over the weekend, kicking off the four-game 2025 Rivalry Series against Canada by dominating their northern neighbors, outscoring them by an impressive 10-2 margin across the pair's first two games.

US forward Abbey Murphy emerged as a series star, scoring a natural hat trick in the team's 4-1 win in Cleveland on Thursday — the first three-goal turn by a USA player against Canada since team captain Hilary Knight did so at the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship.

"I told [Murphy], 'You set the bar pretty high,'" said Knight, who added her own hat trick to the mix in Saturday's 6-1 victory in Buffalo.

"I love how we showed up," the 36-year-old continued. "We've been working like dogs since August and to get rewarded for our work, and see situations that we need to work on."

Notably, while the USA brought their entire 2025 world championship-winning roster to the first two Rivalry Series games, Canada chose to evaluate some fresh faces while resting a number of standout veterans, including their No. 1 goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens — a fact that should temper the sting of adding two big losses to their now four-game skid against the US.

With women's hockey taking over Milan at the 2026 Winter Olympics in February, the last two 2025 Rivalry Series matchups will more likely see both sides testing their final rosters for Italy.

How to watch the final games in the 2025 Rivalry Series

Canada will welcome the USA for the last two matchups in the 2025 Rivalry Series, with the puck dropping in Edmonton, Alberta, at 9 PM ET for both the December 10th and 13th clashes.

Both games will air live on the NHL Network.

The LPGA is bringing star power to Florida this week, as a wealth of women's golf talent — and one basketball superstar — tee off at the 2025 edition of The ANNIKA.

Kicking off the event on Wednesday was the annual Pro-Am, with Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark headlining the field for the second straight year.

World No. 2 golfer Nelly Korda once again joined Clark through her first nine holes, as Fever teammates Sophie Cunningham and Lexie Hull served as guest caddies.

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The four-day professional tournament will then tee off on Thursday, though current world No. 1 Jeeno Thitikul will not be in attendance for the second year in a row.

Korda, however, will lead the charge to both defend her 2024 title and secure her first win of the 2025 LPGA season — as well as add to her full trio of trophies collected at The ANNIKA.

Four other Top-10 players will look to upend Korda's back-to-back bid, including No. 3 Miyu Yamashita, No. 6 Charley Hull, No. 9 Mao Saigo, and No. 10 Lottie Woad.

With the 2025 CMA Group Tour Championship capping the LPGA season later this month, The ANNIKA will also see golfers on the bubble — like US stars Rose Zhang and 2023 champion Lilia Vu — try to snag enough points to make the end-of-year tournament's final 60-player cut.

How to watch The ANNIKA 2025 LPGA tournament

Coverage of the fifth edition of The ANNIKA continues through Sunday, airing live on the Golf Channel.

The No. 3 UCLA Bruins rose to the occasion on Monday, looking like 2025/26 NCAA basketball championship contenders as they took down the No. 6 Oklahoma Sooners 73-59 in Sacramento.

Utah transfer Gianna Kneepkens made the difference for the Bruins, leading all scorers with 20 points while opposing defenses limited both UCLA center Lauren Betts and Oklahoma big Raegan Beers to single digits.

Bruins forward Angela Dugalić also put up a standout performance, coming off the bench to score 16 points and snag 15 rebounds on Monday.

"There are so many weapons that I feel like it's hard for the defense to choose what to take away," Kneepkens said ahead of Monday's matchup. "What makes this team special is that any night could be someone's night."

Monday's clash with UCLA also served as the national broadcast debut of Oklahoma freshman guard Aaliyah Chavez, with the No. 1 high school basketball recruit seeing her first Top 10 NCAA matchup as a Sooner.

Chavez had a slow start against the experienced Bruins, registering 11 points, three assists, and two rebounds across her 32 minutes on the court.

How to watch UCLA basketball this week

The heat continues for No. 3 UCLA on Thursday, when the Bruins will host the No. 11 North Carolina Tar Heels at 9 PM ET, airing live on ESPN.

Newly formed offseason league Project B is stocking up, with Phoenix Mercury star forward Alyssa Thomas becoming the second big-name WNBA player to sign with the overseas venture ahead of its anticipated November 2026 debut.

Thomas follows Seattle Storm forward Nneka Ogwumike in joining Project B, a traveling tournament-style competition reportedly offering players significant pay raises into the seven- and even eight-figure echelon — as well as equity stakes in the league.

Thomas will still feature in the 2026 season of Unrivaled 3×3 Basketball this January, with the launch of Project B expected to conflict with Unrivaled's third season in 2027.

With salaries reportedly topping both Unrivaled and the WNBA, Project B's funding sources came into question after Ogwumike's announcement last week.

In February, The Financial Times named Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund as a league investor, though Project B co-founder Grady Burnett denied those claims to Front Office Sports last week.

However, the league is working with event partner Sela, a known subsidiary of the Saudi Public Investment Fund, though Burnett was quick to qualify that "Sela is one event partner that we pay money to. We do not have any dollars coming from them."

With the first season of Project B set to field 66 players, expect more high-profile signings to continue as the new venture adds to the increasingly crowded WNBA offseason space.