Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher introduced on Monday that she is going to retire from the United States ladies’s nationwide workforce following upcoming matches towards England and the Netherlands. She’s going to proceed taking part in for Chicago within the Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League.
Naeher is a two-time World Cup-winner with the U.S. and the one goalkeeper in ladies’s soccer historical past to earn a shutout in each a World Cup last (2019) and an Olympic last (2024).
“Having the chance to be part of the USWNT for the previous 15 years has been the best honor,” Naeher stated in a press release. “Once I started this journey, I by no means might have imagined the place it could take me, and now I discover myself so grateful for all of the unbelievable teammates that I’ve shared the sphere with; teammates which have become lifelong pals.”
Naeher will play her last matches for the U.S. within the coming week because the Individuals take to the highway to face England on Saturday and the Netherlands on Dec. 3.
The 36-year-old goalkeeper has 113 caps for the U.S. – together with 88 wins and 68 shutouts. She ranks behind solely Hope Solo and Briana Scurry in every of these classes in U.S. historical past.
Naeher backed up Solo on the 2015 World Cup earlier than assuming the No. 1 job in 2019, when she famously stopped a penalty kick within the U.S.’ semifinal victory over England. She was recognized for her unbelievable skill to cease penalties, which she confirmed off at main tournaments and earlier this yr, when twice in a couple of month she saved three penalties and transformed one other (every towards Canada).
“Each workforce shed within the difficult occasions and disappointments made each smile and celebration within the moments of success that rather more joyful,” she wrote in a publish on her Instagram.
Naeher just lately resigned with the Chicago Crimson Stars (quickly to grow to be Chicago Stars FC) for the 2025 NWSL season. It is going to be her tenth season with the membership.
