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Emma Hayes continues her tradition of having debut call-ups in camps- midfielders Riley Jackson and Sally Menti and forwards Maddie Dahlien and Reilyn Turner are uncapped at the senior level.  Trinity Rodman is back in camp for the U.S. and is the most experienced member of the current roster having picked up 47 international senior-level appearances. Worth noting, though, that she's currently listed as "unattached" and not with Washington.  Rose Lavelle isn't in the squad for the January games- I'm guessing, from an analytical standpoint, that means that her spot for the CONCACAF qualifiers is essentially secure (she does have over 100 senior-level international appearances for the U.S. after all).  Olivia Moultrie switches back to midfield. She was in the forward rotation for the November/December games but switches back to her usual position for these games. In my mind, that's because midfield is her best spot- she was a MOTY finalist at the NWSL awards. Jo...

What the heck is FIFA doing? They know the men's World Cup is only in three countries this year, right? And only on one side of the globe? And yet they've made the weird decision to not only have one international window on the women's side this summer, but nine days - June 1st through the 9th.  I'll repeat that: Nine days. Just one window.  And if you can't make that? Congrats, no international soccer until October for you, I guess. So FIFA's telling every international women's team on the planet that they have to  A- Get all national-team players assembled for national-team duty... B- Get them into a camp, C- Train for a game, D- And actually have the game All in a little over a week.  Otherwise, no national-team soccer until the fall. What makes this even more grating is the fact that FIFA didn't have to do this- only three countries on one continent are hosting the World Cup this year on the men's side, so they could've extended the window a...