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Imani Dorsey Added to U.S. Women's National Team Roster Ahead of November Friendlies in Australia

Published on November 15, 2021 under National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
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HARRISON, N.J. - NJ/NY Gotham FC defender Imani Dorsey was added to the U.S. Women's National Team roster for the two November friendlies in Australia and will join Gotham FC teammate Margaret "Midge" Purce in camp. The call up will provide additional depth to the outside back position and brings the total roster to 23 players.

Dorsey was drafted fifth overall in the 2018 NWSL Draft and was later named 2018 Rookie of the Year after scoring four goals and one assist. She started 14 of the 16 matches played this season and logged 1270 playing minutes. This will be Dorsey's second call up to the USWNT. She attended Vlatko Andonovski's first training camp in November 2019 and participated in the U.S. Women's National Team Training Identification Camp the following month.

In the first of two fixtures, the U.S. will take on host Australia at Stadium Australia in Sydney on Saturday, Nov. 27 at 3:00 p.m. local time (Friday, Nov. 26 at 11:00 p.m. ET on FS2). The second match will take place at the McDonald Jones Stadium in Newcastle on Tuesday, November 30 at 8:05 p.m. local time (4:05 a.m. ET on ESPN).

U.S. Women's National Team Roster by Position (Caps/Goals) - November matches vs. Australia:

GOALKEEPERS (3): Bella Bixby (Portland Thorns FC; 0), Jane Campbell (Houston Dash; 7), Casey Murphy (North Carolina Courage; 0)

DEFENDERS (8): Alana Cook (OL Reign; 2/0), Abby Dahlkemper (Houston Dash; 77/0), Tierna Davidson (Chicago Red Stars; 43/1), Imani Dorsey (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 0/0), Emily Fox (Racing Louisville FC; 6/0), Sofia Huerta (OL Reign; 7/0), Becky Sauerbrunn (Portland Thorns FC; 197/0), Emily Sonnett (Washington Spirit; 61/0)

MIDFIELDERS (6): Lindsey Horan (Portland Thorns FC; 106/24), Rose Lavelle (OL Reign; 66/17), Catarina Macario (Olympique Lyon, FRA; 12/3), Kristie Mewis (Houston Dash; 31/4), Ashley Sanchez (Washington Spirit; 0/0), Andi Sullivan (Washington Spirit; 20/2)

FORWARDS (6): Bethany Balcer (OL Reign; 0/0), Ashley Hatch (Washington Spirit; 2/0), Margaret Purce (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 7/2), Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns FC; 10/1), Lynn Williams (North Carolina Courage; 43/13), Morgan Weaver (Portland Thorns FC; 0/0)

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