U.S. women’s national team stars Rose Lavelle and Megan Rapinoe will have their minutes managed to start the Women’s World Cup, while Julie Ertz is fully fit to play, U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski said Friday.
England interim head coach Lee Carsley has described himself as a “safe pair of hands” and refused to be drawn on whether he wanted the role on a permanent basis after announcing his first squad on Thursday.