Ashley Sanchez has had a rollercoaster year.
First, in the summer of 2023, the U.S. women’s national team midfielder was named to her inaugural World Cup roster. That revelry, however, was soon spoiled with Sanchez logging zero minutes of playing time in Australia and New Zealand. It was a role she wasn’t prepared for and a drastically different one than what was assigned to her heading into the tournament. The USWNT’s crash out in the round of 16 only made matters worse.
