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Julie Ertz Named to Latest USWNT Roster As Surprise Addition

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Ahead of the United States women’s national team’s upcoming friendlies against Ireland next month, a surprising but welcome name appeared on group’s latest roster: two-time World Cup champion Julie Ertz.

Ertz, who last played for the USWNT at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, was named to Vlatko Andonovski's final 26-player training camp roster on Tuesday. The group will make up the last roster before the final squad for the 2023 World Cup is revealed in the coming months.

The news of Ertz’s addition to the roster comes as quite a surprise, given that she was left off the the squad for the first two training camps of the year due to a foot injury. She also gave birth to a baby boy last August, her first child with husband and NFL tight end Zach Ertz.

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