{"id":392225,"date":"2026-09-06T16:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T16:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/392225\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T16:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T16:04:09","slug":"nwsl-availability-report-matchweek-20-sunday-denver-summit-vs-gotham-chicago-stars-vs-north-carolina-courage-portland-thorns-vs-washington-spirit-orlando-pride-vs-houston-dash-seattle-rei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/392225\/","title":{"rendered":"NWSL Availability Report (Matchweek 20: Sunday):\u00a0Denver Summit vs Gotham, Chicago Stars vs North Carolina Courage, Portland Thorns vs Washington Spirit, Orlando Pride vs Houston Dash, Seattle Reign vs San Diego Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Five matches awaits us this Sunday, starting with Denver Summit vs Gotham and finishing with Seattle Reign vs San Diego Wave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Who\u2019s available and who\u2019s not? Let\u2019s remember that the U-20 World Cup just begun and so, some teams might have some players on international duty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Denver will have to endure not having Ally Brazier, a regular starter in the last few games, due to personal reasons. On the other hand, North Carolina\u2019s starting centre-back Natalie Jacobs is still out due to a head injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Portland Thorns will have to solve a midfield dilemma once again because Deyna Castellanos, the player who has started in the midfield since Olivia Moultrie got injured, will be unavailable with an excused absence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Washington Spirit will have to keep weathering the storm in the absence of Leicy Santos and Claudia Mart\u00ednez, who have been out for some weeks now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Orlando will have attacker Julie Doyle and starting centre-back Rafaelle out which is not ideal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Seattle is the team most impacted due to the U-20 World Cup, with three players on international duty while Houston has starting winger Linda Ullmark out for this reason also.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">OUT: Jasmine Aikey (Knee &#8211; SEI), Jordan Baggett (Maternity Leave), Ally Brazier (Personal Reasons), Nahikari Garcia (Knee &#8211; SEI), Abby Smith (Knee)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">QUESTIONABLE: Gemma Bonner (Thigh)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">OUT: Sofia Cook (Lower Leg), Kayla Duran (Knee &#8211; SEI), Rose Lavelle (Head), Emily Sonnett (Knee &#8211; SEI)<br \/>QUESTIONABLE: None<br \/>INTERNATIONAL DUTY: None<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">OUT: Ryan Connaughton (Knee), Jordyn Huitema (Knee &#8211; SEI), Jameese Joseph (Excused Absence), Natalia Kuikka (Knee &#8211; SEI), Maitane (Lower Knee), Mallory Swanson (Hip)<br \/>QUESTIONABLE: None<br \/>INTERNATIONAL DUTY: Micayla Johnson (U.S. U-20 WNT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">OUT: Maycee Bell (Shoulder), Payton Crawford (SEI &#8211; Knee), Riley Jackson (Foot), Natalie Jacobs (Head), Ally Schlegel (Foot), Sydney Schmidt (SEI &#8211; Knee), Lauryn Thompson (Ankle)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">OUT: Bella Bixby (SEI Knee), Deyna Castellanos (Excused Absence), Julie Dufour (SEI Knee), Olivia Moultrie (SEI Knee), Isabelle Obaze (Thigh)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">OUT: Deborah Abiodun (Hip &#8211; D45), Ashley Hatch (Ankle), Aubrey Kingsbury (Maternity Leave), Casey Krueger (Maternity Leave), Claudia Martinez (Lower Leg), Leicy Santos (Foot), Kate Wiesner (Ankle &#8211; D45)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">OUT: Kerry Abello (Thigh), Julie Doyle (Knee), Kylie Nadaner (Maternity Leave), Rafaelle (Head), Viviana Villacorta (Knee &#8211; D45)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">OUT: Malia Berkely (Maternity leave), Evelina Duljan (excused absence), Makenzy Robbe (Knee &#8211; SEI), Sophie Schmidt (Ankle)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">INTERNATIONAL DUTY: Linda Ullmark (U.S. U-20 WNT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">OUT: Lynn Biyendolo (Maternity Leave)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">INTERNATIONAL DUTY: Emeri Adames (U-20 USWNT), Ainsley McCammon (U-20 USWNT), Evan O\u2019Steen (U-20 USWNT)<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">OUT: Trinity Armstrong (Knee &#8211; SEI), Dudinha (Knee &#8211; SEI), Jordan Fusco (Excused Absence), Cat Macario (Heel), Kiki Pickett (Ankle)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Five matches awaits us this Sunday, starting with Denver Summit vs Gotham and finishing with Seattle Reign vs&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[8216,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-392225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-nwsl","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/392226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}