U.S. Women’s National Team to end 7-month hiatus with training camp in Colorado

CHICAGO – The U.S. Women’s National Team will come together for the first time in seven months as U.S. head coach Vlatko Andonovski will conduct a training camp running from Oct. 18-28 in Commerce City, Colorado, outside of Denver.

The camp, which will commence after the completion of the NWSL Fall Series, will mark the first time the USWNT has come together since winning the 2020 SheBelieves Cup on March 11. The USA is 10-0-0 under Andonovski since his hiring last fall, but there will be no international games associated with this camp.

The U.S. team and staff will operate inside a controlled environment at a Denver-area hotel. Everyone entering the controlled environment will undergo multiple COVID-19 tests before traveling, and then will be tested upon arrival, and then every two days during camp. There will be no full team training until the results of all arrival tests are confirmed.

The training camp will be conducted under strict protocols – available here – which were established by the U.S. Soccer Medical team, with contributions from the Sports Science, Communications, Administrative and Events staffs, and led by U.S. Soccer Chief Medical Officer Dr. George Chiampas, who was also part of the NWSL Medical Task Force that established the protocols for the NWSL Challenge Cup and NWSL Fall Series.

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“Our top priority at all times is the health and safety of our players and staff,” said Chiampas. “We’ve worked hard to make sure our players and staff are aware of all our strategies and protocols so they will feel safe in the environment. We all have our responsibilities individually to execute the proper maintenance of the environment, but collectively as a team, we all need to work together to make sure we can have the safest and most productive camp in October, as well as for events moving forward.”

“Getting the National Team back together brings us relief and excitement, and I’m thankful for all the work done behind the scenes to make this happen, and make it happen safely for all the players and staff,” said Andonovski. “We’re going to be smart and efficient in how we conduct this camp, but we know that the Olympics will be coming fast once the calendar turns to 2021, so we have to make as much progress as we can during the time we have in Denver.”

U.S. Soccer is also still working on possible USWNT activity for November.