Sisters named to US Olympic Women's Soccer Team
A pair of Massachusetts sisters will play for Team USA's women's soccer team in the Tokyo Olympic Games.
U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Vlatko Andonovski on Wednesday named the 18-player roster for the delayed games.
The squad includes Kristie and Samantha Mewis, who were born in Weymouth, Massachusetts, and grew up in Hanson. They are both first-time Olympians.
This is the first time that sisters have played on Team USA on a world championship roster at the senior level. However, both have previously played together in the 2008 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in New Zealand and the 2010 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in Germany.
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Kristie, the eldest sister by 592 days, went to Boston College and now plays with the Houston Dash. Sam attended UCLA and plays for the North Carolina Courage.
Sam was a part of the UWNT World Cup win at France 2019.
Kristie returned to the national team in late 2020 after a seven-year hiatus that included an ACL tear in 2018.
