Cover photo by Mike Gridley
The World Cup is in 33 days. Hosts Canada take on China on June 6th and the US follow up two days later against Australia. In the case the 59 best goalkeepers get sick, we'll be ready for an emergency call-up for the USWNT.
The list has been expanded to include the top sixty since last edition's. The list should now reflect the top W-League and WPSL goalkeepers, bumping some of the younger players down or off the list. Both leagues are technically the second tier so I distinguished the listed goalkeepers as USA.2W (W-League) and the USA.2P (WPSL). The leagues kick off this month but I'm not 100% all the goalkeepers below are still active. We had multiple goalkeepers retire since the last release and the second leagues have a fairly large turnover of players. So while a goalkeeper may be listed here, they could have already quietly retired. Once the leagues get started in a couple weeks, we should know for certain but until then this is the best I can do.
Lastly, there are some young players either at the bottom or not on the list at all. The same principle applies for the USMNT list, a promising 21-23 year old goalkeeper is inherently behind one that is four years older than them, even if they will quickly surpass them. This is the current list, not a projected one.
rank. name (team / league) - rating (age)
1. Ashlyn Harris (Washington Spirit / USA.1) - 57.8 (29.6)
2. Hope Solo (Seattle Reign / USA.1) - 57.7 (33.8)
3. Alyssa Naeher (Boston Breakers / USA.1) - 57.5 (27.1)
4. Michelle Betos (Portland Thorns FC / USA.1) - 57.4 (27.3)
5. Libby Stout (Liverpool / England.1) - 57.3 (24.9)
6. Katie Fraine (Linkoping / Sweden.1) - 57.2 (27.4)
7. Ashley Thompson (Medkila / Norway.1) - 56.5 (29.3)
8. Nicole Barnhart (FC Kansas City / USA.1) - 56.5 (33.6)
9. Michele Dalton (Chicago Red Stars / USA.1) - 56.4 (27)
10. Alyssa Whitehead (Mallbacken / Sweden.1) - 56.3 (25.4)
11. Brittany Cameron (Sky Blue FC / USA.1) - 56.3 (28.4)
12. Chantel Jones (Western New York Flash / USA.1) - 56.2 (26.8)
13. Brett Maron (Kristianstad / Sweden.1) - 56 (28.9)
14. Adelaide Gay (Kvarnsveden / Sweden.2) - 55.9 (25.5)
15. Arianna Criscione (Saint-Étienne / France.1) - 55.7 (30.3)
16. Catherine Fitzsimmons (ASPTT Albi / France.1) - 55.6 (26.5)
17. Jeannette Williams (Vikingur Olafsvik / Iceland.2) - 55.5 (26.3)
18. Allysa Clark (Masinac Nis / Serbia.1) - 55.4 (28.7)
19. Adrianna Franch (Avaldsnes IL / Norway.1) - 55.3 (24.5)
20. Bianca Henninger (Houston Dash / USA.1) - 55.1 (24.6)
21. Chanté Sandiford (UMF Selfoss / Iceland.1) - 55.1 (25.3)
22. Cris Lewis (THUSC Diamonds / USA.2P) - 54.9 (27)
23. Alexa Gaul (Selfoss / Iceland.1) - 55 (24)
24. Haley Kopmeyer (Seattle Reign / USA.1) - 54.9 (24.9)
25. Vikki Alonzo (Thor / KA / Iceland.1) - 54.8 (25.3)
26. Shelby Tomasello (Höttur / Iceland.2) - 54.6 (24.6)
27. Jennifer Manis (Tampa Bay Hellenic / USA.2P) - 54.5 (29.3)
28. Dijana Haracic (Krokom/Dvarsatts IF / Sweden.2) - 54.2 (23.3)
29. Micaela Crowley (IR Reykjavik / Iceland.2) - 54 (30.3)
30. Aubrey Bledsoe (Sky Blue FC / USA.1) - 54 (23.5)
31. Samantha Depken (New York Magic / USA.2W) - 53.9 (26.2)
32. Kelsey Wys (Washington Spirit / USA.1) - 53.8 (24.3)
33. Jami Kranich (Boston Breakers / USA.1) - 53.8 (23)
34. Meagan McCray (Valur / Iceland.1) - 53.8 (27.9)
35. Rebecca Ritchie (Real Salt Lake Women / USA.2P) - 53.6 (27.3)
35. Sarah Glass (Throttur Reykjavik / Iceland.2) - 53.6 (27.3)
37. Robyn Jones (Charlotte Lady Eagles / USA.2W) - 53.5 (30.3)
38. Yiana Dimmitt (Bay Area Freeze / USA.2P) - 53.4 (25.3)
39. Katherine Linn (Issy / France.1) - 53.3 (23.3)
40. Shannon O'Brien (FC Nashville / USA.2P) - 53.2 (35.3)
41. Audrey Baldwin (Keflavik IF / Iceland.1) - 53.1 (23.2)
42. Caitlin Updyke (IA Akranes / Iceland.1) - 53.1 (23)
43. Victoria Johnson (FC Tulsa Spirit / USA.2P) - 53.1 (26.3)
44. Emily Lillard (Washington Spirit / USA.1) - 53 (23.3)
45. Lindsey Maricic (LA Premier FC / USA.2P) - 53 (23.1)
47. Victoria Christ (Västerås BK30 / Sweden.3) - 52.8 (23.3)
47. Megan Kinneman (Houston Dash / USA.1) - 52.6 (22.9)
48. Kaitlyn Stroud (Free Agent / None) - 52.4 (23.3)
49. Brittany Anghel (Free Agent / None) - 52.1 (22.8)
50. Paige Burnett (Free Agent / None) - 52.1 (22.6)
51. Sydney Drinkwater (Florida Atlantic / USA.N) - 52 (22.3)
52. McKenzie Sauerwein (Colorado Rush / USA.2W) - 52 (23)
53. Caroline Stanley (Seattle Reign / USA.1) - 51.8 (22.2)
53. Megan Kufeld (Washington / USA.N) - 51.8 (22.2)
53. Bree Benedict (Rutgers / USA.N) - 51.8 (22.2)
56. Kelli Cornell (New Mexico / USA.N) - 51.6 (22.3)
56. Morgan Glick (IA Akranes / Iceland.1) - 51.6 (22.3)
58. Monica Gonyo (Free Agent / None) - 51.4 (22.6)
59. Katherine Courter (North Jersey Valkyries / USA.2W) - 51.4 (23.3)
60. Erin Quinn (ASA Charge FC / USA.2P) - 51.3 (22.2)
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