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New York Times
05-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
USWNT no longer has a goalkeeping succession plan, leaving opportunity in net wide open
The last seven months have seen continuous rotation throughout the United States women's national team squad. Head coach Emma Hayes has assessed a deeper swathe of her player pool, calling in previously overlooked veterans and rising young prospects. Qualifying for the 2027 Women's World Cup — achieved by a top-four finish in the Concacaf W Championship — won't commence until November 2026, leaving another year and a half to form a winning squad. Advertisement For the most part, this era of experimentation won't hamper the program. Results have been strong since last summer, with only a draw at Wembley against England and a defeat against Japan in the SheBelieves Cup blemishing Hayes' U.S. record. Double-header friendlies against Brazil, China and the Republic of Ireland, and a one-off against Canada, will provide another 630 minutes to study. One question begs an answer sooner than the rest: Who will claim the program's storied No. 1 shirt and lead the group as its starting goalkeeper? It's a distinction that carries tremendous responsibility. The USWNT has had an unusually unbroken litany in between the posts. Across all nine Women's World Cups played, starting in 1991, only four players have served as the team's No. 1 starting goalkeeper. Mary Harvey began the sequence, leading the United States to the inaugural 1991 trophy. Briana Scurry started in the 1995 tournament, famously coming through in the triumphant 1999 World Cup shootout and again retaining the top spot on the depth chart in 2003. Hope Solo broke through in 2007 and succeeded Scurry (for the most part), starting again in 2011 and during the team's third title in 2015. Alyssa Naeher was up next, overseeing a World Cup repeat in 2019 and starting again in 2023. She retired from international soccer at the end of last year after an Olympic gold medal win. It's a remarkable run, a testament to each goalkeeper's longevity. It also highlights how the state of USWNT goalkeepers looks far less stable than at any point in recent memory. A strong No. 1 stops shots and intercepts crosses, commands the back line and brings consistency to the defense. The latter is crucial to any successful team, bringing a cautionary tale. Less than a year after Scurry played a starring role in the 1999 World Cup, with the team ramping up its preparations for the 2000 Olympics, new head coach April Heinrichs gave 18-year-old Hope Solo her senior debut. Solo went on to earn 202 caps for the United States, more than any goalkeeper in program history. However, it was too soon to throw her into the first team regularly, with Scurry still in her prime. Solo was left off of the 2003 World Cup squad when only 20 players (only two goalkeepers) were selected, but by 2007, she had proven herself a clear and worthy starter. Solo made the lineup for the team's first four games, keeping three clean sheets across the group's final two games and a 3-0 quarterfinal win over England. Advertisement Unexpectedly, head coach Greg Ryan second-guessed what wasn't broken. With Brazil awaiting the United States in the semifinal, Ryan started Scurry and left Solo to sulk throughout a crucial clash. Scurry could not shake off the rust after failing to play a single minute in the first four games, and Brazil emphatically blew out the USWNT with a Marta double headlining a 4-0 rout. Solo's friction with the holdovers of the 1999 squad is now well-documented. While Solo did struggle a bit in the group opener, a 2-2 draw against North Korea, her 298 minutes of scoreless soccer were ample evidence that she had forged a functional relationship with her defense. Hayes is unlikely to make a similar mistake, but it's an example of a coach entering a tournament without full confidence in their first choice. Hayes' task is to find her trusted option to build those connections over the next two years before the 2027 World Cup. Even in a transitional 2024, there was no anointed successor to Naeher, like Solo two decades earlier. Since Naeher announced the end of her international career, Hayes has called in six goalkeepers (counting her preliminary squad and January training camp), with no clarity on who has the upper hand to start. Angelina Anderson, Jane Campbell, Claudia Dickey, Mandy McGlynn, Casey Murphy, and Phallon Tullis-Joyce are all in contention going off Hayes' recent selections. Murphy has the highest cap total of the contenders, having made 20 appearances since debuting in 2021 while keeping 15 clean sheets. The 28-year-old starts regularly for the North Carolina Courage in NWSL. Since the start of 2021, the statistics suggest she has been the best shot-stopper of the hopefuls, preventing 18 goals more than expected when comparing what she's conceded against post-shot expected goals faced. That narrowly outpaces Campbell, 30, and her rate of 16.4 goals prevented, with 28-year-old Tullis-Joyce next at 12.9 in the NWSL and Women's Super League combined. Advertisement Hayes did hint toward a possible debut for Tullis-Joyce, who has kept 12 clean sheets across 18 league games this season for Manchester United. 'She's very introverted, very quiet, and she's got to build the relationships with the players around her because you have to build trust and connections,' Hayes told reporters last week. 'She will do that little by little, but this will only be her third camp with us. 'She's in contention to play one of these games but needs a bit more time to do those things.' McGlynn, 26, is arguably the best sweeper of the group, while 24-year-old Anderson has shown a similar defensive proactiveness in her first 11 NWSL starts. Dickey, 25, Murphy and Tullis-Joyce have similarly robust cross-stopping metrics. Anderson and McGlynn have a narrow edge for their long distribution stats; Anderson and Dickey have worked into the mix in part due to strong short-distance passing acumen. None of the six has checked every box necessary to be a top goalkeeper just yet — hence the open-competition nature of the position post-Naeher. It's entirely understandable why Hayes wants to see as many options as possible a few times before endorsing one with consistent starts over the rest. 'We have a lot of really good goalkeepers,' Hayes told reporters after the roster was released. 'Who will emerge from that as the No 1? I don't know, but they have to take their chances when they get them.' The intricacies of the goalkeeping role mean that the urgency to find the answer is likely greater than the rest of her ongoing personnel experiments. The age of the players listed above suggests that we may be in for another competition after the 2028 Olympics — a goalkeeper's peak usually comes between the ages of 25 and 34. Younger alternatives are rising quickly and could crash the competition. Mia Justus, 22, is a touted prospect who signed her first professional contract with Utah Royals this winter, serving as McGlynn's backup. Teagan Wy, 20, came up big throughout the U-20 Women's World Cup last fall and trained with the USWNT as part of Hayes' Futures Camp in January. Advertisement Justus and Wy may someday feature, but it's unlikely to be at the 2027 Women's World Cup. Strong form at the club level could vault dependable starters, such as Jordan Silkowitz, 25, of Bay FC or Katie Lund, 28, of Racing Louisville, into the mix, too. For now, it's an open question that was inevitable once Naeher called time. Hayes has previously told CBS she plans to have her core by June, so we'll see if the upcoming seven friendlies provide enough evidence for Hayes to find her new top option in goal.
Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Finding Dexcom monitors amid shortages
(COLORADO SPRINGS)– FOX21 News has learned alternative ways people are getting around the shortage of the medical device called the Dexcom, a glucose monitor for diabetes. Some diabetics are now turning away from pharmacies to get the device. 'Anybody can find a wheelchair somewhere, right? But where are you going to always find this kind of technology that's going to help you this much?' said Rodney Scurry, the regional manager of Specialty Medical Equipment. Scurry said his job is to help bypass red tape for both doctors and patients across Colorado. 'I bridge that gap for them. We are a durable medical equipment supplier, which falls under CGM (continuous glucose monitoring),' he said. FOX21's Carolynn Felling, a Type One Diabetic herself, said since she last covered the shortage, she has been able to get her Dexcom through Walgreens, but said she is now thinking about switching to Durable Medical Equipment, or DME. It's a way for people to gain access to devices like the Dexcom that is intended to skip that rep tape often seen with pharmacies. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Dexcom diabetes monitoring device facing national shortage Scurry said his goal is to help with the supply shortage thousands of people are struggling with. 'My job is to educate our physicians in why using a DME versus a pharmacy is so beneficial, not just for them and make their life easier, but more importantly for the patient and making their life easier and making sure that they get what they need,' Scurry said. When a device is ordered by a physician for everyday or extended use, like the Dexcom, there are other options like using a DME that many people are now turning to in order to skip the long process of waiting through pharmacies, which can result in a lot of pain for patients with unmonitored blood glucose levels or BGL. When diabetics have to go through lengthy waiting periods without a CGM, they are forced to go back to the old-school method of pricking their fingers, which can lead to permanent nerve damage from all the scar tissue. 'I have a friend of mine that, she got pregnant and she was doing 30 finger pricks a day, which means she had to wake up every hour throughout the night to prick her fingers,' he said. '[The Dexcom] is life changing for her, she can sleep. This is so meaningful and it's so impactful to people's lives.' Scurry said those long periods of waiting for the medical device is due to a limit on how much supplies pharmacies can get. 'When I went to the pharmacy, the pharmacy informed us that they only get 24 FreeStyle Libre's (another brand of glucose monitor) and they only get 18 Dexcom until their next shipment comes in,' he said. If anyone is struggling with the shortage of Dexcom devices, Scurry said he has more than enough currently available. To contact him, call at (719) 306-6169. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Express Tribune
13-02-2025
- Express Tribune
Rapper Gillie Da Kid claims 17-Year-Old Noah Scurry killed his son before being shot dead
Philadelphia rapper Gillie Da Kid says police told him that 17-year-old basketball star Noah Scurry was responsible for his son Devin Spady's (YNG Cheese) murder before Scurry was killed in a separate shooting. Scurry was shot 17 times on January 14, 2025, while walking with his mother in Philadelphia. Police linked him to the July 2023 murder of Spady, 25, but he was killed before an arrest could be made. "The only reason I knew is because the police called me and told me once he was murdered," Gillie told Shannon Sharpe. He added that police had planned to charge Scurry, but his death prevented them from moving forward. 'The kid had just got shot 17 times—he was walking with his mom and got murdered. Then the police notified me and let me know that he was one of the kids that was pretty much about to get locked up for the murder, but he got murdered first.' "These kids are influenced by all the wrong things. ... These kids actually think that you can't make it as a rapper unless you k*lled somebody. This is the mindset" - — Club Shay Shay (@ClubShayShay) Gillie described Scurry's killing as "divine justice." "He had to deal with God, that's how I look at it." Authorities have not publicly confirmed Scurry's involvement in Spady's death. Investigations into both murders are ongoing. Gillie, born Nasir Fard, is a rapper and podcast host known for his work in Major Figgas and claims of ghostwriting for Lil Wayne. He co-hosts the popular Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast and has been outspoken about gun violence in Philadelphia following his son's death.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Yahoo
Gillie Da Kid says police told him Noah Scurry killed his son YNG Cheese
The Brief Gillie Da Kid made a connection between his son's murder and a recent Philly teen's murder while on Club Shay Shay Wednesday. In the interview, Gillie says police told him Noah Scurry was Gillie's son's killer. FOX 29 has yet to confirm the alleged connection with the Philadelphia Police Department. PHILADELPHIA - Gillie Da Kid says police informed him of a connection between the murder of his son, Devin Spady, nearly two years ago, and a local high school basketball star, Noah Scurry, who was recently killed. Gillie revealed that though his son was killed in the shooting, the deadly shots were not intended for him. Timeline Devin Spady, who went by YNG Cheese, the son of Philadelphia rapper Gillie Da Kid, was killed in a triple shooting in Olney back in July 2023. The 25-year-old was shot to death and two other men were hurt when investigators say gunshots erupted on the 5800 block of Mascher Street. Police have not reported any arrests in the deadly triple shooting. In mid-January 2025, 17-year-old Noah Scurry was shot to death outside his home, in front of his mother. Philadelphia Police say Scurry was shot and killed in what appeared to be a targeted shooting around 7 a.m. January 14, in an alleyway behind Rohrer Street. Approximately 20 shots were fired. Philadelphia School District spokesperson Monique Braxton described Scurry as a star student-athlete, and said the principal, basketball coach, and school community were devastated. In a letter sent home to the school's families, the principal stated that Scurry recently scored the highest on the SAT College Placement tests in the school community. At the time, police confirmed they believed that a white Jeep Cherokee was used in the shooting. Investigators believed at least two shooters jumped out of the vehicle. A third person might have been driving the car. Sources tell FOX 29 that Scurry was a victim in a previous shooting back in May 2023 on the 4600 block of Mulberry Street. A man in his 60s was killed in that shooting. Philadelphia Police have not publicly stated any details on why they believe Scurry was targeted. They have not released a motive, or description of any suspect(s). They have not commented on Scurry's past or alleged social media presence. What we know In an interview on Shannon Sharpe's talk show, Club Shay Shay Wednesday, Philadelphia native Gillie Da Kid spoke out about his son's murder. What they're saying In the interview, Sharpe asks Gillie, "Have you talked to the kid that took your son's life?" 'Nah I never met him," Gillie replied. "Only reason I knew is because the police called me and told me once he was murdered. Cause the kid had just got shot 17 times he was walking with his mom and he got murdered and then the police notified me and let me know that he was one of the kids that was pretty much about to get locked up for the murder, but he got murdered first." "He had to deal with God, that's how I look at it," Gillie continued. Minutes later, as the two continued their discussion on gun violence and crime in Philadelphia, Sharpe mentioned he heard about 17-year-old Noah Scurry, the star student-athlete who was recently shot to death outside his home, in front of his mother, as she was getting ready to take him to Samuel Fels High School. Gillie then says, 'that's who killed my son.' 'The 17 teen-?" Sharpe asks. Gillie nods and says, "Yeah. The 17-year-old basketball player that just got shot 17 times. That's who killed my son." Gillie continued on to say the fatal gunshots were not meant for his son. "He just happened to be at the wrong place, at the wrong time," Gillie said. What we don't know The Philadelphia Police Department has yet to confirm the connection between Scurry and Spady to FOX 29. The Source The information in this story is from Club Shay Shay, The Philadelphia Police Department, and FOX 29 sources.
