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Tierna Davidson looked like she had locked up a starting position for the USWNT before she tore an ACL in a college game. She decided for forego the rest of her college career (Stanford) and turn pro after that. She’s been slowly working back into shape. It will be hard to displace Crystal Dunn or Kelly O’Hara as an outside back, but anything can happen. Jill Ellis likes Dunn and O’Hara because she is committed to pushing the outside backs up into the attack. That is a risk against the stronger opponents, who have the speed to punish a gambling defense. Davidson and Ali Krieger are more conventional defenders and may see a lot of time once the competition gets serious. Which it will, starting now. From here on out, the U.S. will be facing teams that are fully capable, on any given day, of beating them.