NWSL top scorer Ashley Sanchez relishing position change as she looks to crack USWNT demands

CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA — The last time Ashley Sanchez was with the USWNT, it just wasn't working. As a midfielder in the team's 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup squad, Sanchez didn't play a single minute. Under Vlatko Andonovski at the tournament in Australia and New Zealand, Sanchez had an undefined role that even she didn't quite fully embrace . Even before the tournament, however, there were signs that it wasn't quite adding up. Across the final 13 matches before the World Cup began, Sanchez logged just one 90-minute performance. In 11 of those, she played just 60 minutes or fewer.