LYON: Megan Rapinoe returns to captain the United States in Sunday’s women’s World Cup final after missing the defeat of England in the last four due to a hamstring problem.
Rapinoe, scorer of braces in the wins over Spain in the last 16 and France in the quarter-finals, replaces Christen Press on the left of the attack.
The other change sees Samantha Mewis come into the midfield with Lindsey Horan making way.
Meanwhile, Barcelona winger Lieke Martens has been passed fit to start for the Netherlands after having to come off at half-time in the semi-final against Sweden due to a toe injury.
Martens was the player of the tournament when the Netherlands won Euro 2017 on home soil two years ago.
Anouk Dekker comes into the Dutch defence in their first ever women’s World Cup final appearance with Merel van Dongen dropping out.