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Ellis names 25-player USWNT roster for April 4 match against New Zealand

U.S. Women's National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named a 25-player roster that will train in Los Angeles for a week before traveling to St. Louis for the USA's first domestic match of the year against New Zealand on April 4 at Busch Stadium. Ellis will name 18 players to suit up for that game.

Is everything going to be fine now that the USWNT won Algarve Cup? Well…

Last week the USWNT knocked off France to win the 2015 Algarve Cup, good news for a side that surely needed some, and will presumably a confidence boost for U.S. players and coach Jill Ellis as the team heads into the run-up to this summer’s World Cup. Does this result show that the USWNT has (finally) begun to resolve some of their problems? Not necessarily, says SoccerWire's Mark Shawhan.

USWNT: SoccerWire’s Mark Shawhan curates a conversation on Algarve Cup

The U.S. Women's National Team won the Algarve Cup tournament with a 2-0 win over France in Portugal on Wednesday, but the their Women's World Cup prospects remain far from certain. Even after many months and matches under Ellis' regime, many of the same issues linger doggedly, frustrating fans and clouding the team's true outlook. SoccerWire.com columnist Mark Shawhan took part in some spirited conversations about the topic on Twitter. Here is a selection of those tweets, compiled by Shawhan on Storify.

USWNT defeats France 2-0 to win 10th Algarve Cup title

The U.S. Women’s National Team earned its 10th championship at the Algarve Cup, defeating France 2-0 at Algarve Stadium.

USWNT facing France today in Algarve Cup final (12 p.m. ET on FOX Sports 1)

USWNT’s performances in the Algarve Cup are worrying, not reassuring

The U.S. Women’s National Team went undefeated in their group-stage matches at the Algarve Cup in Portugal to set up a championship final with France for Wednesday. There is a temptation to say that these victories over lesser opposition should be regarded as an encouraging sign, but that temptation should be resisted, says SoccerWire.com's Mark Shawhan.

USWNT earns berth in Algarve Cup championship with 0-0 draw vs. Iceland

In a scrappy game that featured 29 fouls, including 18 from Iceland, the U.S. Women's National Team played to a 0-0 draw in its final Group B match at the 2015 Algarve Cup. The tie was good enough for the USA to take first place in Group B with seven points.

USWNT facing Iceland today at 1:30 p.m. ET in Algarve Cup