page_title: Morgan Gautrat
section_title: Senior national team
hierarchical_section_title: Morgan Gautrat / International / Senior national team
caption_attribution_description: English: Morgan Brian playing for the US Women's National team in San Jose, California on 10 May 2015.
context_page_description: Morgan Paige Gautrat is an American soccer player for the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League, the highest division of women's professional soccer in the United States, and the United States women's national soccer team. She first appeared for the United States national team during a friendly against Korea Republic on June 15, 2013. She has since made 87 total appearances for the team and scored 8 goals.
  Brian played collegiate soccer with the University of Virginia Cavaliers from 2011 to 2014. In her four years with the Cavaliers, she scored 41 goals and recorded 43 assists, finishing her collegiate career ranked second in career points, second in career assists, and fifth in career goals. Brian won the MAC Hermann Trophy in both 2013 and 2014, becoming the fourth women's player to win the award in consecutive years. Following her collegiate career, Brian was selected first overall by the Houston Dash in the 2015 NWSL College Draft. Brian helped the United States win their titles at the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup. At age 22, she was the youngest member of the team at the 2015 World Cup.
context_section_description: Brian received her first senior national team call-up in June 2013, when she was named to a 23-player roster for a training camp and a two-game series against the Korea Republic. At 20 years old, Brian was the youngest player on the roster. Brian earned her first cap on June 15, 2013 during the first match against the Korea Republic, replacing Lauren Holiday in the 77th minute. On September 3, 2013, Brian made her second appearance in a match against Mexico at RFK Stadium. She replaced Erika Tymrak in the 70th minute. Two minutes later, Brian scored her first goal for the national team off an assist by Abby Wambach. The United States won the match 7–0.
  In 2014, Brian made 16 appearances with the national team while also playing with her college team. She started off the year at a national team training camp from January 8 to 15 at U.S. Soccer's National Training Center in Carson, California. On February 24, Brian was named to the 24-player roster for the 2014 Algarve Cup that took place from March 5 to 12. She started in the team's first match of the tournament on March 5 against Japan, a 1–1 draw. She also started in the match against Sweden on March 7, a game that ended the 43-game unbeaten streak for the United States. Brian started in the team's final match of the tournament against Korea DPR that secured their seventh-place finish in the tournament.
  Brian joined the team for a two-game series against China on April 6 and 10. She started in both matches. In late April, Brian was named to a 22-player roster for a match against Canada on May 8. She played 68 minutes of the match, which ended in a 1–1 draw. She was then named to the roster for two games against France on June 14 and 19. Brian was named to a 19-player roster for a match against Switzerland on August 20 in Sandy, Utah. She made an appearance during the match, coming in for Megan Rapinoe in the 78th minute. The United States went on the win 4–1.
  
  Brian joined the national team for a training camp at the end of August in order to prepare for two matches against Mexico in September as well as the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Qualifying tournament in October. She appeared in the first game against Mexico on September 13 and was subsequently named to the roster for the 2014 CONCACAF Women's Championship that served as a qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Brian made three appearances in the tournament, starting one. Her first appearance of the tournament came during the team's final group match against Haiti, when she replaced Tobin Heath in the 63rd minute. She also came in during the 67th minute of the semi-final match against Mexico on October 24, helping the United States win 3–0 and qualify for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. Her third appearance came during the final against Costa Rica on October 26, helping the United States win the tournament. Following the CONCACAF Qualifying tournament, Brian was named to the 24-player roster for the International Tournament of Brasilia in Brazil that took place from December 10 to 21. She came in for Lauren Holiday during the 65th minute of the match against Brazil on December 14. Brian made two assists in the match against Argentina on December 18. Brian played all 90 minutes in the final against Brazil. The game was a 0–0 draw, but the tournament title was given to Brazil, who had more points from the group stage.
caption: Brian playing for the USWNT, May 2015
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