That's not because the 2019 Women's World Cup champion U.S. women's national team will necessarily falter on the Olympic stage, but it's because the Olympics have been postponed. With the Olympic Games now officially pushed back to 2021, the dynamic of the USWNT squad is poised to shift dramatically. After flaming out of the 2016 Olympics in Rio, for instance, the U.S. women didn't play a truly meaningful game for years. USWNT head coach Vlatko Andonovski named his roster on Friday, which saw 18 players chosen from the 2019 FIFA World Cup Championship roster. The difference between a 2020 Olympics and a 2021 Olympics could be huge for key players like Becky Sauerbrunn, 34, Carli Lloyd, 37, and Megan Rapinoe, 34. The Olympics being moved from 2020 to 2021 amid the coronavirus outbreak yields a series of knock-on effects for the U.S. women's national team. There are two important aspects to analyze regarding the unforeseen additional year. Only 18 players go to the Olympics, meaning there are some brutal USWNT roster cuts … There is essentially a yearlong sprint between the Women's World Cup, Olympic qualifiers and Olympics followed by three years of friendlies, experimentation and second-rate tournaments. The postpartum period differs for everyone and can't possibly be predicted ahead of time, but with a much longer recovery period at her disposal, you can bet on Morgan to be raring to go when the Olympics actually take place. Now, things will be a bit more spread out, but players will also have to do what they can to maintain their peak forms for another year. Megan Rapinoe, Julie Ertz, and Carli Lloyd headline the 20-player U.S. Women’s National Team roster for the upcoming Concacaf Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament. ... for space on a very limited 18-player roster. That idea, obviously, is now out the window. Krieger, who turns 36 this July, will be 37. Will they all be able to hang on for another year?No team has ever followed winning the Women's World Cup by claiming Olympic gold the following year, and, based on a technicality, that trend is guaranteed to continue in 2020. Pushing back the Games a full year later seemingly opens a whole new treasure chest of roster dilemmas for coach FAWSL Week 2 round-up: Chelsea and Arsenal dominate, Brighton hold City scorelessRylee Baisden was living with her parents in Nashville, Tennessee, less than four weeks...Two years and many questions later, Mandy Freeman is back on the fieldIt’s September 2018 and nearing the end of an already long season for Sky...It has long been accepted that there are enough forwards to stock at least...The Tokyo 2020 Olympics have officially been postponed, the International Olympic Committee announced on...The USWNT’s forward depth chart is muddled — in a good wayWhat’s next for Phil Neville and England? The 2020 Olympics could have been the last international hurrah for players like Carli Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe, Becky Sauerbrunn and Ali Krieger, all of whom played in Olympic qualifying this winter and were in frame to make the final squad. The next Olympic Games are now set A year after their last game, Orlando Pride set to roll out depleted rosterWoSo Around the World: PSG held to draw vs. BordeauxTwenty-six months after his appointment as England women’s national team head coach, Phil Neville...The Equalizer Podcast: Imagining Soccer’s ReturnPhoto Copyright Valerie Terranova PhotographyThe Equalizer Podcast: NWSL Fall Series, FA WSL signings The If it's a full year postponement and the Olympic tournament doesn't start until July 2021, then Lloyd, who turns 38 this July, will be 39 by the time the competition is underway. The team’s bench is so deep, but we'll try to predict a starting XI from the potential USWNT Olympic roster 2020. USWNT Olympic Roster Projection: Who's Safe, Who's on Bubble for Tokyo 2020? The next Olympic Games are now set to begin on July 23, 2021, almost a year to the day after originally scheduled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. She © 2020 ABG-SI LLC. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED is a registered trademark of ABG-SI LLC. Those are not insignificant numbers for a series of significant players, and with roster spots at a premium for the competition, age–and the potential decline in ability that comes along with it–could become a real factor for players who may otherwise have been shoo-ins to make the trip. The United States women’s national team is looking to become the first squad in history to win the subsequent Olympics after …