CHESTER — The U.S. women’s soccer team is in the midst of a necessary change of generations. On Thursday night at Subaru Park, it will play out not just on the field.

The national team marks its return to Chester for the first time since 2022 with a pregame celebration of the career of forward Alex Morgan. It then hopes to fete the collection of national teamers who will be in town for the occasion by handling Portugal in a friendly, the latest test of depth ahead of next autumn’s World Cup qualifying.

Turning the page from the generation that won consecutive World Cups in 2015 and 2019 was well underway before the U.S. claimed gold at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Coach Emma Hayes steers a team to Chester with just three players — Emily Sonnett, captain Lindsey Heaps and Rose Lavelle — w

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