Samantha Mewis, who played for the U.S. squad that won the 2019 Women's World Cup, has retired from soccer because of a knee injury that has sidelined her from the national team since the Tokyo Olympics. Mewis, 31, underwent the first of two knee surgeries shortly after the Olympics in 2021. "With both sadness and clarity, I am retiring from professional soccer," she said in a statement on social media.