Sixteen-year-old Mary Fowler to play for injury-hit Matildas against US

• Coach Ante Milicic to run rule over teenager in Colorado
• Steph Catley, Laura Alleway and Chloe Logarzo miss out

Teenager Mary Fowler will play for the Matildas against world No 1 ranked USA but three experienced players have been sidelined with injury.

Vice captain Steph Catley, defender Laura Alleway and forward Chloe Logarzo won’t be able to play in the top-tier friendly match on Colorado on Friday (AEDT), the most important lead-in fixture for Australia ahead of June’s World Cup.