Lindsey Horan won’t be traveling with the USWNT to the Netherlands. (Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports)

CHICAGO – U.S. Soccer Wednesday announced that midfielder Lindsey Horan has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not travel to the Netherlands for the U.S. women’s national team match against the reigning European champions on Nov. 27.

Horan will be replaced on the roster by midfielder Jaelin Howell.

Horan is doing well and is observing the appropriate quarantine protocols. Her positive test came during the U.S. Soccer’s pre-trip testing procedures. No other players have tested positive at this time.

The 20-year-old Howell, who is fresh off helping Florida State win the 2020 Atlantic Coast Conference women’s soccer championship in which she scored twice, attended the USWNT’s October training camp in her home state of Colorado. She is uncapped and like her former youth club teammate Sophia Smith, could become the first player born after the 1999 Women’s World Cup to earn a full national team cap.

Howell earned 29 Under-20 caps and scored two goals.

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.