Washington Mystics gamers Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen have been chosen for the 2026 USA Girls’s Nationwide Staff, USA Basketball introduced on Monday. They may compete at this 12 months’s FIBA Girls’s World Cup.

The duo replaces World Cup gold medalists Kelsey Plum and A’ja Wilson, who aren’t in a position to compete for well being causes, based on USA Basketball officers.

“Simply tremendous, tremendous grateful to be part of this expertise. It’s all the time an honor, representing your nation. So, everytime you get the possibility, it’s simply wonderful,” Citron stated in a video.

Citron joined the Mystics in 2025 and can make her senior debut for the nationwide staff on the World Cup, which begins Friday in Berlin.

“To compete on the world stage alongside among the finest gamers within the sport is an unimaginable alternative, and I’m grateful to signify my household, teammates, coaches, supporters and everybody who has been a part of my journey,” Iriafen stated in an announcement.

The Mystics drafted Iriafen in 2025, and he or she made her USA Basketball debut on the World Cup Qualifying Event in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Staff USA will play in opposition to China Friday, then Italy Sunday and Czechia Monday. You possibly can examine the match’s full schedule right here.