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USWNT: Roster announced for Brazil friendlies — Trinity Rodman returns, Avery Patterson receives first call-up

Update (31-Mar-2025): As expected, center-back Tierna Davidson has been withdrawn due to her knee injury. Outside-back Gisele Thompson has been called from the U-23 USWYNT as a replacement. (U.S. Soccer press release) On 5-April-2025, the rest of this post was been updated accordingly.

Washington Spirit forward Trinity Rodman is back with the United States Women’s National Team for the first time since the 2024 Summer Olympics.

The addition of Rodman is just one of several changes from February’s SheBelieves Cup roster that USWNT head coach Emma Hayes has made for the squad that will face Brazil twice in early April. Defenders Jenna Nighswonger and Gisele Thompson; along with forwards Lynn Biyendolo, who has a minor lower leg injury, and Emma Sears have not been called up.

Meanwhile, goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce, defender Alana Cook, and forward Ashley Hatch also return to the official USWNT fold. Hatch most recently attended the January 2025 USWNT camp. Both Hatch and Cook have not appeared in a USWNT match since 2023.

The Houston Dash’s Avery Patterson is receiving her first call-up to the USWNT. Patterson attended the January 2025 U-23 USWYNT “Futures Camp”, where she was listed as a forward. Here, the versatile flank player is listed as a defender, so she will likely be trialed as an outside-back, a position she has played for the Dash, as well as her former NCAA team, the North Carolina Tar Heels.

2025 SheBelieves Cup: Roster Round-Up, Match Schedule, and TV/Streaming Details

With the 2025 SheBelieves Cup kicking off on Thursday, February 20th, here is a round-up of all four teams’ rosters and related articles, plus the tournament’s match schedule.

2025 SheBelieves Cup: USWNT roster announced — Still no “Triple Espresso”, Uncapped players include Michelle Cooper, Claire Hutton, Tara McKeown, and Gisele Thompson

With her first SheBelieves Cup roster, United States Women’s National Team head coach Emma Hayes has provided plenty of fodder for discussion, not only regarding the typical player selection and positional questions, but also some other matters, namely the misguided inclusion of just two goalkeepers.

For the second-straight international window the USWNT will be without its “Triple Espresso” trio of forwards: Trinity Rodman, Mallory Swanson, and Sophia Wilson (née Smith). While in the November-December window, the reasons for all three players’s absences were injury-related, this time only Rodman’s absence was explained in U.S. Soccer’s press release as due directly to injury:

For Rodman, the official reason given that she is “still regaining her fitness as she rehabs her back injury”.
Wilson’s absence could be related to her ankle injury, though the reason given by U.S. Soccer was that she is “not physically ready for National Team competition”. Additionally, Wilson got married at the end of January, so part of the rationale could be an excused absence.
Swanson has not yet reported to the Chicago Stars (Bluesky post) due to unspecified “personal reasons”, so her absence was expected. In the roster release, U.S. Soccer used the phrase “personal commitments”.

Also unavailable are some other key players, including center-back Naomi Girma, who is recovering from a minor calf injury, midfielder Rose Lavelle, who had ankle surgery during the off-season, and midfielder Croix Bethune, who is returning to fitness after suffering a torn meniscus.

As this year’s SheBelieves Cup comes at an early stage in the cycle for the next Women’s World Cup, there is the opportunity for experimenting with different players and line-ups. With the unavailability of the above players, that opportunity is both expanded and necessary.

Thus, it is not really a surprise that Hayes has selected a relatively inexperienced squad, especially after her rosters for the last two international windows. The USWNT’s 23-player roster has just six players with 60 or more USWNT caps while the remaining 17 all have 30 or less caps, with 10 of those 17 players having four or less caps.

U-23 USWYNT: Roster for 2025 “Futures Camp” Announced — 2024 MAC Hermann winner Kate Faasse gets first call-up since 2018

“A ros[t]e[r] by any other name…”

(Although U.S. Soccer does not publicly classify the January 2025 Futures Camp as an Under-23 Women’s Youth National Team camp, for all intents and purposes, it is.)

Update #2 (10-Jan-2025): Due to the Los Angeles wildfires, both the USWNT camp and the Futures camp will be moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Those camps will now run from January 17 to 23, which is a day shorter than the originally announced dates of January 14 to 21.

Update (9-Jan-2025): Midfielder Taylor Huff has signed with Bay FC (press release). The text below has been updated accordingly.

The “Futures” roster selected by USWNT head coach Emma Hayes features an intriguing mix of professional and collegiate players with numerous expected names and some unexpected selections as well as some head-scratching non-selections.

None of the players have senior USWNT caps, and only one player, Angel City outside-back Gisele Thompson, has previously trained with the senior USWNT.

Of the 25 players named, 12 played professionally in 2024. All but one of the 12, goalkeeper Neeku Purcell of USL Super League side Brooklyn FC, plied their trade in the National Women’s Soccer League.

Among the 2024 collegiate players, at least six have turned professional for the 2025 NWSL season. Those six include 2024 U-20 USWYNT forwards Maddie Dahlien of UNC and Pietra Tordin of Princeton, who both went pro with a year of NCAA eligibility left.

The Futures Camp is scheduled to take place from January 14th to the 21st at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California, which is about 16 miles south of the Los Angeles wildfires. The camp will be concurrent with a USWNT camp that will feature seven uncapped players. All current USWYNT head coaches will be helping to run this camp, along with USWNT head coach Emma Hayes and her staff.

USWNT: January 2025 Domestic Camp Roster Announced — Only NWSL Players, No “Triple Espresso”, Rose Lavelle out due to ankle surgery

Update #3 (16-Jan-2025): Center-back Naomi Girma has withdrawn due to a “minor calf issue” (USWNT x.com post, confirmed by Meg Linehan). No replacement will be called in.

Update (8-Jan-2025):

Lynn Williams has been withdrawn due to a hamstring issue and will be replaced by uncapped midfielder Hannah Bebar.
Also, there has been no official word on whether the wildfires in Los Angeles will impact this camp.

For the second camp in a row, the “Triple Espresso” trio of Mallory Swanson, Sophia Smith, and Trinity Rodman will not be involved in a United States Women’s National Team camp. According to U.S. Soccer, the official reason for the absence of the three forwards is “off-season rest and recovery from injuries”.

The 26-player roster announced by U.S. Soccer on Tuesday also does not include any European-based players, in part due to the fact that this camp falls outside a FIFA international window, which means that clubs do not have to release their players.

An additional absence is 29-year-old midfielder Rose Lavelle, who is recovering from ankle surgery. She will also miss the upcoming SheBelieves Cup (Bluesky post).

Of the 26 players called in, 13 have three or less caps, including seven players who are uncapped and receiving their first USWNT call-ups. The uncapped players are goalkeepers Angelina Anderson and Claudia Dickey; defenders Tara McKeown and Ryan Williams; midfielders Hannah Bebar and Nealy Martin; and forward Ella Stevens.

This USWNT camp will run from January 14th to the 21st and will be held concurrently with a “Futures” camp, which is expected to be an Under-23 camp (Bluesky post). The roster for that camp will be released on Wednesday. The seven uncapped players will be profiled along with the “Futures” camp players in forthcoming posts.

USWNT: Roster for friendlies versus England and Netherlands announced — No “Triple Espresso”, First call-ups for Ally Sentnor and Phallon Tullis-Joyce

The “Triple Espresso” trio of Mallory Swanson, Sophia Smith, and Trinity Rodman will not be playing Wembley in 2024 as all three players have been left off the United States Women’s National Team roster for its final friendlies of the year due to injury issues and/or match load issues. In their place, head coach Emma Hayes has retained first-timers Yazmeen Ryan and Emma Sears from the October roster and has called up Utah Royals forward Ally Sentnor into her first senior USWNT camp. One other player has been given her first call-up this window: Phallon Tullis-Joyce, who is currently the starting goalkeeper for Manchester United in the Women’s Super League. Meanwhile, midfielder Lily Yohannes, who recently committed to the United States, returns for her first camp since June. Also, center-back Tierna Davidson returns after missing the October friendlies due to a minor hamstring strain.

Along with Smith and Swanson, four other players from the 27 players called up for the October friendlies were not named to this 24-player roster: Goalkeeper Jane Campbell, who suffered a muscle injury while training with the USWNT in October; midfielder Olivia Moultrie, who has an ankle or leg issue (Bluesky); defender Hailie Mace; and midfielder Ashley Sanchez.

Over a third of the USWNT’s roster for this camp features players with two or less senior caps: In addition to the two uncapped players, Sentnor and Tullis-Joyce, eight players have either one or two caps, including all seven of the previously uncapped players that were called up for the October friendlies plus the returning Yohannes.

USWNT: Roster Announced for October 2024 Friendlies — 6 Uncapped Players, No Trinity Rodman — Plus Match Schedule and TV/Streaming Details

Update (25-Oct-2024): Jane Campbell has been withdrawn due to a “muscle injury during training” and is replaced by Utah Royals goalkeeper Mandy Haught, who has U-20 USWYNT experience. (U.S. Soccer)

On Thursday, U.S. Soccer announced the United States Women’s National Team roster for its upcoming domestic friendlies against #13 Iceland and #33 Argentina. For the three matches, head coach Emma Hayes has called up 26 players, including six who are uncapped at the senior international level.

Among the players not called in are Washington Spirit forward Trinity Rodman, who is rehabilitating a back injury, and Catarina Macario, who was a late scratch from the USWNT’s Olympic roster. The reason given for Macario’s absence is that she is not back to being a regular starter at Chelsea (x.com post quoting Emma Hayes).

The six uncapped players include Olympic alternates Hal Hirshfelt and Emily Sams, defenders Alyssa Malonson and Eva Gaetino, plus forwards Yazmeen Ryan and Emma Sears.

Notable returnees include Kansas City Current outside-back Hailie Mace, who was last in camp with the USWNT back in January 2023, plus two members of the USWNT’s 2023 WWC roster: Angel City forward Alyssa Thompson and North Carolina Courage midfielder Ashley Sanchez.

USWNT: 26 Players Called In Ahead of the 2020 SheBelieves Cup

With Olympic qualification successfully out of the way, the United States Women’s National Team will hold their first post-qualifying camp later this month as Vlatko Andonovski’s squad prepares for the upcoming SheBelieves Cup, and more importantly, the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Andonovski has called back all twenty players from the USA’s CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship roster, plus six additional players, including uncapped Washington Spirit midfielder Jordan DiBiasi.

The five other additions are goalkeeper Jane Campbell, defender Tierna Davidson (who missed qualifying primarily due to a minor injury), outside back candidate Margaret Purce, outside back Casey Short, and forward Mallory Pugh. Continue reading “USWNT: 26 Players Called In Ahead of the 2020 SheBelieves Cup”

USWNT: Roster For 2020 Olympic Qualifying Announced

For his first official tournament roster, recently installed United States Women’s National Team head coach Vlatko Andonovski elected not to make any significantly surprise selections, choosing only experienced players, including 18 players from last year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup squad, for the upcoming CONCACAF Women’s Olympic Qualifying Championship.

With no retirements after last year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup and all core WWC players available, except for the pregnant Alex Morgan, Andonovski chose just two players who were not in France last year: NC Courage forward Lynn Williams and Washington Spirit midfielder Andi Sullivan. Continue reading “USWNT: Roster For 2020 Olympic Qualifying Announced”

USWNT: Roster Announced For Last Camp Before Olympic Qualifying

On the last Friday of 2019, U.S. Soccer released the roster for the United States Women’s National Team’s first camp of 2020, which will run from Sunday, January 5th to Wednesday, January 15th, and will be held in Florida. This will be the last camp before CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying, which kicks off on January 28th.

External Link: Andonovski Names 28-Player Training Camp Roster To Kick Off 2020 For The U.S. Women’s National Team (U.S. Soccer)

New USWNT head coach Vlatko Andonovski has called in 28 players, including 22 member of the USA’s 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup squad. Of that squad, all but Alex Morgan (pregnancy) have been named to this roster. Continue reading “USWNT: Roster Announced For Last Camp Before Olympic Qualifying”