The number of clubs that have now released their initial preseason rosters for 2025 is now six with the addition of the San Diego Wave and the Washington Spirit, which both published their rosters on Tuesday.
Neither the Wave nor the Spirit has invited any non-rostered players.
The only player news from Tuesday’s roster releases is that San Diego Wave forward Kyra Carusa has exercised her player option for 2025, and thus will remain with the Wave for this upcoming season.
Additionally, United States Women’s National Team defender Naomi Girma officially remains on the Wave’s books, although she is expected to sign with Chelsea in the very near future.
In addition to its signed players, the Pride have also invited three non-rostered players, who have all played at least four seasons of collegiate soccer:
DeAira Jackson, a goalkeeper who played for Grand Canyon University and Cal State Fullerton
Simone Jackson, a forward who played for the USC Trojans and was on the USA’s squad for the 2022 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup
Aryssa Mahrt, a midfielder who played for Wisconsin and San Diego State
With the 2025 preseason window now underway, three National Women’s Soccer League clubs published their initial preseason rosters: The Kansas City Current, the Seattle Reign, and the Utah Royals.
(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.
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 #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 (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.
For the final international window of 2024, Netherlands Women’s National Team head coach Andries Jonker originally called up 26 players for friendlies against China and the United States Women’s National Team. On December 1st, forward Fenna Kalma replaced the withdrawn Damaris Egurrola.
The team continues to be without their all-time leading goal-scorer, Vivianne Miedema (120 caps, 96 goals; OnsOranje.nl profile), who underwent knee surgery for the second time this year, back at the end of October (Man City news item). She previously had “minor” knee surgery around March 1st (BBC). Miedema missed the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup due an ACL injury (The Guardian) and has only played five matches for the Netherlands WNT since September 2022 (OnsOranje.nl match log).
Five other players were also not available due to injuries or health reasons:
Midfielder Victoria Pelova (55 caps, 4 goals; OnsOranje.nl profile), who suffered an ACL tear during a Women’s Euro qualifier in June 2024 (Arsenal.com).
Defender Aniek Nouwen (43 caps, 2 goals; OnsOranje.nl profile) sustained an ACL tear in December 2023 (Chelsea news item) and is expected to be back to match fit in January 2025 (x.com post).
Defender Caitlin Dijkstra (23 caps, 1 goal; OnOranje.nl profile), who suffered an ankle injury in May 2024 and underwent ankle surgery in late July 2024. (Wolfsburg news item). She was expected to be out for “several months”.
One other player, defender Merel van Dongen (63 caps, 2 goals; OnsOranje.nl profile) was not called into due to her playing for Monterrey in the second leg of the Liga MX Feminil Apertura Final on Monday, November 25th (OnsOranje.nl recap of China friendly).
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.
On Thursday, November 14th, the first camp of the 2024-25 cycle for the Under-16 United States Women’s Youth National Team got underway in Chula Vista, California. The camp, which is being held concurrently with a U-15 USWYNT camp, runs from the 14th to Wednesday, November 20th.
All but two of the players named to the camp’s roster have 2009 birth years: NWSL professional Mak Whitham, who was born in 2010, and midfielder Loradana Paletta, who has a 2011 birth year.
Eight players called up are apparently attending their first United States youth national team camp.
With the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup becoming an annual tournament in 2025, some U-16 and U-15 players could be called up to the U-17 USWYNT this cycle.
On Thursday, November 14th, the second camp of the 2024-25 cycle for the Under-15 United States Women’s Youth National Team got underway in Chula Vista, California. The camp, which is being held concurrently with a U-16 USWYNT camp, runs from the 14th to Wednesday, November 20th.
Head coach Ciara Crinion has called in 24 players, including 14 players from the previous camp as well as three players who are apparently attending their first U.S. youth WNT camp. One of the players from the September U-15 camp, midfielder Loradana Paletta, who was named to the roster for the concurrent U-16 USWYNT camp.
For this cycle, the primary birth year for the U-15 USWYNT is 2010. One notable player with a 2010 birth date not at this camp is NJ/NY Gotham FC forward Mak Whitham, who was also called up to the concurrent U-16 USWYNT camp.
One of the players attending this camp, forward Stella Spitzer, currently plays for the Carolina Ascent of the new USL Super League on an academy contract.
On Wednesday, October 30th, the United States Women’s National Team will play a much younger Argentina from the squad the USA faced earlier this year in the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup. Of the 20 players originally selected by head coach Germán Portanova for this camp, only 13 were on Argentina’s 22-player Gold Cup roster. However, due to injuries, three players had to withdraw. Two of those players were replaced, while the third, midfielder Romina Núñez was a late scratch, so Argentina will only have 19 players available for the friendly.
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