USA vs. Brazil: Starting XI & Lineup Notes

USWNT vs. Brazil – International Friendly
Date: April 5, 2025
Venue: SoFi Stadium; Inglewood, Calif.
Broadcast:TNT, truTv, Max, Universo & Peacock
Radio: Westwood One Sports & Futbol de Primera
Official Kickoff Time: 2:07 p.m. PT

USA Starters: 21-Phallon Tullis-Joyce; 23-Emily Fox, 4-Tara McKeown, 14-Emily Sonnett, 19-Crystal Dunn; 17-Sam Coffey, 10-Lindsey Heaps (Capt.), 9-Ally Sentnor, 2-Trinity Rodman, 20-Catarina Macario, 11-Alyssa Thompson

Available Subs: 3-Korbin Albert, 5-Alana Cook, 6-Emily Sams, 7-Ashley Hatch, 8-Jaedyn Shaw, 12-Gisele Thompson, 13-Avery Patterson, 15-Michelle Cooper, 16-Claire Hutton, 18-Mandy McGlynn, 22-Yazmeen Ryan, 24-Lily Yohannes

Not Dressing: 1-Jane Campbell

MATCH HUB | FIVE THINGS TO KNOW

• USWNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (Including this match): Heaps (164), Dunn (158), Sonnett (106), Fox (65), Rodman (47), Coffey (32), Macario (22), Thompson (16), Sentnor (6), McKeown (4), Tullis-Joyce (1)
• Phallon Tullis-Joyce, 28, earns her first career cap. She becomes the 28th goalkeeper to earn a cap for the USWNT and first since Mandy McGlynn did so on Oct. 30 of last year against Argentina. The Manchester United netminder is the most played-in of the U.S. goalkeepers, having made has made 24 starts the club across all competitions this season, recording 15 clean sheets for the Reds.
• Trinity Rodman returns to the U.S. lineup for the first time since the 2024 Olympic gold medal game on Aug. 20, 2024, marking 238 days between starts and games for the USWNT. She will earn her 47th cap and make her 29th start. She has 10 career goals.
• Tara McKeown earns her fourth career cap and makes her third start. She started the first game of the SheBelieves Cup vs. Colombia, came off the bench against Australia, and started against Japan. She will start her third game next to Emily Sonnet after having done so twice at the 2025 SBC.
• Ally Sentnor, the 2024 U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year, earns her sixth cap and makes her third career start. She scored her first career USWNT goal in her first career start against Colombia on Feb. 20 and scored again against Japan on Feb. 26.
• Lindsey Heaps, who is having another great season in France, will earn her 164th career cap. She is 21st on the all-time caps list, chasing Carla Overbeck, who has 170. Heaps will captain the USA for the 37th time.
• Emily Sonnett starts in the center of the defense to earn her 106th career cap. She played the full 90 minutes against Colombia on Feb. 20 before sitting out the match against Australia on Feb. 23.
• Studio city native Alyssa Thompson will get to play in front of her hometown crowd. This will be her 16th cap. This will be just her fifth career start. Her younger sister Gisele is on the bench today.
• Sam Coffey earns her 32nd career cap and 24th career start. Coffey played the full 90 minutes in the 2024 Olympic gold medal game victory over Brazil.
• Catarina Macario, who was born in São Luís, Brazil before moving to the capital of Brasilia and then to San Diego, Calif., at the age 12, will play against the country of her birth for the first time. She will earn her 22nd career cap and is looking to hit double-figures in goals with her next international score. Against Colombia on Feb. 20, 2025, she scored her first USWNT goal in 712 days.
• Crystal Dunn earns her 158th cap and her third since playing 90 minutes in the 2024 Olympic gold medal game win over Brazil. It will be her 127th career start. Only 33 players in U.S. history have 125 or more caps, never mind starts.
• Emily Fox gets the start at right back where she’s been a stalwart for Arsenal FC this season. Fox will earn her 66th cap, tying Tierna Davidson and Natasha Kai for 55th all-time in U.S. history. This is her 55th career start.