Hayes Names USWNT Roster for Upcoming Matches

ATLANTA (June 18, 2025) – U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Emma Hayes has named the 25-player training camp roster for the upcoming matches against the Republic of Ireland on June 26 at DICK’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo., presented by Allstate (7 p.m. MT / 9 p.m. ET on TBS, truTV and Max, Universo & Peacock in Spanish and on the radio on Westwood One Sports)and on June 29 at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio (3 p.m. ET on TNT, truTV and Max, Universo & Peacock in Spanish and on the radio on Westwood One Sports)before taking on Canada on July 2 at Audi Field in Washington, D.C. in the Allstate Continental Clasico(7:30 p.m. ET on TNT, truTV & Max and Universo &Peacock in Spanish and on the radio via Westwood One Sports).

Tickets for all three matches are available on ussoccer.com.

As Hayes shared last week, the roster does not feature almost all of the USA’s European-based players with those players getting this FIFA window off to rest and recuperate after long European seasons. Only defender Naomi Girma of Chelsea FC currently plays her club soccer abroad, meaning 24 players on the roster are from National Women’s Soccer League clubs. Hayes will name 23 players to suit up for each of the three matches.

U.S. Women’s National Team Roster by Position (Club) – June/July Matches vs. Ireland and Canada

GOALKEEPERS (3): Angelina Anderson (Angel City FC; 0), Claudia Dickey (Seattle Reign FC; 0), Mandy McGlynn (Utah Royals; 3)

DEFENDERS (10):Kerry Abello (Orlando Pride; 1/0), Jordyn Bugg (Seattle Reign FC; 0/0), Naomi Girma (Chelsea FC, ENG; 46/2), Lilly Reale (Gotham FC; 0/0), Tara McKeown (Washington Spirit; 6/0), Avery Patterson (Houston Dash; 4/0), Izzy Rodriguez (Kansas City Current; 0/0), Emily Sams (Orlando Pride; 4/0), Emily Sonnett (Gotham FC; 108/2), Gisele Thompson (Angel City FC; 3/0)

MIDFIELDERS (6): Croix Bethune (Washington Spirit; 3/0), Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns FC; 35/2), Claire Hutton (Kansas City Current; 3/0), Rose Lavelle (Gotham FC; 110/24), Sam Meza (Seattle Reign FC; 0/0), Olivia Moultrie (Portland Thorns FC; 7/2)

FORWARDS (6): Lynn Biyendolo (Seattle Reign FC; 80/24), Michelle Cooper (Kansas City Current; 6/1), Yazmeen Ryan (Houston Dash; 9/0), Emma Sears (Racing Louisville; 5/1), Ally Sentnor (Utah Royals; 9/4), Alyssa Thompson (Angel City FC; 19/1)

The roster features four players earning their first-ever call-ups – defenders Jordyn Bugg, Lilly Reale and Izzy Rodriguez and midfielder Sam Meza -- meaning Hayes has now given 27 players their first USWNT call-ups. Six players on the roster have yet to be capped at the senior level and 19 players (76% of the roster) have fewer than 10 caps.

“We want to continue to improve our understanding of how we want to play and widen the player pool, and those are some of the key goals of this three-game window,” said Hayes. “On this roster, we have players with a varied amount of experience, and my priority is to deepen the exposures required for international soccer. These are three challenging matches and as always, we want to win, but also to make sure we are ready for the next steps.”

The roster does include the return of World Cup and Olympic champion midfielder Rose Lavelle, owner of 110 caps, 24 international goals and a goal in the 2019 Women’s World Cup Final. Lavelle has recovered from ankle surgery and will suit up for the USA for the first time in about six and half months, last playing for the USWNT in the final match of 2024 against the Netherlands in The Hague.

Lavelle’s inclusion will give her the chance to play in her hometown of Cincinnati, where she attended Mount Notre Dame High School and is one of the most popular local athletes of the last decade.

The roster features just six players who have played in a world championship at the senior level, and one of those is midfielder Croix Bethune, the 2024 NWSL Rookie of the Year and a member of the 2024 Olympic Team (she played in one match in France), who returns after a long recovery from knee surgery. She has not played with the USA since the Olympics. Houston Dash forward Yazmeen Ryan also returns to the roster after being unavailable for selection during the last FIFA window due to injury. 

The other five players on the roster who have world championship experience are forward Lynn Biyendolo --who had a two-goal performance in her last USWNT outing in a 4-0 win over Jamaica on June 3 to bring her international goal total to 24 in 80 caps–defender Emily Sonnett (108 caps), midfielder Sam Coffey (35 caps), Girma and Lavelle. Fourteen players on this roster were on World Cup Teams for the USA at the U-17 or U-20 levels or both.

Ally Sentnor, who notched her first two-goal game in a U.S. uniform on June 3 against Jamaica, gets another call-up. She and the other five forwards on the roster have combined for 19 goals in the NWSL so far this season.

Additional Notes:

• The average age of the 25-player roster is 24.5. This will be one of the most inexperienced rosters, caps-wise, in the modern history of the USWNT. The average number of caps per player on this roster is just 18.4. If you take out the six players who have world championships experience, the average caps of the remainder of the roster is 3.3. 
• Two players may get to play in their club’s home stadium on July 2 in the Allstate Continental Clasico in Washington Spirit defender Tara McKeown and midfielder Croix Bethune.
• All four of the first-time call-ups have featured on a U.S. roster in the FIFA Youth World Cup, emphasizing the importance of the YNT pathway to the senior National Team.
• Lilly Reale (2022), Jordyn Bugg (2024) and Izzy Rodriguez (2018) played in the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup while Sam Meza was on the USA’s 2018 FIFA U-17 WWC Team but did not see action.
• Meza is a rare player who has won a Concacaf title at the U-15, U-17 and U-20 levels for the USA. She would likely have played in a U-20 Women’s World Cup, but her age group saw their World Cup cancelled due to the global pandemic. Meza also earned two caps with the U.S. U-23 WNT in 2022 and was a part of the roster for the U.S. U-23 WNT trip to Germany last month when the Americans split games with the Germans. 
• Four players -- Anderson, Bugg, Reale and Meza – were part of the U.S. U-23 WNT roster traveled to Germany during last FIFA window, a clear indication of the pathway from the U-23s to the senior team.
• All three of the goalkeepers in this camp have earned first call-ups this year or at the end of last, but only Mandy McGlynn has caps (3) while Seattle Reign FC netminder Claudia Dickey and Angel City FC ‘keeper Angelina Anderson will be looking to earn their first senior team appearances. All three have experience with the U.S. U-20s.
• Twenty-five-year-old Kerry Abello, a four-year NWSL veteran and former Penn State star, gets her second call-up after debuting onJune 3 vs. Jamaica.
• The roster features a rarity: three left-footed outside backs in Abello, Reale and Rodriguez.
• There will be four teenagers in training camp in Bugg (who at 18 years old is the youngest player in camp) and Olivia Moultrie, Claire Hutton and Gisele Thompson, all 19.There are 18 players on the roster in their 20s and three in their 30s.
• In Colorado, Emma Hayes will be returning to the site of her first game as head coach of the USWNT, a 4-0 win over Korea Republic on June 1, 2024. This will be the USWNT’s ninth match all-time at DICK’s Sporting Goods Park, home to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. The USA is 7-0-1 at the venue with the most recent game being Hayes’ debut last summer.
• The USA has played 23 games all-time in the state of Ohio, but this will be just the third at TQL Stadium, which opened in 2021 and is home to FC Cincinnati of MLS.
• Rose Lavelle played in the first USWNT match at TQL Stadium but missed the second due to injury, so this match marks her second chance to play in front of her hometown crowd with the U.S. Women’s National Team.
• The USWNT last played at TQL Stadium in Sept. of 2023 vs. South Africa, a 3-0 win, which was also Julie Ertz’s Farewell Match.
• The USA played at Audi Field, home to the Washington Spirt of the NWSL and DC United of MLS, last year in the final game before the 2024 Olympics. The match ended in a 0-0 tie against Costa Rica despite the USA dominating proceedings. This match will mark the third for the USWNT at Audi Field.