STANFORD, Calif. – 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. and on June 29 at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, before taking on Canada on July 2 at Audi Field in Washington, D.C. in the Allstate Continental Clasico.
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 former Cardinal 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.
Girma will clash with fellow Cardinal and former San Diego Wave teammate Kyra Carusa, who will once again suit up for Ireland.
Ireland WNT Head Coach Carla Ward said: “The two games against USA are an opportunity for us to work together on a number of things – both on and off the pitch – as we build towards the UEFA Nations League Play-Off against Belgium in October. We will be coming up against the best team in women’s football, so we will have a plan for those games but it’s also important that we make the most out of this camp as a whole.
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 USWNT 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.