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The U.S. women’s national team ends the calendar year in Europe with two friendlies against England and the Netherlands. Head coach Emma Hayes has lined up a 24-player squad for the upcoming matches, with more than 70,000 tickets already sold for the USWNT’s clash against England at Wembley Stadium on November 30. The national team will then head to the Hague Stadium and face the Netherlands on November 30. December 3.
See who made the selection:
USWNT roster (club; caps/goals)
Goalkeepers (3): Mandy Haught (Utah Royals FC; 1), Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Manchester United, ENG; 0), Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars; 113)
Defenders (9): Tierna Davidson (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 64/3), Emily Fox (Arsenal FC, ENG; 60/1), Eva Gaetino (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA; 1/0), Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave FC; 42/2), Casey Krueger (Washington Spirit; 59/0), Alyssa Malonson (Bay FC; 1/0), Jenna Nighswonger (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 17/2), Emily Sams (Orlando Pride; 2/0 ), Emily Sonnett (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 101/2)
Midfielders (6): Korbin Albert (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA; 20/1), Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns FC; 26/1), Hal Hershfelt (Washington Spirit; 2/0), Lindsey Horan (Olympique Lyon, FRA; 159/36) , Rose Lavelle (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 108/24), Lily Yohannes (Ajax, NED; 1/1)
Forward (6): Yazmeen Ryan (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 2/0), Emma Sears (Racing Louisville FC; 2/1), Ally Sentnor (Utah Royals FC; 0/0), Jaedyn Shaw (San Diego Wave FC; 8/19) , Alyssa Thompson (Angel City FC; 11/1), Lynn Williams (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 73/20)
No triple espresso
The roster includes fifteen players who were part of the 2024 Olympic squad, but without forwards Trinity Rodman, Mallory Swanson and Sophia Smith. The offensive line dubbed “triple espresso” was responsible for ten of the USWNT’s twelve Olympic goals. Smith and Swanson will begin their offseason recoveries from lingering injuries, while Rodman will play with her club team, Washington Spirit, in the NWSL Championship on Saturday, November 23.
“Let me be clear: none of these players ever want to miss a match because they are playing for their country. So I want to be very clear about that… I want to make sure that these players are prepared for a long time to come. And if “You’re at the end of a season and you’re playing a lot, your body is tired, your mind is tired, then sometimes it can become risky,” Hayes told the media about the choice to rest the attack. trio.
Their absence means there will be even more opportunities to see rotations along different lines in the coming matches. Lower capped players earn extra minutes, and young players can showcase their skills in attack.
Another young selection with newer names
The youngest addition to the selection is Lily Yohannes and the 17-year-old currently plays for club AFC Ajax. Yohannes, who made her debut in June, is one of several players to earn their first senior cap under Hayes, with seven players recently earning their first ever USWNT cap in a single international window. The midfielder had options to represent the United States or the Netherlands prior to her international career.
“It is extremely important to us to have the commitment of Lily Yohannes, and I am so grateful to everyone involved. From Lily to her father and the federation. Everyone shows how important it is: you have to get the plan right when someone like Lily is faced with such an interesting choice, but she has been very clear with me this week. I had a really good conversation with her,” Hayes said of Yohannes representing USWNT
‘May was so much fun [camp] for her to have thought about it ever since, and now she really wants to move forward with her international career. She knows she has to work hard because the playing pool is so strong, but I think she is an exceptional talent, and I am very happy that in the coming years we can develop a very young Lily Yohannes to prepare her for a future with the national team.”
For the winter series in Europe, Hayes plans to maintain some of the same personnel rotation efforts. Players are tested from their favorite positions and evaluated in various duos and trios.
Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Manchester United) and Ally Sentnor (Utah Royals FC) are two additional players who can earn their first minutes for the senior national team.