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- 18 members of 2024 Olympic Gold Medal squad called up
- Mallory Swanson and Rose Lavelle to be honored for 100 Caps
- Emily Sonnett nearing 100 appearances
- Trinity Rodman among absences due to injury
- Kelley O’Hara Retirement Ceremony set for Halftime on Oct. 27
CHICAGO – The U.S. Women’s National Team is ‘Headin’ South’ for its Olympic Gold Medal Tour.
The U.S. women will face Iceland on Thursday, Oct. 24 at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas (7:30 p.m. ET / 6:30 p.m. CT on TBS, Max, Universo and Peacock) and Sunday, Oct. 27 at GEODIS Park in Nashville, Tenn. (5:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. CT on TNT, truTV, Max, Universo and Peacock), and Argentina on Wednesday, Oct. 30 at Lynn Family Stadium in Louisville, Ky. (7 p.m. ET on TNT, Universo, truTV, Max and Peacock).
Head coach Emma Hayes has named the 26-player training camp roster for the October 2024 FIFA women’s international match window.
U.S. Women’s National Team Roster – October Friendlies 2024
Players listed by Position (Club; Caps/Goals)
GOALKEEPERS (3):
- Jane Campbell (Houston Dash; 8)
- Casey Murphy (North Carolina Courage; 19)
- Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars; 112)
DEFENDERS (9):
- Emily Fox (Arsenal FC, ENG; 57/1)
- Eva Gaetino (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA; 0/0)
- Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave FC; 40/0)
- Casey Krueger (Washington Spirit; 56/0)
- Hailie Mace (Kansas City Current; 8/0)
- Alyssa Malonson (Bay FC; 0/0)
- Jenna Nighswonger (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 15/2)
- Emily Sams (Orland Pride; 0/0)
- Emily Sonnett (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 99/2)
MIDFIELDERS (7):
- Korbin Albert (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA; 18/1)
- Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns FC; 24/1)
- Hal Hershfelt (Washington Spirit; 0/0)
- Lindsey Horan (Olympique Lyon, FRA; 156/35)
- Rose Lavelle (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 106/24)
- Olivia Moultrie (Portland Thorns FC; 4/2)
- Ashley Sanchez (North Carolina Courage; 27/3)
FORWARDS (7):
- Yazmeen Ryan (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 0/0)
- Emma Sears (Racing Louisville FC; 0/0)
- Jaedyn Shaw (San Diego Wave FC; 16/7)
- Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns FC; 56/23)
- Mallory Swanson (Chicago Red Stars; 100/38)
- Alyssa Thompson (Angel City FC; 9/0)
- Lynn Williams (NJ/NY Gotham FC; 71/19)
The USWNT will return to the field for the first time since winning the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Eighteen members of the U.S. Olympic Team were named, including Sophia Smith and Mallory Swanson.
Trinity Rodman will not attend training camp as she will stay with her club to continue her rehabilitation from a back injury while attackers Alyssa Thompson and Ashley Sanchez, both members of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup team, return to the fold.
Swanson, Lavelle, O’Hara to be honored
Two players will be honored for earning 100 caps on this trip: Swanson, who earned her 100th cap in the Olympic gold medal game on Aug. 10, and midfielder Rose Lavelle, who played in her 100th game for the USA on June 4. Swanson will be honored pre-game in Nashvilleon Oct. 27 while Lavelle will be honored pre-game on Oct. 30 in Louisville. Kelley O’Hara, one of the legendary players in USWNT history, will be honored at halftime on Oct. 27, having announced her retirement from professional soccer earlier this year.
Just four players on this roster have 100 or more caps: Lindsey Horan (156), Alyssa Naeher (112), Rose Lavelle (106) and Mallory Swanson (100), but defender Emily Sonnett is on 99 caps and will become the 45th USWNT player to hit 100 with her next appearance.
The U.S. roster for these three matches features 22 NWSL players and four players from European clubs. Midfielder Korbin Albert, who scored in Olympic group play against Australia and assisted on the game-winning goal in the gold medal game, and Gaetino come into camp from Paris Saint-Germain. U.S. captain and midfielder Lindsey Horan comes over from Olympique Lyon after a fast start with the French champions that has seen her score five goals with two assists in her first three league matches of the new campaign, while defender Emily Fox, who scored her first-ever UEFA Women’s Champions League goal on Oct. 16, comes into camp at the start of her season in England with Arsenal FC.
Six Uncapped Players
Hayes named six uncapped players, two of whom were at the Olympics with the USA in midfielder Hal Hershfelt and defender Emily Sams. The other uncapped players are Paris Saint-Germain center back Eva Gaetino, who makes her second USWNT roster, and first-time call-ups defender Alyssa Malonson and forwards Yazmeen Ryan and Emma Sears, all of whom have distinguished themselves in the NWSL this season.
The roster does not include any players from the U.S. Under-20 Women’s Youth National Team that finished third in late September at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia as those players are being given time to reintegrate with their clubs and colleges.
U.S. Soccer is planning to hold a “Futures Camp” alongside the full USWNT training camp in January in Los Angeles that will feature up-and-coming National Team prospects. That event will likely provide opportunities for some of the U-20 WWC bronze medal winners who famously won all three of their knockout round matches that went into overtime.
“There’s no doubt that the summer was brilliant, and we want to make these three games about celebrating some amazing accomplishments and players, but at the same time, we can’t rest on any laurels. Our focus is forward, our focus is on our process, and we want to keep chasing new heights. I love that we get to see most of our Olympic Team again after a few months, but I also love getting to work with some newer players and evaluate how they perform in our environment. Every 90 minutes of an international match is full of learning, for me and the players, and we’re looking forward to three great games for our fans to end our home schedule before we go to Europe in November.”
Emma Hayes
These will be the final domestic matches of year with the USWNT finishing up the 2024 schedule abroad, facing England at Wembley Stadium in London on Nov. 30 and the Netherlands at ADO Den Haag Stadium in The Hague on Dec. 3.
