How to watch the USWNT vs. China in Saturday's international friendly
One of the younger USWNT groups of recent years begins an important if leisurely summer stretch. The American national team has five friendlies coming up over a period of less than five weeks, beginning with Saturday's match against China.
The three goalkeepers tout a combined four international caps. Rising star center back Naomi Girma is 24 years old. Trinity Rodman is 23, Korbin Albert is 21 and Alyssa Thompson is just 20. This first friendly is a good opportunity for manager Emma Hayes to see where this young group stands in its development.
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The U.S. women, FIFA's top-ranked team, have three wins and two losses in 2025. The USWNT won its first two tilts with Colombia and Australia in the SheBelieves Cup, but lost to Japan on the third and final match day. That 2-1 defeat was a stinger — Tōko Koga's decisive goal in the 50th minute hushed an otherwise raucous San Diego crowd.
The U.S. side then split a pair with Brazil, winning 2-0 on April 5 before dropping the follow up, 2-1, three days later. Rodman broke through in the fifth minute of that first Brazil contest, and Lindsey Heaps added insurance on a penalty try. Catarina Macario netted a score in the opening minute of the rematch, but Amanda Gutierres came up with the improbable winner in stoppage time.
The USWNT has a 38-9-13 record against the Chinese national team. China lost in the group round of the 2023 World Cup. It scored blowout wins over Thailand (5-1) and Uzbekistan (5-0) last month, but finished third in the four-team Pinatar Cup back in February. The Steel Roses are 17th in the latest FIFA rankings.
2015: 'Carli Lloyd sprinted toward the right sideline, her face contorted in joy, before she aimed a flying kick at the corner flag. Her teammates, giving chase close behind, mobbed her in celebration, forming a jubilant tornado of white jerseys and neon green socks. Fifty minutes had gone by in the United States' World Cup quarterfinal match against China on Friday when Lloyd took flight near the penalty spot and drilled a powerful header into the lower corner of the goal to break a scoreless tie.' — Andrew Keh
1996: 'They have been together a long time close to a decade for some of them — and tonight the American women won a prize they could not have imagined when they began assembling. By beating a spirited and talented China, 2-1, they won a gold medal in the first women's soccer tournament in Summer Games history. Tiffeny Milbrett scored the historic goal in the 68th minute at the end of a fast break begun by Mia Hamm on the right side, who pushed the ball to Joy Fawcett in the middle, who set up Milbrett racing in from the left. The attendance was 76,481, apparently the largest crowd to watch a women's game anywhere in the world.' — George Vecsey
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