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Fox Sports
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
Naomi Girma's return headlines USWNT roster for friendlies vs. China, Jamaica
Here's some news that United States women's national team fans will be happy to see: Naomi Girma is back in training camp. USWNT coach Emma Hayes announced a 24-player roster for two upcoming matches — vs. China on May 31 at Allianz Field in St. Paul, Minnesota and vs. Jamaica on June 3 at Energizer Park in St. Louis — and Girma is on it. The star center back has not been part of any USWNT squads in 2025 due to injuries, but is back to fitness after helping Chelsea win the Women's Super League title and FA Cup over the weekend. Other players making their return after a layoff include forward Lynn Biyendolo, who missed the April matches, and Olivia Moultrie, who has not played for the USWNT since the 2024 Concacaf W Gold Cup. Hayes has also called in three uncapped players, including first-time senior team call-ups for Orlando Pride left-footed defender Kerry Abello and Kansas City Current captain and midfielder Lo'eau LaBonta. According to U.S. Soccer, the 32-year-old LaBonta would become the oldest player to debut for the USWNT in program history. Seattle Reign goalkeeper Claudia Dickey is also uncapped, but has been to previous camps under Hayes. She makes up a group of three goalkeepers, which includes Utah Royals' Mandy McGlynn and Manchester United's Phallon Tullis-Joyce, who recently claimed a share of the 2024/25 WSL Golden Glove with a league-high 13 clean sheets. Jane Campbell, who has not played in the last two Houston Dash matches, was not called into this camp. "Everyone always earns their call-ups but there are some much-deserved call-ups in this camp for players who have shown consistency in league play," Hayes said in a statement. "We have two different types of opponents ahead of us, so we'll have to be creative in breaking down those teams in different ways. Now that everyone has settled into a rhythm with their clubs, or is coming right off their European seasons, our players are at a good level. As has been one of our focuses this year, this camp and the following camp are going to be two amazing opportunities to develop squad depth." Other roster notes include the fact that four of the seven forwards on the roster — Michelle Cooper and Ally Sentnor as well as Alyssa and Gisele Thompson — are 22 years old or younger. And Gisele Thompson, who had previously been called up at outside back, will feature on the forward line this camp. U.S. Women's National Team Roster by Position (Club; Caps/Goals) GOALKEEPERS (3): Claudia Dickey (Seattle Reign FC; 0) Mandy McGlynn (Utah Royals; 3), Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Manchester United, ENG; 1) DEFENDERS (8): Kerry Abello (Orlando Pride; 0/0), Crystal Dunn (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA; 159/25), Emily Fox (Arsenal FC, ENG; 66/1), Naomi Girma (Chelsea FC, ENG; 44/2), Tara McKeown (Washington Spirit; 5/0), Avery Patterson (Houston Dash; 2/0), Emily Sams (Orlando Pride; 3/0), Emily Sonnett (Gotham FC; 107/2) MIDFIELDERS (6): Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns FC; 33/1), Lindsey Heaps (OL Lyonnes, FRA; 165/37), Claire Hutton (Kansas City Current; 2/0), Lo'eau LaBonta (Kansas City Current; 0/0), Olivia Moultrie (Portland Thorns FC; 5/2), Lily Yohannes (Ajax, NED; 6/1) FORWARDS (7): Lynn Biyendolo (Seattle Reign FC; 78/22), Michelle Cooper (Kansas City Current; 4/1), Catarina Macario (Chelsea FC, ENG; 23/10), Emma Sears (Racing Louisville; 4/1), Ally Sentnor (Utah Royals; 7/2), Alyssa Thompson (Angel City FC; 17/1), Gisele Thompson (Angel City FC; 3/0) Laken Litman covers college football, college basketball and soccer for FOX Sports. She previously wrote for Sports Illustrated, USA Today and The Indianapolis Star. She is the author of "Strong Like a Woman," published in spring 2022 to mark the 50th anniversary of Title IX. Follow her at @LakenLitman . Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily. Get more from United States Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
New York Times
25-03-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Trinity Rodman returns to the USWNT, Emma Hayes continues to work around notable absences
Trinity Rodman has returned to the U.S. women's national team roster for the first time since winning gold at the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Head coach Emma Hayes named her 24-player roster, and two training players, on Tuesday for the team's upcoming friendlies against Brazil. While the deep dive into player evaluation has continued, there is slightly less turnover in this roster compared to others with 19 players returning from the SheBelieves Cup. Advertisement The only field player on this roster without a national team cap is Houston Dash defender Avery Patterson, earning her first senior team call-up. After being listed as a training player for SheBelieves Cup, Manchester United goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce made the full roster for April and may get the chance for her first cap. There are also multiple notable absences. Center-back Naomi Girma is still out after she left her Chelsea debut match injured earlier this month. Last week, Chelsea head coach Sonia Bompastor continued to confirm Girma was out but did not share a firm timetable for her return at club level. Rose Lavelle continues to recover after ankle surgery in the offseason, and Mallory Swanson's return remains uncertain. She has missed the first two weeks of the NWSL season with no further update provided by the Chicago Stars since March 12. The final third of Triple Espresso, Sophia Wilson, announced her pregnancy earlier this month. Two players will join the camp as training players, with Mia Fishel joining the environment for the first time since she tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) ahead of the Concacaf W Gold Cup in February 2024. Hayes also tapped Angel City FC goalkeeper Angelina Anderson as a training player, marking her return following a call-up to the January camp. 'This roster has Olympians returning, less experienced players continuing to try to prove themselves, a few uncapped players and some players who have seen and done it all. The mix of players along with two games against a dynamic Brazil team who we last saw in the gold medal game means this event will be a lot of fun,' Hayes said in U.S. Soccer's press release. 'All of the players know they have to earn every roster spot, every starting spot and every minute they get as a finisher off the bench.' Goalkeepers (3): Jane Campbell (Houston Dash), Mandy McGlynn (Utah Royals), Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Manchester United) Defenders (8): Alana Cook (KC Current), Tierna Davidson (Gotham FC), Crystal Dunn (Paris Saint-Germain), Emily Fox (Arsenal), Tara McKeown (Washington Spirit), Avery Patterson (Houston Dash), Emily Sams (Orlando Pride), Emily Sonnett (Gotham FC) Advertisement Midfielders (6): Korbin Albert (Paris Saint-Germain), Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns FC), Lindsey Heaps (Lyon), Claire Hutton (KC Current), Jaedyn Shaw (NC Courage), Lily Yohannes (Ajax) Forwards (7): Michelle Cooper (KC Current), Ashley Hatch (Washington Spirit), Catarina Macario (Chelsea FC), Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit), Yazmeen Ryan (Houston Dash), Ally Sentnor (Utah Royals), Alyssa Thompson (Angel City FC) We know you've heard it before, but 2025's major theme is player evaluation at the start of the cycle. Nothing has changed here, even with two 'fun' games against Brazil and the extra spice of the Olympic gold rematch. Hayes has a couple of uncapped players to look at in Tullis-Joyce, finally promoted to the full roster, and Patterson as potential attacking-minded outside back depth. Patterson was part of January's Futures Camp which featured under-23 players alongside the senior team. Hayes has also opted to bring in two veteran players, Alana Cook and Ashley Hatch, for fresh looks in 2025. Their inclusion comes as questions remain around Girma's return and forward options without the entirety of Triple Espresso available. Hatch was called up to the USWNT January camp, but both she and Cook haven't made an appearance for the team since 2023. There are fewer brand new names from Hayes, but she's still working her way through the pool on her own time — and the year remains about as free from pressure as this team experiences, even as the USWNT looks to bounce back from the loss to Japan in the SheBelieves Cup. Hayes still appears to be in individual evaluation mode with a side of tinkering — outside of the midfield which remains unchanged from SheBelieves Cup. Eventually, the switch to building meaningful chemistry will happen across the board ahead of next summer's World Cup qualifiers, but there's still no need to worry about it just yet. Advertisement —Meg Linehan The trade-off for evaluating younger players is that those spots don't exist in a vacuum, and player selections inevitably come at the cost of more experienced players' call-ups. This squad is no exception. Many expected to see Wilson and Swanson miss out again. Girma is also an understandable omission as she settles in with Chelsea and deals with a possible minor injury. Other veterans missed out for various reasons. Lynn Biyendolo has been listed as 'day-to-day' by the Seattle Reign due to a lower leg injury. Abby Dahlkemper has played all 180 minutes of Bay FC's young season but missed this U.S. squad as younger center-backs like Tara McKeown are vetted. Goalkeeper Casey Murphy seemed like a logical successor once Alyssa Naeher retired, but she's missed successive camps as other goalkeepers get assessed. Midfielder Hal Hershfelt seemed to be one of the new regulars for Hayes but hasn't played for the USWNT since the December win against the Netherlands. The midfielder picked up a knock in Washington's regular-season opener and was moving around after the Spirit's loss last weekend in a walking boot. Defender Casey Krueger has been in fine form for Washington but hasn't featured for Hayes since December. She spoke to the Hey Spirits podcast last month, saying she had a conversation with Hayes that indicated the team is moving forward without her. 'It sounds like things are moving forward, which I understand. And I'm happy that the player pool is so deep. Getting everybody experience, giving people the recognition that they deserve, I think that's huge,' Krueger said. 'But it also stinks. I wanted to continue playing with them for as long as I could and continue to push the pool forward and just give the experience that I have, and help in any way that I can. But it looks like that's not the case, so I'll be supporting from afar.' Advertisement Midfielder Ashley Sanchez was part of Hayes' January training camp but hasn't played for the national team since October. The scale of changes plays an obvious role, as Hayes is fully committed to exploring the deep end of her player pool. For more veteran players like Krueger, Murphy, Dahlkemper and even Sanchez, however, each missed squad only leaves more reason to wonder how, if at all, they fit into Hayes' planning ahead of 2027. —Jeff Rueter
The Guardian
27-02-2025
- Sport
- The Guardian
Japan clip USA women for SheBelieves Cup as Emma Hayes' unbeaten run ends
Toko Koga scored early in the second half and Japan handed the United States their first loss under coach Emma Hayes with a 2-1 victory Wednesday night in the SheBelieves Cup title game. The Americans had not lost since last February when they fell 2-0 to Mexico in the Concacaf W Gold Cup. The loss also snapped the US team's string of five titles in the SheBelieves Cup, now in its 10th year. The United States and Japan were both undefeated in the tournament heading into the final match at Snapdragon Stadium. The US had been unbeaten in the last 14 games against Japan. The Americans' last loss to Japan came in 2012. Japan took the early lead with Yuka Momiki's goal in the second minute. But Ally Sentnor tied it for the US in the 14th with an assist from Catarina Macario. Sentnor, the US Soccer Young Player of the Year, has scored in both her starts for the team. Japan pulled back in front on Koga's goal in the 50th minute. She had come into the match as a second-half substitute. Hayes, who took over the team late last May and led the team to a gold medal at the Paris Olympics, made 10 changes to the roster she used in a 2-0 victory over Australia on Sunday. Jane Campbell got her eighth career start in goal for the national team as Hayes looks to develop goalkeepers after Alyssa Naeher's retirement last year. The US team was playing in the tournament without the trio of Mallory Swanson, Trinity Rodman and Sophia (Smith) Wilson. Rodman is rehabbing a back injury, Smith was not yet in game form and Swanson was out for personal commitments. Japan were coming off a 4-1 victory over Colombia on Sunday. Mina Tanaka, who plays for the Utah Royals in the National Women's Soccer League, led all players with four goals and three assists. Colombia got their first win in their SheBelieves finale earlier Wednesday. Wendy Bonilla and Catalina Usme both scored in the 2-1 victory over Australia. The Matildas, playing without star Sam Kerr, were winless in the tournament. Kerr has not played for the national team since ACL surgery last January.
Washington Post
25-02-2025
- Sport
- Washington Post
As season nears, Spirit adds Mexican national team star Rebeca Bernal
With less than two weeks until it takes the field for the first time this year, the Washington Spirit is still making moves. The Spirit on Tuesday announced the signing of Mexican defender Rebeca Bernal on a three-year deal. Bernal, 27, won four titles in eight seasons with C.F. Monterrey and has made 68 appearances for the Mexican national team. She captained Mexico at last year's Concacaf W Gold Cup, where her side beat the United States for the first time in 14 years, and earned Best XI honors for the tournament.
