Coming off a 0-0 draw against England on Saturday in London, the U.S. Women’s National Team will play its 23rd and final game of 2024, taking on the Netherlands on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at ADO Den Haag Stadium in The Hague. Kickoff is slated for 2:45 p.m. ET / 8:45 p.m. CET on TNT, truTV, Universo, Max and Peacock.
Get set for the USWNT’s final match of the year with Five Things to Know about Netherlands vs. USA.
USWNT CLOSES OUT GOLDEN YEAR
The USWNT will close out a golden year in The Hague, capping off another championship year for the Americans, who captured the program’s fifth Olympic gold medal and ninth world championship overall at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. The U.S. heads to The Hauge with an overall record of 17W-1L-4D on the year and unbeaten in 19 consecutive matches.
Tuesday’s match in the Netherlands will be just the second true away game for the U.S. this year and its eighth match outside the country, all of which have come in Europe. ADO Den Haag Stadium will be the 18th different stadium the USWNT has played in this year and the Netherlands the 15th different opponent faced in 2024.
SERIES HISTORY: USA vs. NETHERLANDS
Tuesday’s matchup will be the 12th meeting all-time between the USA and the Netherlands and the fifth in the last six years. The USA leads the overall series with a record of 8W-1L-2D, the lone loss to the Dutch coming in a 4-3 defeat during the first matchup between the teams in 1991 in Vianen, Netherlands. Since then, the USA is unbeaten in its last 10 games against the Netherlands, though each of the last seven meetings between the teams has been decided by two goals or fewer.
Three of the last four matchups between the USA and Netherlands have come at world championships, squaring off most recently in the group stage of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. The teams faced off on July 27 in Wellington, New Zealand and played to a 1-1 draw on the second matchday of Group E play. Jill Roord gave the Netherlands the lead in the 17th minute with a low, driven strike from the top of the box. Lindsey Horan equalized for the Americans in the 62nd minute, heading home a corner kick from Rose Lavelle to pull the U.S. level.
The teams also went head-to-head in the quarterfinals of the delayed Tokyo Olympics, where, tied 2-2 after extra time, the USA defeated the Netherlands 4-2 in a dramatic penalty kick shootout to reach the Olympic semifinals. Lynn Williams had a goal and an assist for the Americans and Alyssa Naeher put in a massive performance for the Americans in goal, saving two penalties during the shootout as well as saving a penalty late in regulation to force overtime. The USA and Netherlands also famously squared off in the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup final, which the U.S. won 2-0 behind goals from Lavelle and Megan Rapinoe to secure the program’s fourth star.
The match in The Hague will be the fourth time the teams have played in the Netherlands and the first since November 27, 2020, when the USA topped the Netherlands 2-0 in Breda in the team’s first match in 261 days after a long pause in programming due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A first half goal from Lavelle and a second half score from Kristie Mewis proved to be the difference as the USA closed its 2020 campaign with a victory. The teams also played in The Hague in 2013, a 3-1 win for the Americans behind an opening goal from Tobin Heath and a brace from Christen Press.
INSIDE THE ROSTER
Netherlands head coach Andries Jonker has called up 26 players for the final international window of the year, which the Netherlands opened with a 4-1 victory over China PR on Friday in Rotterdam. Roord, Wieke Kaptein, Lineth Beerensteyn and Esmee Brugts all scored for the Dutch in the victory as they erased a 1-0 halftime deficit.
Fourteen of the 26 players on this roster where on the Netherlands roster for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, led by team captain Sherida Spitse, whose 237 caps are the most by any active player in women’s international soccer and the most by any player in the history of the Dutch Women’s National Team. Five other players on this roster have over 100 caps, with midfielder Danielle van de Donk (161 caps), defender Dominique Janssen (117), midfielder Jackie Groenen (117), forward Lineth Beerensteyn (109) and Roord (101) bringing a wealth of international experience.
With the Netherlands all-time leading goal scorer Vivianne Miedema sidelined with a knee injury, Spitse is the top scorer on this roster with 45 career international goals, followed by van de Donk (37 goals), Beerensteyn (36) and Roord (29). Twenty-one year-old forward Esmee Brugts, who plays her club soccer for Barcelona and won the UEFA Women’s Champions League last season, is off to a fast start in her young international career with 10 goals in 38 caps.
Like the U.S., the Netherlands also have several less experienced players in camp who are looking to gain valuable minutes and experience on the international stage. Twelve players enter Tuesday’s match with fewer than 10 caps including three players who have yet to make their international debuts.
NETHERLANDS WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM – ROSTER BY POSITION
GOALKEEPERS (3): 1-Daphne van Domselaar (Arsenal FC, ENG), 16-Lize Kop (Leicester City, ENG), 23-Femke Liefting (AZ Alkmaar)
DEFENDERS (6): 2-Lynn Wilms (Vfl Wolfsburg, GER), 3-Ilse van der Zanden (Utrecht), 4-Veerle Buurman (PSV), 18-Kerstin Casparij (Manchester City, ENG), 20-Dominique Janssen (Manchester United, ENG), 26-Lisa Doorn (TSG Hoffenheim)
MIDFIELDERS (11): 5-Nina Nijstad (PSV), 6-Jill Roord (Manchester City, ENG), 8-Sherida Spitse (Ajax), 10-Daniëlle van de Donk (Olympique Lyon, FRA), 14-Jackie Groenen (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA), 15-Kayleigh van Dooren (Twente), 17-Chimera Ripa (PSV), 19-Wieke Kaptein (Chelsea, ENG), 21-Damaris Egurrola (Olympique Lyon, FRA), 24-Ella Peddemors (Twente), 25-Danique Noordman (Ajax)
FORWARDS (6): 7-Lineth Beerensteyn (Vfl Wolfsburg, GER), 9-Romée Leuchter (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA), 11-Esmee Brugts (Barcelona, ESP), 12-Chasity Grant (Aston Villa, ENG), 13-Renate Jansen (PSV), 22-Lotte Keukelaar (Ajax)
CLUB CONNECTIONS
While the U.S. and Netherlands have been frequent foes on the international scene, there is also a great deal of familiarity on the club level, where many players from both sides are teammates.
U.S. midfielder Lily Yohannes plays her club soccer for Ajax alongside Spitse, midfielder Danique Noordman and forward Lotte Keukelaar. Goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar now plays alongside the USA’s Emily Fox for Arsenal FC while elsewhere in England, Janssen plays alongside recent U.S. call-up Phallon Tullis-Joyce at Manchester United. In France, U.S. captain Lindsey Horan plays with van de Donk and midfielder Damaris Egurrola at Olympique Lyon while Korbin Albert is club teammates with Groenen and forward Romee Leuchter at Paris Saint-Germain.
YOHANNES COMMITS TO U.S.
It has been a memorable year for the 17-year-old Yohannes, who was born in the United States but has lived in the Netherlands since the age of 10. Yohannes, who signed a professional contract at the age of 15 with Ajax and attended U.S. Youth National Teams camps at the U-15 and U-16 levels, became the youngest-ever player to start a UEFA Women's Champions League game when she started as a 16-year-old last year in as Ajax beat Paris Saint-Germain 2-0.
She earned her first call-up to the USWNT for the 2024 SheBelieves Cup and became the youngest player to be called up for a full National Team camp since 16-year-old Sophia Smith was called up in April of 2017. Yohannes did not see the field during SheBelieves but had an international debut to remember on June 4 against the Korea Republic in St. Paul, Minnesota, coming on in the second half and scoring her first international goal. At 16 years-old, Yohannes became the third-youngest goal scorer in USWNT history and the youngest since 1994.
On November 11, Yohannes announced that she was committing her international future to the United States and just over a week later, earned her third call-up.
