ATLANTA (May 28, 2026) – U.S. Under-23 Women’s National Team head coach Heather Dyche has called up 20 professional players for a training camp that will run from June 1-June 9 in São Paulo, Brazil. The U.S. U-23 WNT will play two matches against Brasileirão Feminino Série A1 side SC Corinthians Paulista, with the first match on June 5 at DR Joaquim Grava Stadium on the SC Corinthians training ground and the second match on June 9 at Estadio Marcelo Portugal Gouveia at the São Paulo FC youth training ground in Cotia.
Corinthians are currently in first place in their league and finished as runners-up in the inaugural FIFA Women's Champions Cup last February, losing 3-2 to Arsenal FC in the championship game in London.
This is the third training camp of 2026 for the U.S. U-23 WNT, which will be in Brazil along with the full USWNT, meaning 46 of the top players in the USA will get to experience the host country for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Emma Hayes’ senior side will play Brazil on June 6 in São Paulo and June 9 in Fortaleza. When the USWNT travels to Fortaleza, the U-23s, who will attend the June 6 match, will stay in São Paulo to finish their training camp.
U.S. U-23 WNT Roster by Position – (Club/College; Hometown)
International Training Camp and Matches – São Paulo, Brazil
Goalkeepers (2): Neeku Purcell (Seattle Reign FC; Seattle, Wash.), Jordan Silkowitz (Bay FC; Fairfax, Va.)
Defenders (7): Jordyn Bugg (Seattle Reign FC; El Cajon, Calif.), Carolyn Calzada (Portland Thorns FC; Sugar Hill, Ga.), Kate Del Fava (Utah Royals; Kenosha, Wis.), Eva Gaetino (Denver Summit FC; Dexter, Mich.), Leah Klenke (Houston Dash; Houston, Texas), Ayo Oke (Denver Summit FC; Lawrenceville, Ga.), Evelyn Shores (Angel City FC; Atlanta, Ga.)
Midfielders (5): Sofia Cook (Gotham FC; Huntington Beach, Calif.), Ally Lemos (Orlando Pride; Glendora, Calif.), Yuna McCormack (Denver Summit FC; Mill Valley, Calif.), Taylor Suarez (Angel City FC; Charlotte, N.C.), Pietra Tordin (Portland Thorns FC; Miami, Fla.)
Forwards (6): Trinity Byars (San Diego Wave FC; Richardson, Texas), Maddie Dahlien (Seattle Reign FC; Edina, Minn.), Jordynn Dudley (Gotham FC; Milton, Ga.), Mia Fishel (Seattle Reign FC; San Diego, Calif.), Madison Haley (Brighton & Hove Albion, ENG; Dallas, Texas), Kat Rader (Houston Dash; Stuart, Fla.)
The U-23 WNT roster features six players who have experience with the senior USWNT in defenders Jordyn Bugg, Eva Gaetino and Ayo Oke, forwards Maddie Dahlien and Mia Fishel, and goalkeeper Jordan Silkowitz. All except Silkowitz have senior WNT caps. Hayes has emphasized that at times players who are age-eligible for the U-23s will move between that team and the senior USWNT and these six players represent that philosophy.
On occasion, a U.S. U-23 WNT roster may feature several “overage” players, all born within a certain number of years before the age-eligible players, which this year are players born on or after Jan. 1, 2003, and this is the case for this trip.
The USA’s five “overage” players on the roster for Brazil are Bay FC’s Silkowitz (born in 2000), Denver Summit defender Gaetino (2002), Utah Royals defender Kate Del Fava (1998), Brighton & Hove Albion forward Madison Haley (1998) and the Seattle Reign’s Fishel (2001).
After a highly successful 2025 for the U.S. U-23 WNT, a year in which 14 players who saw minutes with the U-23s eventually earned full USWNT call-ups (counting the 2026 January training camp), this event continues the emphasis of U.S. Women’s National Team head coach Emma Hayes on this age group as a vitally important part of the continued growth and depth of the senior side.
Additional Notes:
- Of the 19 NWSL players in camp, nine are in their first seasons in the league, including Eva Gaetino who has transferred from PSG to Denver Summit FC for her first NWSL season, and Ayo Oke, who played her first professional season in Mexico with Pachuca before signing with Denver. Seven players are in both their first NWSL season and first professional season.
- This year, Jordyn Bugg and Maddie Dahlien, both from Seattle Reign FC, made the USA’s 2026 SheBelieves Cup roster. Dahlien earned her third cap and first start on March 1 vs. Argentina but Bugg departed camp early due to injury. Bugg’s last match for the senior team was Jan. 27 vs. Chile and she has six senior team caps. Oke also earned a senior team cap this year, her first ever. She started and earned her first assist in the Jan. 27 match vs. Chile.
- Thirteen of the 15 U-23 age eligible players on this roster are from two different birth years – 2003 and 2004. Taylor Suarez (Angel City FC) was born in 2005 and Bugg was born in 2006.
- Eleven players on the roster have represented the USA in the FIFA Women’s World Cup at the youth level: goalkeeper Neeku Purcell (Seattle Reign FC), defenders Bugg, Leah Klenke (Houston Dash) and Oke, midfielders Ally Lemos (Orlando Pride), Suarez and Yuna McCormack (Denver Summit FC), and forwards Trinity Byars (San Diego Wave FC), Dahlien, Jordyn Dudley (Gotham FC) and Pietra Tordin (Portland Thorns FC).
- Seattle Reign FC has the most players on the roster with four. Expansion side Denver Summit FC has three.
- Bugg, Dahlien, Dudley, Klenke, McCormack, Lemos, Suarez and Tordin were all a part of the U.S. team that took third at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. Tordin led the team with four goals in that tournament, which included a hat trick against Paraguay. She scored four goals for the Portland Thorns in her rookie year and has three goals so far this season.
- Seven players on the roster have scored in this NWSL season: Byars, Dahlien, Gaetino, Evelyn Shores (Angel City FC), Kat Rader (Houston Dash), Dudley and Tordin.
- Forward Madison Haley is the only player on the roster who is not playing in the NWSL. She helped Brighton & Hove Albion finish seventh in the England Women’s Super League this season, scoring four goals in 17 league matches and three more in four England Women’s FA Cup games. The former Stanford star was a long-time U.S. Youth National Team player, having played with U.S. teams from the U-14 to the U-18 age levels. She scored four goals for the USA at the 2013 Concacaf Women’s U-17 Championship. Haley is the daughter of five-time Super Bowl winner and NFL Hall of Famer Charles Haley.
- Thirteen players on this roster were a part of the rosters from the first two U-23 WNT camps of the year: goalkeepers Purcell and Silkowitz, defenders Oke, Shores, Carolyn Calzada (Portland Thorns FC), midfielders Sofia Cook (Gotham FC), Klenke, Lemos, McCormack, Suarez and forwards Rader and Tordin.
