The reigning Olympic champion U.S. Women’s National Team will return to the field after a four-month break from international play for two October matches against Spain, the world’s top-ranked women’s soccer team and defending Women’s World Cup champion. In what will be two highly anticipated matches between the two top-ranked teams in the world, the first match will take place Oct. 10 at Audi Field, in Washington D.C. (2:30 p.m. ET on TBS and HBO Max in English and on Telemundo, Universo and Peacock in Spanish) in a match presented by Purina with the second on Oct. 13 at Subaru Park in Chester, Pa. (7 p.m. ET on TNT and HBO Max in English and on Universo and Peacock in Spanish) in a match presented by AT&T.
U.S. WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER BY POSITION (CLUB; CAPS/GOALS)
2026 OCTOBER MATCHES VS. SPAIN
GOALKEEPERS (3): Claudia Dickey (Seattle Reign FC; 11), Jordan Silkowitz (Bay FC; 0), Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Manchester United, ENG; 7)
DEFENDERS (9): Tierna Davidson (Gotham FC; 70/3), Kate Del Fava (Utah Royals FC; 0/0), Emily Fox (Arsenal FC, ENG; 78/1), Avery Patterson (Houston Dash; 14/1), Lilly Reale (Boston Legacy FC; 9/0), Tara Rudd (Washington Spirit; 12/0), Evelyn Shores (Angel City FC; 0/0), Gisele Thompson (Angel City FC; 11/0), Kennedy Wesley (San Diego Wave FC; 7/1)
MIDFIELDERS (6): Lindsey Heaps (Denver Summit FC; 178/40), Jaelin Howell (Gotham FC; 6/1), Claire Hutton (Bay FC; 20/1), Rose Lavelle (Gotham FC; 122/29), Mallory Swanson (Chicago Stars; 103/38), Lily Yohannes (OL Lyonnes, FRA; 20/1)
FORWARDS (8): Trinity Byars (San Diego Wave FC; 0/0), Michelle Cooper (Kansas City Current; 14/1), Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit; 57/13), Emma Sears (Racing Louisville FC; 21/6), Ashley Sanchez (North Carolina Courage; 28/3), Pietra Tordin (Portland Thorns FC; 0/0), Alyssa Thompson (Chelsea FC, ENG; 32/4), Sophia Wilson (Portland Thorns FC; 63/25)
CELEBRATING CRYSTAL DUNN: The match on Oct. 10 at the home of the National Women’s Soccer League’s Washington Spirit will feature a special pre-game retirement celebration for legendary USWNT defender Crystal Dunn, who was the NWSL MVP while playing for the Spirit in 2015. Dunn, 33, called time on a brilliant 12-year senior international career which also saw her play in the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup and the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, at which she helped lead the USA to the top of the podium in Japan. Her effervescent personality, selflessness for her team and penchant for dancing at the drop of a beat always endeared her to teammates and coaches for club and country. As one of the first Black stars of the U.S. Women’s National Team, especially as a field player, Dunn has long been a role model to many young players of color across the country who aspired to reach the highest levels of the game. Dunn’s career will be remembered for her versatility, her tremendous one-on-one defending, her ability to perform far above her size (5-foot-1), her popularity among her teammates, her ability to inspire generations of U.S. Women’s National Team players and for a heck of a lot of winning. She finishes her WNT career tied for 22nd on the USA’s all-time caps list with 160 and tied for 27th on the all-time goals list with 25, an impressive feat for someone who was primarily a defender for the majority of her WNT career. The first 2,000 fans through the gates will receive special edition commemorative Crystal Dunn bobbleheads.
DMV CONNECTIONS: Four players on this roster have connections to the Washington D.C. area. Arsenal defender Emily Fox and OL Lyonnes midfielder Lily Yohannes are both from Virginia and will have the opportunity to play close to home this Saturday in Washington, D.C. Audi Field or “Rowdy Audi” is home to the Washington Spirit where Trinity Rodman and Tara Rudd play. The pair will have the opportunity to play for their country in their home stadium on Saturday, both for the second time. Rodman first played for the U.S. at Audi Field on July 16, 2024, in a sendoff match ahead of the 2024 Olympics vs. Costa Rica. Rudd did so on July 2, 2025, in the All-State Continental Clasico win over Canada.
32 DEBUTS IN FIRST 32 GAMES: U.S. head coach Emma Hayes gave 32 players their international debuts in the first 32 matches since she officially started her position as head coach of the USWNT in June of 2024. There have been no debuts in the last eight matches, but that could change with five uncapped players on the roster for the Spain matches (Jordan Silkowitz, Trinity Byars, Pietra Tordin, Evelyn Shores or Kate Del Fava). She has now coached 40 total matches for the USA. Before Hayes, Jill Ellis gave 30 players their first caps in 132 games at the U.S. helm while Vlatko Andonovski debuted 18 players in 65 games. In matches when at least one player debuted, the U.S. is 19W-0L-1D, including Hayes’ first three matches , where three players made their debuts and the USWNT won all three matches. At the end of 2025, Hayes had given 27 debuts in 29 matches. On Dec. 1, 2025, Kate Wiesner became the 50th different player to start a match under Emma Hayes in her then 32 matches as USWNT head coach. Hayes has now given caps to 60 different players. Of those 60 players, 56 have started a match. No other fulltime USWNT manager named more than 36 different starters in their first 30 games. In 2025 alone, Hayes gave 44 different players caps, the most of any coach in the 40 years of the USWNT program. So far in 2026, Hayes has given caps to 41 different players. To open 2026, she gave five players their first caps in the first camp of the year: forward Reilyn Turner, forward Maddie Dahlien, midfielder Sally Menti, midfielder Riley Jackson and defender Ayo Oke. This camp is the first camp since January 2026 where there are uncapped players on the roster.
TEAM NOTES
- The roster features the return of forward Ashley Sanchez, who is having an historic season in the National Women's Soccer League, having scored 20 goals in 27 matches so far for the North Carolina Courage, tying the record for most goals in any single NWSL season. Sanchez, who has 28 caps and three international goals and was a member of the USA's 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup Team, was last called up in January of 2025 but has not played in a match for the USA since Oct. 30, 2024, against Argentina.
- The Spain matches will commence two years and two months since Mallory Swanson last played in a match for the USA. She currently has 103 caps and 38 goals, which puts her in 17th on the USA's all-time goal scorer list at the age of 28.
- During the April matches against Japan, forward Sophia Wilson made her first USWNT roster in 15 months following her pregnancy and the birth of her daughter in September of 2025. In June against Brazil, she scored her first goal as a mom in the 2-1 loss on June 6 and then forced the Brazil own goal in the 1-0 win on June 9. The 25-year-old‚ Wilson‚ has 63 caps for the USWNT along with 25 goals.
- Wilson is the 18th mother to play for the USWNT. Should Swanson see game action against Spain, she will become the 19th.
- The four uncapped players on this roster are Jordan Silkowitz, Evelyn Shores, Pietra Tordin and Trinity Byars.
- The call-up for Tordin boosts the number of players from the USA's 2024 FIFA U-20 Wom-en's World Cup Team who have received senior team call-ups to eight.
- Byars is the tenth player from the USA's 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Team to re-ceive a senior team call-up.
- Three players on this roster have more than 100 caps, led by Heaps (178) and followed by Lavelle (122) and Swanson (103).
- Four players have between 50-100 caps: Emily Fox (78), Tierna Davidson (70), Wilson (63) and Rodman (57).
- Eleven players have 11 or fewer caps.
- Of the 23 field players on the roster, 16 have scored in an international match, led by Heaps with 40 international goals. Swanson has 38 goals; Lavelle has 29 and Wilson has 25. The only other player in double figures is Rodman with 13.
- The only field players on the roster who haven't scored in an international match are de-fenders Tara Rudd (12 caps), Gisele Thompson (11 caps), Lilly Reale (nine caps) and the four uncapped players, Kate Del Fava, Trinity Byars, Pietra Tordin and Evelyn Shores.
- The roster features 22 NWSL players and four who are currently playing for clubs in Europe.
- Nineteen different professional clubs are represented on the roster. Gotham FC has three players on the roster while Angel City FC, Bay FC, the Washington Spirit, San Diego Wave FC and Portland Thorns FC have two players each.
- With the European season just kicking off, three of the four European-based players are on clubs participating in the UEFA Champions League with Lily Yohannes at OL Lyonnes, Alyssa Thompson at Chelsea FC and Emily Fox at Arsenal FC.
- The average age of this 26-player training camp roster is 25.0. Heaps and Lavelle are the only players on the roster who have passed their 30th birthday.
- The average caps per player heading into the first match against Spain is 33.9.
- The three goalkeepers in camp have a total of 18 career caps. Claudia Dickey has 11 and Phallon Tullis-Joyce has seven.
- There is just one teenager on the roster in 19-year-old Lily Yohannes.
- Heaps (32) is the oldest player on the roster while Yohannes is the youngest.
- The USA is currently second in the FIFA Women's World Rankings while Spain sits atop the rankings.
- These matches will mark the 18th and 19th times that the USWNT has played a match that has featured the two top-ranked teams in the world.
- Fifteen of those have been against Germany, one against Norway and one against Eng-land.
- The U.S. is unbeaten in each of these matches with an 11W-0L-6D record overall.
IN FOCUS: SPAIN
FIFA World Ranking: 1
UEFA Ranking: 1
World Cup Appearances: 3 (2015, 2019, 2023)
Best Finish: Champions (2023)
Record vs. USA: 1W-3L-0D
Head Coach: Sonia Bermúdez (ESP)
SPAIN WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM ROSTER BY POSITION (CLUB; CAPS/GOALS)
GOALKEEPERS (3): 1-Misa Rodriguez (Arsenal FC, ENG; 25), 13-Eunate Astralaga (Athletic Club; 0), 23-Adriana Nanclares (Athletic Club; 7)
DEFENDERS (9): 2-Ona Batlle (Arsenal FC, ENG; 76/2), 3-Oihane Hernández (Orlando Pride, USA; 27/1), 4-Irene Paredes (FC Barcelona; 128/14) 5-Maria Méndez (Reale Madrid CF; 23/3), 6-Andrea Medina (Manchester United, ENG; 0), 15-Laia Codina (West Ham United, ENG; 27/2), 16-Mapi León (London City Lionesses, ENG; 62/2), 17-Lucia Corrales (London City Lionesses, ENG; 8/1), 19-Eva Navarro (Real Madrid CF; 32/5)
MIDFIELDERS (6): 8-Natalia Ramos (Liverpool, ENG; 0/0), 11-Alexia Putellas (London City Lionesses, ENG; 148/42), 12-Patricia Guijarro (FC Barcelona; 79/14), 20-Clara Pinedo (Athletic Club; 0), 21-Fiamma Benitez (Club Atlético de Madrid; 14/2) 22-Clara Serrajordi (FC Barcelona; 6)
FORWARDS (7): 7-Salma Paralluelo (OL Lyonnes, FRA; 50/16), 9-Claudia Pina (FC Barcelona; 30/17), 10-Athenea Del Castillo (Real Madrid CF; 68/18), 14- Alba Redondo (Juventus; 47/16), 18-Ornella Vignola (Everton FC, ENG; 1), 24-Edna Imade (FC Bayern Munich, GER; 8/5), 25-Ainhoa Marin (Real Sociedad; 0)
USA vs. SPAIN HISTORY:
- Spain’s relatively recent ascension to the top of the women’s game is one factor that has contributed to the USA and Spain having faced each other only four times in their histories.
- The USA won the first three games: 1-0 in Alicante, Spain at the start of 2019, 2-1 in the Round of 16 at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Reims, France, and 1-0 at the 2020 SheBelieves Cup in Harrison, N.J.
- Spain won the most recent meeting, picking up its first-ever victory over the USA in 2022, winning 2-0 in Pamplona, Spain, and then went on to win the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia/New Zealand, putting La Roja atop the world for the first time.
SPAIN NOTES:
- Spain is the reigning Women’s World Cup Champions, having qualified for the tournament three times (2015, 2019, 2023) and the Olympics once (2024).
- In 2023, Spain became one of just five countries to be crowned world champions after defeating England in the World Cup final,1-0. That was Spain’s first and only world championship at the senior level thus far, but Spain has been excellent at the youth level, winning two FIFA U-17 WWC tournaments and two FIFA U-20 WWC tournaments, including just a few weeks ago at the 2026 FIFA U-20 WWC in Poland.
- Spain’s Aitana Bonmatí won the 2023 WWC golden ball while her teammate Jennifer Hermoso won the silver ball. Neither is on this roster. Bonmatí, Hermoso and Alba Redondo were tied for third-most goals scored in the 2023 Women’s World Cup with several others. Six other Spain players scored at the 2023 Women’s World Cup including Olga Carmona and Salma Paralluelo who each had two goals.
- Spain won its UEFA Women's World Cup qualifying group by taking 15 points from its six matches with the only blemish a 1-0 loss to England on April 14 in London. Spain reversed that result and more on June 5, winning 4-0 in Mallorca on two goals from Putellas and one each from Patri Guijarro and Claudia Pina.
- In their lone Olympic appearance, Spain earned fourth place, falling 1-0 to Germany in the third-place match. Alexia Putellas scored two goals in the tournament, and six other players scored one each.
- Spain has competed in five European Championships, earning Runners-Up in the 2025 competition. The four other appearances were 1997, 2013, 2017 and 2022.
- Spain has made two Nations League Finals appearances, one in 2024 and the other in 2025, winning both of titles.
- Spain features some of the world's best players, including attacking midfielder Aitana Bonmatí a three-time world player of the year in 2023, 2024, and 2025, attacking midfielder Alexia Putellas, the world player of the year in 2021 and 2022 and some of the best young players in the world in forward/midfielder Vicky Lopez and forward Salma Paralluelo.
- Spain's 6-1 World Cup berth-clinching win over Iceland featured two goals from Lopez and one each from Edna Imade, Paralluelo, Pina and Bonmatí.
- These will be only the second and third matches for the USA against Spain on U.S. soil with the first and thus far only match coming in the 2020 SheBelieves Cup. Putellas won the SheBelieves Cup MVP award that year.
- Twelve of Spain’s 25 players on this roster play club soccer domestically. Nine players play in England for six different clubs. Oihane Hernandez plays in the USA for the NWSL’s Orlando Pride, Enda Imade plays in Germany for Bayern Munich and Paralluelo plays in France for OL Lyonnes.
- World power FC Barcelona has the most players of any club on Spain’s roster with four. Real Madrid is tied for next most with England’s London City Lionesses with three players each. Athletic Club and Arsenal FC had two players called up.
- The USA’s Emily Fox plays at Arsenal with Spain’s Misa Rodriguez and Ona Batlle. Lily Yohannes plays at OL Lyonnes with Paralluelo. Phallon Tullis-Joyce plays at Manchester United with Andrea Medina.
- Spain has lost just two games since the end of the 2024 Olympics, both to England, both by 1-0 scores and both at Wembley Stadium. Spain has played 27 matches since the end of the Olympics. The USA has played 30 games since the end of the Olympics and lost five as Emma Hayes undertook the process to revamp and deepen the player pool.
- After announcing their original roster, Spain had to make three changes due to injury. OUT: M Mariona Caldentey, GK Cata Coll, F Vicky Lopez. IN: #8 Natalia Ramos (M), #13 Eunate Astralaga (GK), #14 Alba Redondo (F).
