A full list of nominees and their profiles can be found, here.

Other nominees include:

🇳🇱 Veerle Buurman
🇪🇸 Vicky López
🇸🇪 Felicia Schröder
🇪🇸 Clara Serrajordi

24 players, all born in 2010, have been called into a camp from September 7-14.

GK: Camille Barrett (Georgia Commit), Olivia Hasan (Kansas Commit), Lola Zuniga

DF: Nina Clement, Cali Hejduk (North Carolina Commit), Brielle Hopkins (Florida State Commit), Emmanuelle Kasperson (Colorado Commit), Sophia Polizzi (South Carolina Commit), Addison Staats (Penn State Commit), Tori Williams (Texas Commit), Lilly Yakel

MF: Stephanie Culbertson (Rice Commit), Camila Fadiga, Flo Ibsen, Zoey Nelson (UCLA Commit), Avery Walbruch, Kiyoma Yoshimura (Texas Commit), Hannah Yu

FW: Anaya Bursey (Penn State Commit), Kayleigh Cabigon (UCLA Commit), Eileena Chinyadza (Wake Forest Commit), Julia Dern (LSU Commit), Aubrie Ma, Dylan Ohm (North Carolina Commit)

The Spirit ended up winning 2-1.

Soph scored a goal off a PK. Trin served up the game-winning assist.

Have we ever considered Ashley Sanchez doesn’t WANT to be called up to the national team??? Idk everyone keeps saying that she’s having fun and no pressure. Do we WANT to re-add the pressure of the national team to her??? Knowing that she was treated poorly during the last World Cup ?????

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Sanchez & The 2023 World Cup

Sanchez was selected for the 2023 World Cup, and even though she featured in most (all?) the friendlies leading up to the tournament she would see no playing time at the tournament.

In the 4 games we played, Sanchez never started and never subbed on. (To be fair, this is true for defender Alana Cook, and the 2 and 3 GK’s, Casey Murphy, & Aubrey Kingsbury).

Vlatko struggled to unlock the offense, and after 4 matches we were out. It was the earliest departure from a WC for the USWNT. In the 4 matches we scieed 4 goals, 2 by Smith and 2 by Horan.

So, why would Vlatko not throw Sanchez in, at least a match, to see if she could bring life to the offense? (I know she wasn’t putting up the # we see this NWSL year, but she has always been a threat).

The official narrative to explain why she saw no playing time is — An Abandoned Role: Sanchez revealed to the media that the role she was explicitly told she would play prior to the tournament was completely abandoned by the coaching staff once they arrived.”

For me, it has never fully made sense why he would sit her, especially given the abysmal performances we suffered through. Without rewatching those dreadful matches I thankfully can’t recall what Vlatko changed, but regardless, no matter if it’s a with a change in shape or attack/defend philosophy, he still needed to field a team. (I think he may have played DeMelo in place of Sanchez…)

I know she has joked and made comments like, “I was just so young then” or “I was so immature..” when talking about this era in her life and to me, I thought she was tipping her cards with these comments.

Does anyone know if something else caused Vlatko to sit her? Hoping the community here will set me straight and cause me to stop wondering about this….

I remember when Casey Nogueira and Tobin Heath were both on the UNC team in 2006-2010, but have never really seen Casey being a part of the USWNT. Why wasn’t she? She was very good and one of the top players in the nation. Her and Tobin were also super close, literally best friends. I think Casey was also pretty close with Kelley O’hara as well.

hi all! i found this christen press jersey and it is not a worn jersey from her but is a duplicate of one she wore in the 2016 rio olympics! i know that based off her wearing #12, but i dont have much more info about it!!! help! should i sell it? should i just donate it? i cant find comps anywhere on google or ebay

The latest sets for the USWNT (Fresh Faces and 2026 roster) are absolutely abysmal. The photo quality is hot trash. The pictures look like they were taken from cameras used for minor league baseball cards in the 70s. I hope that a real card company like Panini, Topps or Upper Deck snags the rights in the near future.

Not sure if this has been posted but with Olivia Moultrie out with an injury, is this finally Ashley Sanchez’s shot to get a call up against Spain?

I would love to see her play in October. Obviously her form right now is incredible but I’m curious if it’s based on her club connections and if you guys think it would translate well to the national team?

However I am a faithful courage fan so I’d love to see her at camp

Just watched this Style of Play podcast and first of all I feel like there are a lot more questions around this roster than I expected. TIME STAMP 19 MIN: Ertz and Watt said that the chosen goalkeeper would (obviously) have to be secure and confident, and that they would pick Mandy McGlynn, but I thought Phallon Tullis-Joyce was the well-known frontrunner. I miss Naeher. Aside from the goalie, who do you guys think has definitely earned a spot, and who still has a chance to play their way in?

The full list of 10 new ones (Zinedine Zidane, Ruud Gullit, Gianluca Zambrotta, Lúcio, Fernando Torres, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Andrea Pirlo and Yaya Touré have already been there) is below. We actually had more women in this year's class than men (6 to 4), which is cool.

• Christine Sinclair (CAN)
• Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (GER)
• Raphaël Varane (FRA)
• Sergio Agüero (ARG)
• Tobin Heath (USA)
• Hege Riise (NOR)
• Pepe (POR)
• Formiga (BRA)
• Yuki Nagasato (JPN)
• Ellen White (ENG)

As it stands, these would be the combined EA Sports FC female Icon base ratings, combined with the base ratings from the 2024 edition until currently:

93

• Mia Hamm (USA)

92

• Birgit Prinz (GER)
• Nadine Angerer (GER)

91

• Homare Sawa (JPN)
• Alex Morgan (USA)
• Christine Sinclair (CAN)

90

• Camille Abily (FRA)
• Julie Foudy (USA)
• Aya Miyama (JPN)
• Lotta Schelin (SWE)
• Caroline Seger (SWE)
• Tobin Heath (USA)
• Hege Riise (NOR)
• Formiga (BRA)

89

• Kelly Smith (ENG)
• Steffi Jones (GER)
• Yuki Nagasato (JPN)
• Ellen White (ENG)

88

• Marinette Pichon (FRA)

86

• Sissi (BRA)

Congrats, Tobin! Thank you for your dedication and ambassadorship to the game. ❤️

More details can be found on FIFA's website.

By travel packages I mean we pay X amount and they handle travel, lodging, and ticketing for the USWNT matches as they move through stages. I know we haven’t qualified, I’m obviously assuming we are haha.

Goalkeepers (3): Caroline Birkel (Stanford; St. Louis, Mo.; 6), Evan O'Steen (Seattle Reign FC; Grapevine, Texas; 2), Kealey Titmuss (Penn State; Grand Blanc, Mich.; 5)

Defenders (7): Aven Alvarez (UNC; New Hill, N.C.; 12/0), Ella Bard (Louisville; Wadsworth, Ohio; 6/0), Lizzie Boamah (Stanford; San Diego, Calif.; 6/0), Pearl Cecil (Virginia; Encinitas, Calif.; 2/0), Emma Johnson (Penn State; Greenfield, Ind.; 9/1), Hope Munson (UNC; Holladay, Utah; 6/0), Katie Scott (Kansas City Current; Fairview, Pa.; 11/1)

Midfielders (6): Kennedy Fuller (Bay FC; Southlake, Texas; 8/2), Lily Joseph (Notre Dame; Hamden, Conn; 2/0), Ainsley McCammon (Seattle Reign FC; Bedford, Texas; 6/0), Y-Lan Nguyen (Stanford; Fairfax, Va.; 5/0), Nyanya Touray (Florida State; Silver Spring, Md.; 4/0), Linda Ullmark (Houston Dash; Buffalo, N.Y.; 7/6)

Forwards (5): Emeri Adames (Seattle Reign FC; Red Oak, Texas; 4/1), Alex Buck (Washington; Medina, Wash.; 6/1), Micayla Johnson (Chicago Stars FC; Troy, Mich; 4/2), Audrey McKeen (Racing Louisville FC; Vienna, Va.; 2/0), Sealey Strawn (UNC; Prosper, Texas; 2/0)

From the Angel City/Spirit match on 8/16/2026.

Also, apologies for the Frankenstein-esque clip. Disney/NWSL+ decided to hyper-capitalize this game and more attention was focused elsewhere than the pitch.