Emma Hayes names the 2024 U.S. Olympic Women’s Soccer Team

Chicago (June 26, 2024) – Emma Hayes, head coach of the U.S. women’s national team, named the 18-player roster plus four alternates for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Only eight players were on the U.S. roster for the 2020 Olympics (which were held in 2021 due to the COVID pandemic -19) They return this summer while 10 players who were members of the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup squad in the United States have been named. The ultimate list for Paris.

Roster of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Women’s Soccer Team by position (Caps/Goals):

Goalkeepers (2): Casey Murphy (North Carolina Courage; 19), Alyssa Naeher (Chicago Red Stars, 104)

Defenders (6): Tierna Davidson (New Jersey/New York Gotham; 58/3), Emily Fox (Arsenal, England; 49/1), Naomi Girma (San Diego Wave FC; 32/0), Casey Krueger (Washington Spirit; 49/0), Jenna Negsonger (New Jersey/New York Gotham FC; 9/2), Emily Sonnett (New Jersey/New York Gotham FC; 91/2)

Midfielders (5): Corbin Albert (Paris Saint-Germain, France; 11/0), Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns; 17/1), Lindsay Horan (Olympique Lyonnais, France; 148/35), Rose Lavelle (New Jersey/New York Gotham; 100/24), Katarina Macario (Chelsea, England, 8/19)

Strikers (5):Crystal Dunn (New Jersey/New York Gotham FC; 147/25), Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit; 38/7), Jaden Shaw (San Diego Wave FC; 14/7), Sophia Smith (Portland Thorns; 48/19) Mallory Swanson (Chicago Red Stars, 92/34)

Alternatives: Goalkeeper Gene Campbell, midfielder Hal Hirschfeldt, midfielder Croix Bethune and forward Lynn Williams.

“Being named to the Olympic roster is a huge privilege and honour and there is no denying that it has been a very competitive process among the players and there are tough choices, especially given how hard everyone has worked over the past 10 months,” Hayes said. “Choosing a roster of 18 players plus substitutes involves many considerations, but I’m excited about the group we’ve selected and look forward to building on the work from last camp as we head into the service matches and on to France. “These are great opportunities for us to continue to show the progress we are making.”

The 2024 U.S. Olympic women’s soccer team will come together for the first time July 8 in New Jersey in preparation for facing Mexico on July 13 (3:30 p.m. ET on TNT, truTV, Telemundo, Universo, Max and Peacock) at Red Bull. Arena in Harrison, NJ in the Impact 99 Legacy Match, presented by New York Life. The USA will then head to the nation’s capital for its 2024 farewell game, presented by The Coca-Cola Company, on July 16 against Costa Rica at Audi Field in Washington, D.C. (7:30 p.m. ET on TNT, True TV, Universo, MAX ). And the peacock).

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, the eighth Olympic Games to feature women’s soccer, the United States will open Group B matches on July 25 — one day before the opening ceremony — against Zambia (9 p.m. local time/3 p.m. ET) at Nice Stadium in Nice . . The Americans will next play Germany on July 28 (9 p.m. local time / 3 p.m. ET) in their second match in Marseille, then wrap up their group showdown against Australia on July 31 (7 p.m. local time / 1 p.m. ET), also in Marseille . Nice is located in southern France, about 600 miles from Paris near France’s borders with Monaco and Italy. Marseille is located 125 miles west of Nice, the second largest city in France.

Before this list was named, 19 USWNT players had previously made three or more Olympic teams. Add to that list three-time Olympians Alyssa Naeher, Crystal Dunn and Lindsay Horan.

Defenders Tierna Davidson, Emily Sonnett and Casey Krueger, midfielders Rose Lavelle and Katarina Macario and forward Mallory Swanson are making their second Olympic team. Krueger and Macario were initially named as alternates for the 2020 Olympics, but when rosters were expanded from 18 to 22 due to the pandemic, they were officially added to the team. They each played a few minutes in one game. Swanson was not included in the 2021 Olympic roster, but he competed in the 2016 Olympics in Brazil when he was 18 years old.

The first-time Olympians are goalkeeper Casey Murphy, defenders Emily Fox, Naomi Girma and Jenna Nighsunger, midfielders Corbin Albert and Sam Coffey and forwards Trinity Rodman, Sophia Smith and Jayden Shaw. For Niggsunger, Albert, Coffey and Shaw, the 2024 Paris Olympics will be their first world championships at senior level.

Hayes also named four alternates who will travel to France and train with the team throughout the Olympics: goalkeeper Jen Campbell, uncapped midfielders Hal Hirschfeldt and Croy Bethune, and forward Lynn Williams. Campbell was also the alternate goalkeeper for the 2020 Olympics in Japan before being moved to the active roster due to the expanded Covid-19 list. Both Hirschfeldt and Bethune attended the USWNT’s first camp in June — which was also Hayes’ first camp — Bethune as a practice player and Hirschfeldt as a full roster member, though she did not see action in either match against South Korea. Williams was a member of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team and the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup squad. She is by far the most experienced alternate with 63 caps and 18 career goals. Williams, the all-time leading scorer in the National Women’s Soccer League, scored in the 2020 Olympic quarterfinal against the Netherlands.

The United States won its first Olympic gold medal for women’s soccer in 1996 in Atlanta, won silver in 2000 in Sydney and then won three straight golds, standing atop the podium in Athens, Greece in 2004, Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012. Falls in the quarterfinals on penalties in 2016 and takes bronze in 2021. The USWNT is 24W-4L-7D all-time in Olympic competition.

Notes on the US Women’s National Soccer Team roster for the 2024 Olympic Games:

• The Olympic roster is divided by position into two goalkeepers, six defenders, five midfielders and five forwards, but many of the players on the roster can play multiple positions for the USA.
• The eight players who will return from the 2020 Olympic team are goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher, defenders Tierna Davidson, Casey Krueger and Emily Sunnett, midfielders Lindsay Horan, Rose Lavelle and Catarina Macario and forward Crystal Dunn.
• Horan and Dunne are the two players with the most Olympic appearances before the tournament, with 10 each. Horan, Dan, Lavelle and Mallory Swanson also scored one goal at the Olympics. Swanson and Dunne scored at the 2016 Olympics in Brazil while Horan and Lavelle scored at the 2021 Olympics in Japan.
• The average age of the 18-man roster is 26.8 years old, the fourth-youngest roster the United States has ever sent to the Olympics and the youngest since 2008. The average age of the 2020 Olympic team was 30.8 years old.
• The U.S. Women’s National Team has competed in every women’s Olympic soccer tournament ever, and will make its eighth appearance ever this summer.
• The roster averages 58 caps per player heading into the two service games, with 43 Olympic games of experience and four Olympic goals. The 2020 Olympic team averaged 111 caps per player heading into the two service games in July 2021, and had a total of 77 Olympic games with 17 Olympic goals at the Tokyo Games.
• Four of the 18 players on the Paris 2024 squad have more than 100 caps, led by Horan with 148 caps. Dan has 147 caps followed by Alyssa Naeher (104 caps) and Lavelle (100). There were nine players on the 2020 Olympic Team with more than 100 caps.
• The least capped player on the list is Jenna Niggsunger, who played nine times for the United States. Corbin Albert has 11 caps.
• At the 2020 Olympics, 22-year-old Davidson was the youngest player on the roster, a distinction she also held at the 2019 World Cup. The youngest player at these Olympics is 19-year-old Jaeden Shaw. She is the fifth-youngest player and fifth teenager ever named to the U.S. Olympic women’s soccer team. Cindy Barlow, Swanson, Tiffany Roberts and Heather O’Reilly are the only younger Olympians in USWNT history.
• There are five players on the roster from California (Tierna Davidson, Naomi Girma, Nighsonger, Catarina Macario and Trinity Rodman) along with three from Colorado (Horan, Sophia Smith and Swanson) and two players who each hail from New York (Sam Coffey and Dunn). and Illinois (Albert and Casey Krueger).
• Of the 16 field players on the list, only Girma, Albert and Krüger have yet to score an international goal.
• Fourteen of the 18 players on the roster have played for the United States at the FIFA Women’s World Cup at youth level.
• There are 14 NFL players on the list and they belong to just six clubs: five from NJ/NY Gotham FC and two each from the Chicago Red Stars, Portland Thorns FC, San Diego Wave FC and Washington Spirit. Murphy is the only representative from the North Carolina Courage.
• The other four players are competing for European clubs and the two players – Horan and Albert – will return to France where they will play football for their rivals Olympique Lyonnais and Paris Saint-Germain respectively. Macario (Chelsea) and Fox (Arsenal) both play in the FA Women’s Super League, although Macario began her international career with Lyon in 2021 and won the Women’s Champions League with the perennial French powerhouse.
• Alyssa Thompson, a member of the 2023 Women’s World Cup squad, and defenders Kate Wiesner and Emily Sams will serve as practice players during the U.S. training camp in New Jersey ahead of the match against Mexico on July 13. This is Sams’ first call-up to the senior team.