Emma Hayes has named her roster for the U.S. Women’s National Team’s June friendlies against Brazil, and there’s one name that makes a welcome return: Mallory Swanson. The Chicago Stars forward last donned the USWNT crest in 2024, shortly after scoring the game-winning goal in the U.S.’s Olympic gold medal match against Brazil.
In May 2025, Swanson announced she was pregnant, and she gave birth to her daughter Josie in November. Prior to the Olympics, Swanson missed out on the 2023 World Cup after being injured in a tune-up friendly against Ireland.
Swanson has appeared for the Stars twice this year, and scored the team’s game-winner against Bay FC on Sunday. It was the team’s fifth goal of the season, a league low.
Also included on the USWNTroster are Sophia Wilson and Trinity Rodman, completing the ‘Triple Espresso’ front line that combined for 10 of the team’s 12 goals in the aforementioned Olympics. Wilson also missed 2025 on parental leave—she gave birth to Gigi in September—while Rodman struggled with multiple injuries in 2025. This season in the NWSL, Wilson has scored four times for the Portland Thorns and Rodman has scored thrice for the Washington Spirit.
Michelle Cooper, Emma Sears, Ally Sentnor, and Alyssa Thompson round out the forward line on Hayes’s roster. It is nearly the same group Hayes brought in to play three friendlies against Japan in April, with the exception of Jameese Joseph, who cedes way for her more experienced Stars teammate in Swanson. Catarina Macario remains unavailable for selection due to injury.
In the midfield, Croix Bethune and Riley Jackson have been rewarded for strong club play for the Kansas City Current and North Carolina Courage, respectively, after not having been a part of the roster for the April friendlies. Sam Coffey, who underwent knee surgery earlier in May, is not on the roster.
On defense, Spirit centerback Tara Rudd earns a callup after missing out on the Japan friendlies. Missing from that roster are Naomi Girma, who missed Chelsea’s FA Cup semifinal on May 10 with a calf injury, and Emily Sams.
Utah Royals keeper Mandy McGlynn joins regular call-ups Claudia Dickey and Phallon Tullis-Joyce for the Brazil friendlies. In the Japan friendlies, Jane Campbell held the third-string spot.
Other healthy players who haven’t been called up to a USWNT roster recently include Kate Weisner, Hal Hershfelt, Yazmeen Ryan, Mia Fishel, and Ashley Sanchez. Sanchez is second in the NWSL Golden Boot race with seven goals, second only to Barbra Banda’s nine.
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There are as many players on this roster with 50 or more caps as there are players with 10 or fewer. There are no uncapped players on the roster, just the third time that has been the case in Hayes’s tenure.
Just five players on the roster play for European clubs; the other 21 play for NWSL teams. This summer, captain Lindsey Heaps will be moving from OL Lyonnes to the Denver Summit.
The upcoming matches will be taking place in São Paulo and Fortaleza, which will be two of the eight 2027 World Cup host cities. The U.S. and Brazil have played each other 43 times, and the U.S. has won 34 of those matches. However, just six of those matchups took place in Brazil, where winning is much more difficult. In those six matches—two each in 1996, 1997, and 2014—the U.S. holds a 2-2-2 record.
“This trip offers amazing opportunities for these players to experience Brazil, its culture, stadiums, and passionate fans, and especially playing the World Cup hosts,” Hayes said in a statement. “Few challenges in women’s international soccer compare to facing Brazil in Brazil, so we’re excited for the valuable lessons this experience will bring.”
The roster:
(Club; Caps/Goals)
Goalkeepers (3): Claudia Dickey (Seattle Reign FC; 10), Mandy McGlynn (Utah Royals; 5), Phallon TullisJoyce (Manchester United, ENG; 7)
Defenders (8): Tierna Davidson (Gotham FC; 69/3), Emily Fox (Arsenal FC, ENG; 76/1), Avery Patterson (Houston Dash; 12/1), Lilly Reale (Gotham FC; 9/0), Tara Rudd (Washington Spirit; 12/0), Emily Sonnett (Gotham FC; 116/2), Gisele Thompson (Angel City FC; 10/0), Kennedy Wesley (San Diego Wave FC; 6/1)
Midfielders (8): Croix Bethune (Kansas City Current; 7/1), Lindsey Heaps (OL Lyonnes, FRA; 176/40), Claire Hutton (Bay FC; 18/1), Riley Jackson (North Carolina Courage; 1/0), Rose Lavelle (Gotham FC; 120/29), Olivia Moultrie (Portland Thorns FC; 17/5), Jaedyn Shaw (Gotham FC; 36/10), Lily Yohannes (OL Lyonnes, FRA; 18/1)
Forwards (7): Michelle Cooper (Kansas City Current; 12/1), Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit; 55/13), Emma Sears (Racing Louisville FC; 19/6), Ally Sentnor (Kansas City Current; 21/7), Mallory Swanson (Chicago Stars; 103/38), Alyssa Thompson (Chelsea FC, ENG; 31/4), Sophia Wilson (Portland Thorns FC; 61/24)