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Trinity Rodman returns to USWNT as Emma Hayes names squad for friendlies

Trinity Rodman #5 of Team United States celebrates victory after the Women's Quarterfinal match between United States and Japan during the Olympic Games Paris 2024
Trinity Rodman will make her return for the US against Brazil. Photograph: Marc Atkins/Getty Images

Trinity Rodman will return to the US women’s national team for the first time since the 2024 Olympics, as head coach Emma Hayes named her in the 24-player squad that will gather in California next week for a pair of friendlies against Brazil.

Aside from Rodman, the squad is very similar to the one Hayes picked for the 2025 SheBelieves Cup, with 19 players from that team making the cut this time around. Those new inclusions include a return to the USWNT for Kanas City Current center-back Alana Cook, who will join up with the squad for the first time since 2023, and also for the first time under Hayes. Cook was initially named in the USWNT’s roster for the 2024 W Gold Cup, but had to withdraw due to injury.

The squad is also notable for the inclusion of two uncapped players: Manchester United goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce and Houston Dash utility player Avery Patterson.

Hayes said on Tuesday that Patterson would be utilized as a left-back in this camp, while Angel City goalkeeper Angelina Anderson and Chelsea forward Mia Fishel will join the team as training players. Fishel’s inclusion marks her return to a USWNT camp after a long absence due to an ACL tear, having made her first appearance for Chelsea in a year over the weekend.

The US face Brazil on 5 April at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California (5pm ET, TNT) before the rematch on 8 April at PayPal Park in San Jose (10.30pm ET, TBS).

Full USWNT squad

GOALKEEPERS: Jane Campbell (Houston Dash), Mandy McGlynn (Utah Royals), Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Manchester United)

DEFENDERS: Alana Cook (Kansas City Current), Tierna Davidson (Gotham FC), Crystal Dunn (Paris Saint-Germain), Emily Fox (Arsenal FC), Tara McKeown (Washington Spirit), Avery Patterson (Houston Dash, Emily Sams (Orlando Pride), Emily Sonnett (Gotham FC),

MIDFIELDERS: Korbin Albert (Paris Saint-Germain), Sam Coffey (Portland Thorns FC), Lindsey Heaps (Olympique Lyon), Claire Hutton (Kansas City Current), Jaedyn Shaw (North Carolina Courage), Lily Yohannes (Ajax)

FORWARDS: Michelle Cooper (Kansas City Current), Ashley Hatch (Washington Spirit), Catarina Macario (Chelsea FC), Trinity Rodman (Washington Spiri), Yazmeen Ryan (Houston Dash), Ally Sentnor (Utah Royals), Alyssa Thompson (Angel City FC)

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