U.S. women's national team coach Emma Hayes has named her first squad for 2026, selecting a 26-player roster for the annual winter camps and upcoming matches against Paraguay and Chile.

This meant time to tinker with the development pipeline within U.S. Soccer, which led to the inaugural Futures Camp in January as well as a record-setting 16 player debuts for the senior team, which makes the USWNT’s 2025 record of 12-3 even more impressive.

The United States women's national soccer team will play Argentina in Nashville on March 1.

U.S. women’s national team head coach Emma Hayes has named a 26-player roster for the team's January friendlies against Paraguay and Chile.

Rodman returns to the U.S. team as the most experienced player on the roster with 47 caps. The second-most-capped player is Houston Dash’s Yazmeen Ryan, with 15. But Hayes cautioned that Rodman, like the rest of the team, is easing back into playing.

Trinity Rodman made the first USWNT roster of the year after missing almost all of 2025 due to lingering back issues.

The U.S. Soccer Federation announced details of the 2026 SheBelieves Cup, with Argentina, Canada and Colombia joining the United States women's national team in the competition.

U.S. Soccer sporting director Matt Crocker's grand plan for a "U.S. Way" sounds at first like talking down from the top. In fact, there's a lot less of it than there used to be.