{"id":253365,"date":"2026-01-23T10:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/253365\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T10:17:07","slug":"uswnt-return-to-action-for-first-games-of-2026-vs-paraguay-and-chile-full-schedule-and-how-to-watch-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/253365\/","title":{"rendered":"USWNT return to action for first games of 2026 vs Paraguay and Chile \u2013 Full schedule and how to watch live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USWNT\u2019s 26-player roster: Rodman returns<\/p>\n<p>The headline news from Hayes\u2019s 26-player squad is the long-awaited return of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/trinity-rodman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Trinity Rodman<\/a>, whose injury woes last year meant she played just once for the national team in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>With both friendlies falling outside of a FIFA international window, there are plenty of fresh opportunities for newcomers to the side to make their mark, with no European-based players in the squad.<\/p>\n<p>Ayo Oke, Riley Jackson, Jordan Silkowitz, Sally Menti, Maddie Dahlien, and Reilyn Turner have all been named to the senior side for the very first time.<\/p>\n<p>Olympic gold medallist Rodman is the most capped player in camp, with 47 international appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the roster in full:<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeepers<\/p>\n<p>Claudia Dickey (Seattle Reign), Mandy McGlynn (Utah Royals), Jordan Silkowitz (Bay FC)<\/p>\n<p>Defenders<\/p>\n<p>Jordyn Bugg (Seattle Reign), Ayo Oke (Denver Summit), Izzy Rodriguez (Kansas City), Tara Rudd (Washington Spirit), Emily Sams (Angel City), Gisele Thompson (Angel City), Kennedy Wesley (San Diego Wave), Kate Wiesner (Washington Spirit)<\/p>\n<p>Midfielders<\/p>\n<p>Croix Bethune (Washington Spirt), Hal Hershfelt (Washington Spirit), Claire Hutton (Kansas City Current), Riley Jackson (North Carolina Courage), Lo\u2019eau LaBonta (Kansas City Current), Sally Menti (Seattle Reign), Sam Meza (Seattle Reign), Olivia Moultrie (Portland Thorns)<\/p>\n<p>Forwards<\/p>\n<p>Maddie Dahlien (Seattle Reign), Jameese Jospeh (Chicago Stars), Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit), Yazmeen Ryan (Houston Dash), Emma Sears (Racing Louisville), Ally Sentnor (Kansas City Current), Reilyn Turner (Portland Thorns)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"USWNT\u2019s 26-player roster: Rodman returns The headline news from Hayes\u2019s 26-player squad is the long-awaited return of Trinity&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":{"0":"post-253365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-il","9":"tag-israel","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}