The U.S. women’s national team opened 2026 with a pair of big wins over South American opponents, but which players impressed most under Emma Hayes?

UCSB’s Harder Stadium was the launch pad for the champions of the first Super Bowl and the first FIFA Women’s World Cup. In 1967, the Green Bay Packers spent a week running drills on the unfrozen turf of UCSB’s recently built football stadium before decamping to Los Angeles, where they demolished the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl I.

SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. - NC State women's soccer alumna Jameese Joseph '23 scored her first career goal for the United States Women's National Team on

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a year when much of the focus will be on the U.S. men’s team and this summer’s World Cup, the women's team is gearing up for its turn in 2027. The United States wrapped up its January training camp with victories over Paraguay and Chile as the team prepares for qualifying in November for the Women's World Cup in Brazil.

The USWNT's January camp is always a strange affair, but manager Emma Hayes says that over a year of experimentation might be about to come to an end.

The email informed Oke she had received her first call-up to the U.S. women’s national team. She was a late addition to the camp for the friendlies against Paraguay and Chile after Avery Patterson, who was announced in the squad on Jan. 8, had pulled out due to illness.

PARIS — United States international Crystal Dunn has retired from professional soccer after a decorated playing career to spend more time with her family. The 33-year-old New York native helped the U.