USWNT vs. Iceland
Date: October 24, 2024
Location: Q2 Stadium; Austin, Texas
Broadcast: TBS, Universo, Max, Pauw
Official kick-off time: 6:37 PM CT / 7:37 PM ET

Starting eleven vs. Iceland: 1-Alyssa Naeher; 4-Naomi Girma, 5-Jenna Nighswonger, 6-Lynn Williams, 7-Alyssa Thompson, 9-Mallory Swanson, 10-Lindsey Horan (captain), 14-Emily Sonnett, 16-Rose Lavelle, 17-Sam Coffey, 23 – Emilie Vos

Available subtitles: 2-Ashley Sanchez, 3-Korbin Albert, 8-Hailie Mace, 11-Sophia Smith, 12-Emily Sams, 13-Olivia Moultrie, 15-Jaedyn Shaw, 18-Casey Murphy, 19-Hal Hershfelt, 20-Casey Krueger, 24-Yazmeen Ryan, 26-Emma Sears

Not Dressing: Jane Campbell, Eva Gaetino, Alyssa Malonson

GAME NOTES| FIVE THINGS TO KNOW

• USWNT starting XI numbers (including this match): Horan (157), Naeher (113), Lavelle (107), Swanson (101), Sonnett (100), Williams (72), Fox (58), Smith (56), Girma (41), Coffey (25), Nighswonger (16), Thompson (10)
• Tonight’s starting lineup features 10 players from the 2024 Olympic squad, with forward Alyssa Thompson the only non-Olympian in the XI. Six of the 11 starters – Alyssa Naeher, Emily Fox, Naomi Girma, Sam Coffey, Lindsey Horan and Mallory Swanson – started the Olympic gold medal match against Brazil, while Emily Sonnett and Lynn Williams were both second-half substitutes.
• The starting line-up consists of an average of 72 international matches per player and an age of 27.8 years.
• She starts tonight, defender Emily Sonnett earns her 100th cap for the USWNT, becoming the 45th player in USWNT history to reach 100 international appearances and the fourth player to reach the century milestone this year, joining Naeher, Lavelle and Swanson. Sonnett made his debut for the USWNT nearly nine years ago on October 25, 2015 in Orlando, Florida, and played in all six matches of the 2024 Olympic Games, starting the group stage final against Australia and the quarterfinal victory over Japan. A two-time Olympian, Sonnett is one of five players on this roster to have won both an Olympic gold and a World Cup. Horan, Lavelle, Naeher and Swanson are the others.
• After becoming only the fourth player to captain the USWNT in an Olympic gold medal match, Lindsey Horan will captain the team as she makes her team-leading 18th start of 2024. Horan, who scored on the USA’s most recent trip to Austin in April 2023, was one of eight players to start all six games at the 2024 Paris Olympics and had two assists in the USA’s opening win over Zambia.
• After becoming the first goalkeeper to record a shutout in a Women’s World Cup final and an Olympic gold medal game, Alyssa Naeher returns to the field for the USWNT for her 113th cap. Naeher has nine shutouts in 15 games for the U.S. this year, which is tied for the most shutouts in a calendar year in her international career. Naeher had four shutouts at the Paris Olympics, highlighted by three consecutive clean sheets in the knockout rounds.
• Naomi Girma will earn her 41st cap for the USWNT after a stellar performance at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, where she played every minute of all six matches. Girma has now played every minute of the last 10 matches for the USWNT at the World Cup and Olympics – the only outfield player to do so – and has guided the US defense to seven clean sheets in that period.
• With only 10 international matches to her name on her way to the Olympic Games, Jenna Nighswonger will make her 16th international appearance and ninth career start. Nighswonger played in her first world championship at any level for US Soccer, appearing in five matches in Paris, coming off the bench as a substitute in every match except the gold match.
• Lynn Williams will make her third start of 2024 as she earns her 72nd cap overall for the USWNT. Williams, a two-time Olympian, played in all six games of the Paris 2024 games and scored just her fourth goal of the game in the July 28 group stage win over Germany.
• Alyssa Thompson will make her third career start as she makes her first appearance for the USWNT in more than 10 months. Thompson, who will earn her 10th cap, last played for the USA in the year-end victory over China PR on December 5, 2023 in Frisco, Texas and made her previous two starts in the lead-up to the 2023 Women’s World Cup, starting against Ireland (April 2023) and Wales (July 2023). The 19-year-old Thompson is the youngest player in tonight’s starting lineup and, together with Olivia Moultrie (19) and Jaedyn Shaw (19), is one of three teenagers on this roster.
• After scoring the gold medal-winning goal in her 100th cap in Paris, Mallory Swanson returns to action for her 11th start and 13th appearance overall of 2024. Swanson led the U.S. in scoring at the Olympics with four goals and also added two assists, directly contributing to six of the U.S.’s 12 goals scored. Swanson is the top scorer on this roster with 38 international goals, two of which came in the USA’s most recent meeting with Iceland in February 2022.
• Rose Lavelle will earn her 107th cap as she makes her 15th appearance and 10th start for the USWNT this year. Lavelle started all five of her appearances at the 2024 Olympics, missing only the gold medal match. She has three assists for the USA this year – tied for fourth on the team – and enters camp in great form for NJ/NY Gotham FC, scoring a career-high seven goals in the regular season.
• After playing a key role in midfield during the US gold medal run, Sam Coffee will make her 16th start and 18th appearance of the year for the USWNT. The 2024 Olympics was the first world championship at any level for Coffey and she started five matches, only missing the quarter-final against Japan due to accumulating yellow cards. She ranks fifth on the team in total minutes played this year, with a career-high 1,293 minutes of action.
• Emily Fox had a stellar performance at her first Olympic Games, starting all six matches and playing more minutes (572) than any USWNT court player except Naomi Girma. Fox, who will make her 19th appearance of the year as team leader, ranks third on the team with 1,383 total minutes of action in 2024, surpassing the 1,000-minute mark for the second year in a row.