USWNT vs. Japan: Starting XI & Lineup Notes on Tuesday, April 14 in Seattle, Washington
Kickoff is 7 p.m. PT on TNT, truTV and HBO Max in English, on Universo and Peacock in Spanish
USWNT vs. JAPAN
Date: April 14, Seattle, Wash.
Broadcast: TNT, truTV and HBO Max in English and in Spanish on Universo and Peacock
Radio: Westwood One in English
Official Kickoff Time: 7:07 p.m. PT
The 2026 USWNT Media Guide is now available for viewing and download. The Media Guides features all the history and statistics for the USWNT, as well as full bios for the technical staff and career highlights for top players in the pool. It also includes information on the USA’s Youth Women’s National Teams and general important information on U.S. Soccer.
USA STARTING XI: 24-Phallon Tullis-Joyce, 3-Avery Patterson, 5-Lilly Reale, 6-Emily Sams, 7-Lily Yohannes, 8-Jaedyn Shaw, 9-Ally Sentnor, 13-Olivia Moultrie, 14-Emily Sonnett, 15-Claire Hutton (Capt.), 19-Emma Sears
Available Subs: 1-Claudia Dickey, 2-Trinity Rodman, 4-Naomi Girma, 10-Lindsey Heaps, 11-Sophia Wilson, 12-Tierna Davidson, 16-Rose Lavelle, 17-Sam Coffey, 20-Michelle Cooper, 22-Gisele Thompson, 23-Emily Fox, 26-Jameese Joseph
Not dressing: 18-Jane Campbell, 21-Alyssa Thompson, 25-Kennedy Wesley
USWNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (Including this match): Tullis-Joyce (7), Patterson (11), Reale (8), Sams (10), Yohannes (16), Shaw (35), Sentnor (20), Moultrie (16), Sonnett (116), Hutton (16), Sears (19)
Notes:
STARTING XI NOTES:
Phallon Tullis-Joyce, 29, earns her seventh cap and start for the USWNT. Her first camp back in the WNT since last fall was at the 2026 SheBelieves Cup. She earned two clean sheets in the two matches she played, one against Canada and one against Colombia, both 1-0 wins.
Avery Patterson, 23, earns her 11th cap and eighth start. Patterson also started her most recent appearance and played a full 90 in the USA’s 1-0 SheBelieves Cup-sealing win over Colombia on March 7.
Lilly Reale, 22, earns her eighth cap and seventh start. The natural left footer most recently played for the U.S. against Argentina in the first SheBelieves Cup match of 2026. That was Reale’s only match of the year thus far after not being available for selection during January Camp due to commitments to Gotham FC and then suffered an injury in that first SheBelieves Cup contest.
Emily Sams, 26, earns her 10th cap and sixth start. Her last start came in her most recent cap on Jan. 27 vs. Chile. In that match, Sams wore the captain’s arm band for the first time, scored her first international goal and earned her first international assist.
Lily Yohannes, 18, earns her 16th cap and eighth start. Yohannes is the youngest player on the roster and the lone teenager in this camp.
Jaedyn Shaw, 21, earns her 35th cap and 15th start. In her most recent start for the U.S., Jaedyn Shaw scored her 10th international goal, becoming the fifth youngest player to do so.
Ally Sentnor, 22, earns her 20th cap and tenth start. She leads the USWNT in scoring thus far this year with three goals. She scored a brace against Paraguay on Jan. 24 and scored the lone goal in the 1-0 SheBelieves Cup win over Canada.
Olivia Moultrie, 20, earns her 16th cap and eighth start. The midfielder scored the first goal of the NWSL season when Portland Thorns FC defeated the Washington Spirit to kick-off the 2026 campaign.
Emily Sonnett, 32, earns her 116th cap and 63rd start. Sonnett’s last match for the U.S. was the final 2026 SheBelieves Cup match. She has competed in all 11 SheBelieves Cup and in doing so, holds the record for the individual with the most SheBelieves Cup tournament wins with eight (the same number as the U.S. program holds).
Claire Hutton, 20, earns her 16th cap and 12th start. On April 11, she subbed on in the first match against Japan in the 85th minute, replacing Lindsey Heaps in the midfield. This is the first USWNT match of Hutton’s career in which she will wear the captain’s armband from the beginning of the match. Hutton is the USA’s youngest captain in the modern era of the USWNT.
Emma Sears, 25, earns her 19th cap and ninth start. The Racing Louisville forward is tied with Trinity Rodman and Lindsey Heaps for second most goals (2) on the WNT in 2026.