Football Association of Ireland | PREVIEW

PREVIEW | USA WNT v Ireland WNT

Jun 25 2025

The Ireland Women’s National Team will take on the United States in an International Friendly in Colorado on Thursday, June 26th.

This will be the first of two Friendly games in June as they first meet in Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City on Thursday and then again in TQL Stadium, Cincinnati on Sunday, June 29th.

The two teams have met each other 15 times to date – all on US soil in Friendly games – and these fixtures come on the back of Ireland completing their UEFA Nations League group stage campaign with back-to-win wins over Türkiye and Slovenia.

Ireland will use these games to prepare for their UEFA Nations League Promotion / Relegation Play-Off against Belgium in October.

The game will be broadcast live on the RTÉ Player.

MATCH DETAILS
International Friendly
USA v Ireland
Thursday, June 26th
Dick’s Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado
KO 19:00 (Local Time), 02:00am (Irish Time)
LIVE on RTÉ Player

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee | Vimarest Diaz (Dominican Republic)
Assistant Referee 1 | Santa Medina (Dominican Republic)
Assistant Referee 2 | Jassett Kerr-Wilson (Jamaica)
Fourth Official | Patricia McCracken (United States)

NOTES
- There are currently 24 places between United States (1) and Ireland (25) in the FIFA Women’s World Rankings

- Carla Ward will take charge of her first International Friendly since being appointed as Ireland WNT Head Coach

- Midfielder Denise O’Sullivan and forward Kyra Carusa currently play in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) for North Carolina Courage and San Diego Wave respectively

- Midfielder Megan Connolly made her Ireland WNT against USA in California in February 2016

- Ten members of the Ireland squad have previously played against USA – Courtney Brosnan, Hayley Nolan, Megan Campbell, Denise O’Sullivan, Megan Connolly, Ruesha Littlejohn, Marissa Sheva, Kyra Carusa, Amber Barrett, Lucy Quinn

- Five members of the Ireland squad were born in the United States – Courtney Brosnan, Chloe Mustaki, Marissa Sheva, Kyra Carusa, Erin Healy

- Eleven members of the Ireland squad studied in third level colleges in the United States – Courtney Brosnan, Sophie Whitehouse, Anna Patten, Caitlin Hayes, Hayley Nolan, Megan Campbell, Megan Connolly, Marissa Sheva, Kyra Carusa, Emily Murphy, Erin Healy

IRELAND WNT SQUAD
Goalkeepers: Courtney Brosnan (Everton), Grace Moloney (Unattached), Sophie Whitehouse (Charlton Athletic)

Defenders: Jessie Stapleton (West Ham United), Anna Patten (Aston Villa), Caitlin Hayes (Brighton & Hove Albion), Hayley Nolan (Crystal Palace), Chloe Mustaki (Bristol City), Megan Campbell (Unattached)

Midfielders: Denise O’Sullivan (North Carolina Courage), Megan Connolly (Lazio), Tyler Toland (Blackburn Rovers), Ruesha Littlejohn (Shamrock Rovers), Marissa Sheva (Sunderland), Ellen Molloy (Wexford)

Forwards: Kyra Carusa (San Diego Wave), Abbie Larkin (Crystal Palace), Amber Barrett (Standard Liege), Lucy Quinn (Birmingham City), Emily Murphy (Newcastle United), Saoirse Noonan (Celtic), Erin Healy (Adelaide United), Izzy Atkinson (Unattached)