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Spain won 2-0, and the back four Hayes tried lasted one half
Spain beat the United States 2-0 before a sellout crowd of 19,220 at Audi Field on October 10. Patri Guijarro scored in the 3rd minute and Eva Navarro in the 14th. The United States had 13 shots, 10 of them on target, against Spain's six and three, and Adriana Nanclares saved Lily Yohannes's 70th-minute penalty. U.S. Soccer said it was the first start together for the back four of Emily Fox, Tierna Davidson, Kennedy Wesley and Avery Patterson. Gisele Thompson replaced Patterson at halftime. Mallory Swanson and Ashley Sanchez came on in the 66th minute. None of the five uncapped players on the roster played: Trinity Byars, Jordan Silkowitz and Evelyn Shores did not dress, and Pietra Tordin and Kate Del Fava were unused substitutes. The teams meet again at Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania, on October 13, the last U.S. match before the Concacaf W Championship.
Hayes made room for Ashley Sanchez by sending two regulars to the under-23s
U.S. Soccer named a 26-player roster on September 29 for the matches against Spain at Audi Field on October 10 and Subaru Park on October 13. Ashley Sanchez, who has 20 goals in 26 matches for the North Carolina Courage to tie the NWSL single-season record, returns for the first time since January 2025. Naomi Girma and Sam Coffey return after missing June. Four players are uncapped: Jordan Silkowitz, Evelyn Shores, Pietra Tordin and Trinity Byars. Jaedyn Shaw (37 caps) and Ally Sentnor (23) were named instead to the under-23 roster, which trains alongside the senior team in Fayetteville, Georgia, and plays the Dominican Republic there on October 9 and 13. Emma Hayes said both are still central to her plans and that Sanchez and Byars have created a competition for places.