Up to date Oct. 5, 2026, 5:30 p.m. ET
Sam Coffey has been dominated out of the U.S. girls’s nationwide group‘s two friendlies in opposition to world champion Spain due to an harm, U.S. Soccer confirmed on Monday, Oct. 5.
Gotham FC midfielder Jaelin Howell was known as in to switch Coffey.
Coffey suffered the undisclosed harm throughout Manchester Metropolis’s 4-2 win over Arsenal on Sunday, Oct. 4 within the Girls’s Tremendous League.
The midfielder began the match for Metropolis and was substituted off within the seventieth minute.
Although she did not elaborate on the analysis, Coffey posted a collection of photographs on Instagram on Monday that included an image of her left ankle in a boot. The 27-year-old did say she would “be again actual quickly.”
Coffey joins Naomi Girma as key absentees for the Spain matches, with each gamers compelled to withdraw after initially being named to Emma Hayes’ 26-player roster.
Girma was changed on the roster by Utah Royals defender Kate Del Fava, who earned her first USMNT call-up amid a stellar marketing campaign within the NWSL.
Howell, 26, has six profession USWNT caps, most not too long ago enjoying for the USWNT in a pleasant in opposition to Italy in December 2025.
The USWNT will face Spain on Sunday, Oct. 10 at Audi Discipline in Washington D.C., and can then head north for a rematch at Subaru Park in Chester, Pennsylvania on Oct. 13.
USWNT roster vs. Spain (membership; caps/objectives)
Goalkeepers (3): Claudia Dickey (Seattle Reign FC; 11), Jordan Silkowitz (Bay FC; 0), Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Manchester United, ENG; 7)
Defenders (9): Tierna Davidson (Gotham FC; 70/3), Kate Del Fava (Utah Royals FC; 0/0), Emily Fox (Arsenal FC, ENG; 78/1), Avery Patterson (Houston Sprint; 14/1), Lilly Reale (Boston Legacy FC; 9/0), Tara Rudd (Washington Spirit; 12/0), Evelyn Shores (Angel Metropolis FC; 0/0), Gisele Thompson (Angel Metropolis FC; 11/0), Kennedy Wesley (San Diego Wave FC; 7/1)
Midfielders (6): Lindsey Heaps (Denver Summit FC; 178/40), Jaelin Howell (Gotham FC; 6/1), Claire Hutton (Bay FC; 20/1), Rose Lavelle (Gotham FC; 122/29), Mallory Swanson (Chicago Stars; 103/38), Lily Yohannes (OL Lyonnes, FRA; 20/1)
Forwards (8): Trinity Byars (San Diego Wave FC; 0/0), Michelle Cooper (Kansas Metropolis Present; 14/1), Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit; 57/13), Emma Sears (Racing Louisville FC; 21/6), Ashley Sanchez (North Carolina Braveness; 28/3), Pietra Tordin (Portland Thorns FC; 0/0), Alyssa Thompson (Chelsea FC, ENG; 32/4), Sophia Wilson (Portland Thorns FC; 63/25)
