Emma Hayes named her 24-player roster for the U.S. women’s national team Futures Camp this week, providing another glimpse into her long-term strategy for the program. The camp features players younger than 23 years old and will run parallel to the January camp for senior national team players next week in Carson, Calif.

The USWNT will kick off the new year with a camp in Southern California and a new-look strategy aimed at player development

USWNT coach Emma Hayes will hold a training camp with both the senior team and a youth-based squad, which features 14 professional players and 10 college players. In total, 17 members of the squad have youth national team experience at World Cups,

Hayes, as promised, will continue to explore the depth of the goalkeeping pool following Alyssa Naeher’s retirement, calling up Angelina Anderson and Claudia Dickey for their first caps. In addition, defenders Nealy Martin, Tara McKeown and Ryan Williams, plus forward Ella Stevens, round out the six new players to the USWNT environment.

Emma Hayes may be calling her first USWNT squad of 2025 together, but on Tuesday she underlined how important developing at the Under-23 level is.

The USWNT coach wants to see more development of young players, starting with this month's 'Futures Camp' alongside the senior team