Olympic Champion Will Face Defending FIFA Women’s World Cup Champion on October 13th at Subaru Park in Chester, Pa. in a Match Presented by AT&T
The reigning Olympic champion U.S. Women’s National Team will return to the field for two October matches against Spain, the world’s top-ranked women’s soccer team and defending Women’s World Cup champion.
In what will be two highly anticipated matches between the two top-ranked teams in the world, the USA will host Spain on Oct. 10 at Audi Field, in Washington D.C. (2:30 p.m. ET on TBS and HBO Max in English and on Telemundo, Universo and Peacock in Spanish) in a match presented by Purina and on Oct. 13 at Subaru Park in Chester, Pa. (7 p.m. ET on TNT and HBO Max in English and on Universo and Peacock in Spanish) in a match presented by AT&T.
The match on Oct. 10 at the home of the National Women’s Soccer League’s Washington Spirit will feature a special pre-game retirement celebration for legendary USWNT defender Crystal Dunn, who was the NWSL MVP while playing for the Spirit in 2015. The first 2,000 fans through the gates will receive special edition commemorative Crystal Dunn bobbleheads.
The matches against Spain will mark the USA’s first games in just over four months after a long break for club action following the June matches in Brazil.
“Two more fantastic matches,” said USWNT head coach Emma Hayes. “We’ve desperately wanted to get Spain on our schedule, but the difficulties of scheduling the top teams during the women’s international calendar are well known, so to be able to get these two games on the East Coast will be the perfect tests before we head into World Cup qualifying at the end of the year.”
Spain was available for these October matches due to an impressively strong finish in its UEFA Women’s World Cup qualifying group. Spain took first place in Group C – and the direct qualification to the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup that comes with that – after a 4-0 win over England on June 5 in Mallorca and a 6-1 win over Iceland on June 9 in Reykjavik, thus avoiding the UEFA Women’s World Cup playoffs, which will take place in the October FIFA window.
Spain’s relatively recent ascension to the top of the women’s game is one factor that has contributed to the USA and Spain having faced each other only four times in their histories. The USA won the first three games: 1-0 in Alicante, Spain at the start of 2019, 2-1 in the Round of 16 at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Reims, France, and 1-0 at the 2020 SheBelieves Cup in Harrison, N.J. Spain won the most recent meeting, picking up its first-ever victory over the USA in 2022, winning 2-0 in Pamplona, Spain, and then went on to win the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia/New Zealand, putting La Roja atop the world for the first time.
TICKETS
Philadelphia Union Season Ticket Members will have exclusive presale access beginning at 10 a.m. ET on Wednesday, July 15. More information regarding general on sale will be communicated to fans in the coming days.
Presales for both U.S. Women's National Team vs. Spain matches will begin on Tuesday, July 14 at 10 a.m. ET and run through Thursday, July 16 at 8 a.m. ET. The public on sale for all venues will commence on Thursday, July 16 at 10 a.m. ET.
