USWNT vs. Argentina: Starting XI & Lineup Notes on Sunday, March 1 in Nashville, Tennessee
Kickoff is 5 p.m. ET on TNT, truTV and HBO Max in English, on Universo and Peacock in Spanish
USWNT vs. ARGENTINA
Date: March 1, 2026
Venue: GEODIS Park; Nashville, Tenn.
Broadcast: TNT, truTV and HBO Max in English and in Spanish on Universo and Peacock
Radio: Westwood One in English and Futból de Primera in Spanish
Official Kickoff Time: 4:07 p.m. CT / 5:07 p.m. ET
USA: 1-Claudia Dickey, 5-Tara Rudd, 7-Lily Yohannes, 8-Jaedyn Shaw, 10-Lindsey Heaps, 11-Kennedy Wesley, 13-Olivia Moultrie, 19-Emma Sears, 20-Gisele Thompson, 25-Maddie Dahlien, 26-Jameese Joseph
Available Subs: 2-Trinity Rodman, 4-Naomi Girma, 9-Ally Sentnor, 12-Lilly Reale, 14-Emily Sonnett, 15-Claire Hutton, 16-Rose Lavelle, 17-Sam Coffey, 21-Alyssa Thompson, 22-Riley Jackson, 23-Emily Fox, 24-Phallon Tullis-Joyce
Not dressing: Mandy McGlynn, Avery Patterson, Emily Sams
USWNT Starting XI Cap Numbers (Including this match): Heaps (171), Shaw (32), Sears (15), Moultrie (14), Yohannes (14), Rudd (11), Dickey (8), G. Thompson (6), Wesley (4), Joseph (3), Dahlien (3)
Notes:
- Tonight’s Starting XI averages 24.5 caps heading into tonight’s match. U.S. Captain Lindsey Heaps enters tonight’s match with 170 caps while the rest of the Starting XI combines for 99 caps.
- Four players in this starting lineup are playing in their first SheBelieves Cup: Jameese Joseph, Maddie Dahlien, Claudia Dickey and Kennedy Wesley. In addition to those four, Avery Patterson, Phallon Tullis-Joyce, Riley Jackson and Lilly Reale are training at their first SheBelieves Cup, for a total of eight SBC debutantes on the roster.
- Dahlien earns her first start for the United States in her second camp and third cap. She debuted on Jan. 24 in the 6-0 win over Paraguay.
- Emma Hayes has given 32 players first caps in her first 32 matches, a remarkable number.
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STARTING XI NOTES:
Claudia Dickey, 26, earns her eighth USWNT cap and start. In her first cap on June 26 vs. Ireland, she became the 11th goalkeeper in U.S. history to earn a shutout in her debut. She started the final four matches of 2025 before Mandy McGlynn got the nod to start 2026.
Lindsey Heaps, 31, earns her 171st career cap and her 133rd start. She is now alone in 20th place on the USA's all-time caps list, moving ahead of a former USWNT captain, Carla Overbeck.
Jaedyn Shaw, 21, earns her 32nd cap and her 14th start. Shaw earned her first brace in 2024 vs. Argentina in her second start of her international career.
Emma Sears, 24, earns her 15th cap and her seventh start. Sears scored in both January camp matches and provided an assist in the second match of the year.
Olivia Moultrie, 20, earns her 14th cap and her seventh start. Moultrie’s first four international goals were braces and the fifth came against Italy in November.
Lily Yohannes, 19, earns her 14th cap and ninth start. Yohannes earner her first two international assists in back-to-back matches vs. Italy.
Tara Rudd, 26, earns her 11th cap and eighth start. She made her first appearance and first start for the USWNT against Colombia on Feb. 20 at last year’s SheBelieves Cup where she played in all three matches.
Gisele Thompson, 20, earns her sixth cap and fourth start. She made her debut in last year’s SheBelieves Cup as well, debuting vs. Colombia on Feb. 20 and earning her first start vs. Australia on Feb. 23. She earned her first assist in this year’s match vs. Paraguay on Jan. 24. If her sister Alyssa gets into the match while Gisele is still on the field, it will mark the fourth time they have played in a USWNT game together.
Kennedy Wesley, 24, earns her fourth cap and third start. She debuted on Oct. 29 vs. New Zealand and played the full 90.
Jameese Joseph, 23, Jameese earns her third cap and second start for the USWNT. Joseph made her international debut in her first USWNT camp, subbing on in the Nov. 28, 2025, match vs. Italy and played the final 13 minutes. She became the 284th woman to play for the USWNT, 15th in 2025 and 26th under Emma Hayes. On Jan. 27 vs. Chile, she earned her first start and scored her first international goal.
Maddie Dahlien, 21, earns her third cap and first start for the USWNT. She earned her first call-up and first cap during the 2026 January camp when she subbed on in the Jan. 24 match vs. Paraguay. She was 288th woman to play for the WNT, the 30th under Emma, and third of 2026.