Inglewood, California – goalkeeper Phallon tullis-joyce made six savings in earning a clean sheet Brazil Saturday in her first performance for National Association’s National Team.
But is her hardest test of the day? “The first whistle,” said a 28 -year -old woman, smiling as she talked about the nerves before this game.
This is the current state of the position of goalkeeper USWTT: For the first time in decades – perhaps sometimes – now faces an extended time of uncertainty without clear appearing No. 1. The legendary position of power is now one of the biggest team question marks.
Double World Championship and Olympic Champion 2024 Alyssa Naeher At the end of last year at the age of 36, he left an international duty. Since then, Emma Hayes’s head coach has effectively performs an open test for this position in the last six months.
Tullis-Joyce firmly entered her name into this open audition on Saturday. The Manchester United The goalkeeper watched the goalkeeper’s race from a slight distance until recently, but even after earning his first senior cap, Tullis-Joyce is the same candidate to become new No. 1 as any other goalkeeper in the pool.
Jane Campbell30, in recent months, seemingly popular work, but during this window she did not play even in a match against Brazil. Mandy McGlynn Last October she debuted with an international debut in the goal. Three goalies and a fucking goalkeeper Angelina AndersonHe entered this April training camp with 12 combined caps.
Casey MurphyWith 20 caps aged 28 years, he is the most experienced goalkeeper available for selection in the USWT pool. In 2025, however, she did not receive the challenge and it is increasingly fair to think whether her absence is more of a reigning successor who fell out of kind than Hayes testing new goalkeeper.
Hayes promised to release opportunities in this window against Brazil, and did it by turning on Tullis-Joyce in Tuesday’s first game and McGlynn.
For several months, Hayes said that by July she should have a clearer picture of who will be her new starting goalkeeper. Until then, Hayes will see uswtt in pairs of games against Brazil, China and Republicand another against Canada. If there is a timeline, Hayese’s preferred starter will have two years to improve the role before 2027 Women’s World Cup.
“If you are thinking about it, before Alyssa has created its own number 1 (Job), it takes it to be able to fix it,” Hayes said before this training camp. “And I think it is fair to say that we have a lot of really quality goalies.
“Who will emerge from this as number 1? You don’t know, but they have to take their chances when they get them. This is a performance -related performance, and every opportunity they get, they have to make the most of it, because of course it will affect my decision -making.”
Hayes is right and points out that Naeher has taken time to create her position. Naeher took on work No. 1 in the years before the 2019 World Cup under immense control when she tried to fill the boots of hope solo that won the World Cup, two Olympic gold medals, and was probably the best NetTomator ever seen the world.
Naeher is a quiet, calm personality – the opposite of the solo and the dichotomy among their personalities added to the outer skepticism of Namera before and during the World Cup 2019. These questions were eventually crushed as she started and played every minute when USWN caught the second straight crown. She watched it with dazzling performances at the World Championship in 2023 and last year’s Olympic Games.
So yes, the mission of the goalkeeper – especially in the shadow of legends – are nothing new for USnt. Solo was followed by Brian Scurry, who was also the winner of the World Championship and the double Olympic winner, in the infamous crossing of the goalkeeper Usownt around 2007-08. Now, however, the real feeling of inexperienced between the goalkeeper – not only in terms of caps, but in great moments.
Solo was alternative at the 2004 Olympic Games, which USnt won, and the starter at the 2007 World Championship, before the then coach Greg Ryan for the semifinals in favor of Scurra. Solo re -modified the initial role of the Olympic Games in 2008 and has not started from it for eight years until the US Soccer ended the contract for a reason outside the field.
Naeher was part of the USWT team in 2015 World Cup. She did not play in this tournament, but she still had to experience this environment packed with pressure before taking over the role with the lead role four years later.
Murphy was a backup goalkeeper for last year’s Olympics and the World Championship in 2023. She looked as if she could attack Naeher after the role of 1 on the World Cup qualification in 2022. Campbell was alternative at last year’s Olympics. And … This is the extent of experience with the main tournaments among the goalies who were in the senior camp in 2025.
Hayes is inexperienced, be it in the finish or in the middle of the park, where an increasingly important assignment of a 17 -year -old midfielder phenome Lily Yohannes. Hayes said that tullis-joyce looked in his debut “authoritative and commanding” 2-0 Win over Brazil.
Tullis-Joyce played the ball too often for Hayes’ likes, but the coach USWT added that she understood why: It was a debut Tullis-Joyce and her club team so often plays.
Certainly, there is a stylistic adaptation that needs to be made, but all Hayes’ options are strong shooters. Murphy ranks before Campbell and McGlynn Ns Season in post-shot expected goals minus targets against, on FBREF, which is the ability to stop the shot. McGlynn ranked second in NWSL and the first among the Americans in this category for an important margin last season. Tullis-Joyce is a leader of escape in this category in England Wslto FBREF.
However, it is expected that anyone is to assume the role of an initial goalkeeper will be comfortable on the ball to help USWT own in deeper spaces, Hayes said several times.
“I would say that for goalkeeper who are not here everyone knows what they have to work on and what is a key area of focus,” Hayes said in February.
Murphy who plays behind The courage of North CarolinaThe NWSL team most oriented to the possession is probably the best for this style. The Houston DashWhere Campbell begins, he tries to build a similar identity under the new head coach.
McGlynn registered a rare goalkeeper when opening the weekend of the NWSL 2025 season, but she and Utah Royals This season they also fought deep turns on other occasions. She and the inexperienced backline USWNT made a series of mistakes at the beginning of Tuesday 2-1 Loss for Brazil in an attempt to maintain property around his own goal. After the match, McGlynn admitted that she “forced” it in the first half when she played in the hands of the Brazilian press.
Hayes made similar points about McGlynn and Tullis-Joyce who need to read the game in possession and find out when to play for a short or long time.
So who will be the next uswtt No. 1?
“I think it was a competitive camp,” Hayes said about her goalie pool after Tuesday’s loss. “I think both (McGlynn) and Phallon had the opportunity to play against the best opponent, just like Jane had the opportunity to play against the best opponent with Japan, and I think it’s fair to say I’m much clearer.”
Anyone assumes a role will know the control that awaits: World Cup titles and gold gloves are the standard of the program. They will have two years to prepare for this inevitable pressure.
