After years of Alyssa Naeher and Hope Solo dominating, the USWNT is without a starting goalkeeper, and no obvious No. 1 has emerged in auditions.

The U.S. women's national team split a pair of friendlies with Brazil, winning the first match 2-0 Saturday in Los Angeles before falling 2-1 on Tuesday night in San Jose. Facing Brazil wasn't going to be easy,

When she took over the reins of the U.S. Women's National Team, it was pretty obvious to head coach Emma Hayes that the squad was dominated by veteran players, some

Even in a transitional 2024, there was no anointed successor to Naeher, like Solo two decades earlier. Since Naeher announced the end of her international career, Hayes has called in six goalkeepers (counting her preliminary squad and January training camp), with no clarity on who has the upper hand to start.

The U.S. women's national team will wrap up a two-game series against Brazil on Tuesday. In another anticipated friendly, the group will get another chance to work on tactics against a Brazil side with technical quality and attacking ability.

It was the second of two exhibition matches against the Brazilians, who the U.S. defeated to win the gold medal at last summer’s Paris Olympics. Brazil had not defeated the Americans since December 14, 2014.

USWNT captain Lindsey Heaps hailed teammate Trinity Rodman in her return to international duty after an eight-month injury absence.

The U.S. women's national team is back in action and will face Brazil during the April international window. The Stars and Stripes will kick off the two-game series on Saturday when they host the Conmebol side at SoFi Stadium in California. The series will then move to Northern California for a final game on April 8.

The United States women's national team split two friendlies vs Olympic gold medal match rivals Brazil, and Emma Hayes' Yanks now look to a pair versus Ireland.