2024 Summer Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympic Games kick off this month in Paris! Alyssa Naeher, Mallory Swanson and our newest signees Julia Grosso and Ludmila will be representing their nations at this year's tournament.
United States Olympic Team
Alyssa Naeher
Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher has previously been named to the 2016 Brazil U.S. Olympic Team and 2020 Tokyo U.S. Olympic Team, earning bronze with the 2020 Tokyo team. Naeher tended goal in all three group stage matches for the Stars and Stripes, saving two of four penalties in the quarterfinals shootout during the 2020 campaign. Following the U.S. Olympic Women’s Soccer Team’s loss to Canada in the semifinals, Naeher started in the net for the United States’ bronze medal match, but exited in the 30th minute due to injury before the USA triumphed 4-3 over Australia.
Mallory Swanson
Mallory Swanson joins Naeher and the U.S. Olympic Women’s Soccer Team for her second Olympics, previously named to the 2016 Brazil Olympic Team alongside Naeher. Swanson made her Olympics debut in 2016 with a start in the U.S. Olympic Women’s Soccer Team’s opening match, scoring in the 59th minute of her second cap. In 2024 with the USWNT, Swanson has appeared in four matches, with a standout performance in a friendly match against South Korea June 1 in her home state of Colorado. The 4-0 shutout featured two braces, one from Swanson, with goals in the 34th minute and 74th minute, and the other from former Red Star Tierna Davidson, who scored in the 38th and 48th minutes. Swanson assisted Davidson’s second before securing her own brace with the 74th minute goal, her eighth international match with at least one goal and one assist.
Schedule
July 25
2:00pm CT
Nice Stadium, Nice
July 28
2:00pm CT
Marseille Stadium, Marseille
July 31
12:00pm CT
Marseille Stadium, Marseille
Brazilian Olympic Team
Internationally, Ludmila plays for Brazil and has made 50 appearances with the senior national team. Ludmila appeared in several major international tournaments, including the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, and has five goals for Brazil. In 2019, prior to the World Cup, Ludmila and Brazil participated in the SheBelieves Cup finishing as the runner-up in the tournament. In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, during Brazil's second group stage match against the Netherlands, Ludmila entered as a halftime substitute, scoring Brazil's third goal 12 minutes later. Ludmila appeared in all of Brazil's 2020 Tokyo Olympic matches before the team's exit in the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Schedule
July 25
12:00pm CT
Bordeaux Stadium, Bordeaux
July 28
10:00am CT
Parc des Princes, Paris
July 31
10:00am CT
Bordeaux Stadium, Bordeaux
Canadian Olympic Team
Earning her first senior CANWNT call up ahead of two friendlies against the United States in November 2017, Julia Grosso recorded her first cap November 12, 2017. The Vancouver, BC, native was named to Canada’s 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup squad but did not register any minutes before the CANWNT exited in the round of 16. Part of the Canadian Olympic Women’s Soccer Team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Grosso scored the penalty kick that won Canada the gold medal, securing the biggest victory in Canadian soccer history. In 2022, Grosso scored three goals in the CONCACAF W Championship tournament, with her first two goals coming in the form of a brace against Trinidad and Tobago. Grosso’s third goal came against Panama, was the game’s lone goal and qualified the CANWNT for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup. In 2024, Grosso has appeared in five of Canada’s nine matches, converting a penalty kick in Canada’s April 9 shootout against the United States and most recently starting in the CANWNT’s June 1 friendly against Mexico.
Schedule
July 25
10:00am CT
Geoffroy-Guichard, St-Etienne
July 28
2:00pm CT
Geoffroy-Guichard, St-Etienne
July 31
2:00pm CT
Nice Stadium, Nice
Watch Parties
You're invited to cheer on the USWNT at multiple watch parties around the Chicagoland area! Join other soccer fans at these locations for food, drinks, and the chance to win Red Stars giveaways and tickets to our upcoming match on September 8 against Orlando Pride!
Gold Medal Match
USA vs Brazil
Saturday, August 10 - 10 AM
A.J. Hudson's Public House
3801 N. Ashland Ave
Chicago, IL
WebsiteWhiskey Girl Tavern
6318 N. Clark St
Chicago, IL
WebsiteFadó Irish Pub
100 W. Grand Ave
Chicago, IL
WebsiteThe Globe Pub
1934 W Irving Park Rd
Chicago, IL
WebsiteR Public House
1508 W. Jarvis Ave
Chicago, IL
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