The USWNT took the field in São Paulo on a road friendly against Brazil, a match that carried more weight than a routine June tune-up because Brazil will host the 2027 Women’s World Cup. The game was scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Eastern, with Emma Hayes sending her team into one of two road matches on this trip against a familiar opponent that has grown much tougher.
Fans looking for the match had several ways in. TBS carried it in English, while Telemundo and Universo showed it in Spanish. HBO Max streamed the game in English, Peacock carried the Spanish stream and FuboTV offered a free trial for viewers who wanted to watch online. For a team that keeps testing itself against elite opposition, the broadcast setup matched the scale of the occasion.
The search interest around the game was not only about where to watch it. Trinity Rodman, Sophia Wilson and Mallory Swanson could share the field for the first time since the 2024 Olympic gold medal match, 604 days earlier. That possibility gave the friendly a sharper edge, because it pointed back to a front line that has not all been together since the biggest stage the program has played recently.
Brazil made the assignment more complicated. The matchup was billed as part of a long-running rivalry and a chapter in a series that has kept producing high-level tests for the Americans, but Brazil was described as much improved, which made it harder to treat the night as a simple exhibition. Hayes has continued to line up tough friendlies, and this one came on the road against the same country that will stage the next Women’s World Cup, turning a summer fixture into a useful look at a future host venue.
What comes next is another road match in June against the 2027 Women’s World Cup hosts, though the opponent was not identified in the material provided. For the USWNT, the bigger question from São Paulo is whether Hayes uses this stretch to reconnect her most dangerous attackers and keep sharpening them against the kind of opponent that can expose any gap.
