Tickets for the friendly match on Friday at 7:30pm will go on sale to the general public.
The game against Costa Rica concludes the United States' entire schedule for the Paris Olympics. Under incoming coach Emma Hayes, the U.S. team will play South Korea in Commerce City, Colorado, outside Denver, on June 1st, St. Paul, Minnesota on June 4th, and Mexico in Harrison, New Jersey on July 13th. to play against.
The day after the game in Washington, the U.S. team will play in Group B against Zambia in Nice on July 25, Germany in Marseille on July 28, and Australia in Marseille on July 31. I'm planning to fly to France.
Hayes, whose spell at English club Chelsea ends next month, will select the 18-man Olympic squad in the days following the game against South Korea.
Since winning a record fourth gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics, the United States lost to Sweden in the 2016 quarterfinals and Canada in the 2021 semifinals.
The game against Costa Rica will be the program's first game in the D.C. area since September 2022, following a 2-1 victory over Nigeria in front of a crowd of 18,869 at Audi Field. The U.S. women's team has a 14-1-0 record in the region, losing to France at RFK Stadium in March 2017.
The U.S. women's visit comes about five weeks after the U.S. men play a pre-Copa America friendly against Colombia on June 8 at Washington Commanders Stadium in Landover. The NFL venue will also host a men's friendly match between Argentina and Guatemala on June 14th.
The U.S. women's team is ranked fourth in the FIFA rankings, its lowest ranking since the list was created in 2003. But after being eliminated from the 2023 World Cup in the round of 16, the U.S. women's team turned to a younger squad under interim coach Twila. Kilgore compiled a 10-1-3 record, including wins in the Concacaf Gold Cup and SheBelieves Cup.
Costa Rica finished 44th, fifth among teams in Concacaf, the confederation that covers North, Central America and the Caribbean. Las Ticas have qualified for two of the past three World Cups, but are yet to win in group play. They have never qualified for the Olympics.
At last month's Gold Cup, Costa Rica lost in overtime to Canada in the quarterfinals.
Raquel Rodriguez of Angel City FC is a Penn State graduate who played in the NWSL for nine years and is the captain of Costa Rica.
