The United States women’s national soccer team is returning to the South Bay.
U.S. Soccer announced Saturday that PayPal Park in San Jose will host the U.S women’s national team on April 11. It will be the first of three matches in the April international window against Japan, a longtime rival that has been a part of some of the most famous games in USWNT history.
The match will take place at 2:30 p.m. PayPal Park hosted both the United States men’s and women’s senior national teams in 2025, staging the USWNT’s Olympic gold medal rematch against Brazil in April before hosting Concacaf Gold Cup action between the USMNT and Trinidad and Tobago in June.
“Japan is one of the best teams in the world,” U.S. head coach Emma Hayes said in a news release. “I’m a big admirer of how they play and I have tremendous respect for their team and identity. They are a highly experienced group and are fully committed to their style of football. Playing the same opponent three times is unusual but it presents a great challenge and a chance to test ourselves against a top-quality opponent.”
The April 11 match will mark the USA’s sixth all-time match at PayPal Park, where the team is 5-1-0 and has consistently played in front of large crowds. The most recent match at PayPal was the USA’s first loss at the venue, a 2-1 setback to Brazil on April 8, 2025, when the U.S. started its least experienced starting 11 in the past 25 years.
The U.S. will also face Japan on April 14 in Seattle and April 17 in Commerce City, Colorado.
Presales for the match begin on Monday and run through Thursday. Bay FC season ticket members will have presale access to match tickets beginning Tuesday at 10 a.m., with additional presale opportunities for Bay FC fans opening Wednesday. The public sale for all venues will commence on Thursday.
Historically, the USWNT player pool features many connections to San Jose and the Bay Area, and the roster selected to these matches should be no different.
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