The method behind the USWNT's January roster | Phallon Tullis-Joyce on Manchester United, science and UWCL
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
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🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Emma Hayes has announced her first U.S. women's national team roster of 2026 and it looks a bit different from normal. So, what's the method behind this experimental January camp?
On this episode of Full Time, Jillian Sakovits is joined by The Athletic's Melanie Anzidei to break down the USWNT's January roster and dive into what we learned from Hayes's press conference on Thursday. What young players need to step up? Why is this window different for Trinity Rodman? What next for the absent Sam Coffey?
PLUS: After that, Manchester United goalkeeper Phallon Tullis-Joyce joins the show to talk about her debut season playing in the UEFA Women's Champions League, the return of the English Women's Super League from its winter break this upcoming weekend and her scientific approach to life and improving as a soccer player. Tullis-Joyce is one of several European-based USWNT players unable to join the January window, so she also opens up about how she stays in contact with Hayes and her teammates when she can't report to camp.
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HOST: Jillian Sakovits
GUESTS: Melanie Anzidei, Phallon Tullis-Joyce
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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Referenced on the show:
Trinity Rodman returns to USWNT roster for January camp, four first-time call-ups included
Manchester City in advanced talks to sign USWNT’s Sam Coffey from Portland Thorns
Arsenal head coach Renee Slegers signs new long-term contract
Former USMNT midfielder Chris Armas named Kansas City Current head coach
NWSL adds rule allowing stars to be paid $1m above cap despite players’ union opposition
NWSL can’t keep Trinity Rodman and its current salary cap. It’s up to the league to choose
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| 0:00.0 | You know, I loved that Atlago Madrid game we had, Yuvai game as well, but that |
| 0:08.2 | Aletico game, I came off the field and I was like, that was so intense. That was such a |
| 0:13.7 | Champions League game. You know, unfortunately, Dom came off with the Red Carp and then I just |
| 0:18.6 | ended up having to boot the ball like every, I have every five minutes just to survive. |
| 0:22.1 | But, like, props going to let to go. |
| 0:23.5 | Great team, great squad. |
| 0:24.6 | And it was just such a thrill and a rush to really just, like, win this game. |
| 0:36.6 | What's up, everybody? Happy New Year. It's Jillian Sackvitz. Welcome back to full time. It is 2026, and we have a new U.S. Women's National Team roster for you. Yes, on Thursday, Emma Hay is dropping her first roster of the year. We're going to be breaking that all down with the athletics, Melanie Ansuday. |
| 0:55.3 | And after that, we have a very special interview for you. |
| 0:58.8 | I had the pleasure of sitting down with Manchester United and U.S. Women's National Team goalkeeper, Fallantulles, Joyce. |
| 1:05.2 | It was a lovely conversation. |
| 1:07.6 | We got into everything from Florida swamps to hanging out in an RV during this |
| 1:12.9 | holiday break to the science behind what is Falunelish Joyce in every way, shape, and form from |
| 1:19.6 | the way that she operates as a goalkeeper. A real, I would say student of the game, but she just |
| 1:23.9 | comes across as a student of life. It was a lot of fun and I think you're really |
| 1:28.7 | going to enjoy this conversation. But before we get into breaking down, the U.S. Women's |
| 1:32.4 | National Team roster, there was some other big news this week. And that is that the Kansas City |
| 1:36.6 | current have announced that former U.S. M&T midfielder, long time MLS head coach, Chris Armis, is their new head coach. |
| 1:47.5 | The appointment marks Armis' first role in professional women's soccer following a coaching |
| 1:52.3 | career span of nearly two decades, like I mentioned, in MLS, some stints as well over in England. |
| 1:59.2 | The 53-year-old previously spent four years as the women's soccer head coach at Adelphi University from 2011 to 2014. |
| 2:07.6 | He succeeds Vladko Andanovsky at the current after the club announced in November that Andinovsky would transition from the role of head coach and sporting director into a new position as the global |
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