The United States women’s national soccer team is coming to the Bay Area in 2025.

The U.S. women will take on Brazil in two April friendly matches, the second of which will be held at PayPal Park in San Jose at 7:30 p.m. on April 8. SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles will also host a friendly match between the two national teams on April 5.

The pair of matches will be the first meetings between the United States and Brazil since their matchup in the 2024 Olympic gold medal game in Paris. The Americans won that match 1-0 thanks to a 57th-minute goal from Mallory Swanson.

Brazil is currently ranked eighth in the world, while the United States sits in the top spot in the worldwide rankings.

The match wll mark a return to the Bay Area, where the USWNT has a long and rich history. Many current and former players have Bay Area ties, and the USWNT played its first-ever match in California in San Jose at Spartan Stadium in 1997.

Notable U.S. players with local connections likely to participate in the game include center back Naomi Girma, a native of San Jose who played at Stanford, as well as fellow Stanford alumnae like Sophia Smith and Tierna Davidson.

Brazil and the United States have previously faced off twice in the Bay Area. They contested a World Cup semifinal at Stanford Stadium in 1999 and matched up in a pre-Olympic friendly at Spartan Stadium in 2000.

Ticket presales for the match will begin on Dec. 9 and conclude on Dec. 13 at 8 a.m. local venue time.

— Christian Babcock

MLS

Earthquakes add three players in trade >> The Earthquakes their first big move under Bruce Arena, bringing in several players the team’s new coach knows well.

In a trade with the New England Revolution, the Quakes acquired center back Dave Romney and midfielders Mark-Anthony Kaye and Ian Harkes in exchange for $500,000 in general allocation money and a 2025 international roster spot. Arena coached all three players in New England, where he led the Revolution from 2019-2023.

Romney, 31, also played under Arena with the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2015 and ‘16 and will be returning to the Bay Area after playing collegiately at San Francisco from 2011-2014. After playing the second-most minutes in MLS over the last five seasons with Nashville and New England, Romney may help stabilize a Quakes defense that allowed an MLS-worst 2.29 goals per match in 2024.

Kaye was a 2019 MLS All-Star with Los Angeles FC and has since bounced from Colorado to Toronto and New England. Harkes is the youngest player of the trio at 29 and has only been back in MLS for the last two seasons after five seasons in Scotland, where he helped Dundee United gain promotion to the Premiership in 2020.

The Quakes will send New England $250,000 in general allocation money for each of the next two seasons. In 2024, teams received $2.585 million in general allocation from the league. Teams each were granted eight international roster spots last season to fill with a player or trade elsewhere. The 2025 allocations have not been released by MLS.

— Michael Nowels

College football

Heisman finalists announced >> Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel, Colorado’s two-way star Travis Hunter, Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty and Miami quarterback Cam Ward were announced as the Heisman Trophy finalists.

The winner will be announced Saturday in New York.

Gabriel led unbeaten and top-ranked Oregon to the Big Ten championship. Hunter, a two-way star, was an All-Big 12 first-team receiver and its defensive player of the year.

Jeanty’s 2,497 yards rushing are the fourth-highest single-season total in the Football Bowl Subdivision. Ward was named AP offensive player of the year after leading the nation with 36 TD passes.

NBA

T’Wolves’ Edwards fined $25,000 >> Minnesota’s Anthony Edwards was fined $25,000 for using profane language during a media interview at Chase Center on Friday after beating the Warriors 107-90.

MLB

Phillies add All-Star closer Romano >> The Philadelphia Phillies have signed closer Jordan Romano to a one-year contract worth a reported $8.5 million, making a bet he can return to form following a right elbow injury.

A two-time All-Star, Romano has 105 saves and a 2.90 ERA in 231 relief appearances with Toronto.

Ex-Giant Cobb joins Tigers >> The Detroit Tigers have added Alex Cobb to their rotation, agreeing to a one-year contract with the former Giants right-hander who went 14-15 with a 3.80 ERA over 300 innings in San Francisco from 2022-23.