Heath, O’Reilly, Sanneh and Wondolowski are among the nominees for the US Soccer Hall of Fame

Women’s World Cup champions and Olympic gold medalists Tobin Heath and Heather O’Reilly were elected to the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame on Thursday, along with men’s players Tony Sanneh and Chris Wondolowski.

Referee Kari Seitz was also chosen along with Kevin Crow, best known for his time in indoor football.

They will be inducted on May 1 at the hall in Frisco, Texas.

O’Reilly, 40, was a forward and winger who scored 47 goals in 231 international appearances, helping the US win the 2015 World Cup and Olympic gold medals in 2004, 2008 and 2012.

She won league titles with Sky Blue in 2009 in Women’s Professional Soccer and with Kansas City in 2015 and North Carolina in 2019 in the National Women’s Soccer League.

Heath, 37, was a midfielder and striker who scored 36 goals in 181 appearances, won World Cup titles with the USA in 2015 and 2019 and Olympic gold medals in 2008 and 2012.

Wondolowski, 42, leads Major League Soccer with 171 goals in the regular season and two in the playoffs. He plays for San Jose (2005, 2009-21) and Houston (2006-09). He scored 11 goals in 35 international appearances and played in two matches at the 2014 World Cup.

Sanneh, 54, was a defender who scored three goals in 43 international appearances, starting all five matches for the US at the 2002 World Cup as the Americans reached the quarter-finals in their biggest progress since 1930.

O’Reilly, Heath and Wondolowski were chosen from the player vote, while Sanneh and Crow were chosen from the veteran vote.

Seitz, 55, refereed nine games at the Women’s World Cup in 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011 and six at the Olympics in 2004, 2008 and 2012. In 2024, she became vice president of refereeing for the U.S. Soccer Federation.

Seitz was on the builder ballot, which this year consisted only of referees. The best voter turner is chosen if he receives at least 50 percent.

Published on November 14, 2025