In the preliminary round games the Ferns lost 0–1 to Great Britain and Brazil and beat Cameroon 3–1. This was the first victory by a NZ football team in the Olympics. With the victory the Ferns advanced to the second round based on goal differential. In the quarter-final the Ferns played the USA losing 0–2. In 2013 Riley started for New Zealand in a series of games establishing the Football Ferns as a growing force in international competition. The Ferns won the Vallais Cup beating #4 Brazil 1–0 and #16 China 4–0 and also had ties playing #10 Australia, #3 Japan and #1 USA. She featured in all New Zealand's three matches at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup in Canada. In the 2016 Rio Olympics Riley played every minute of the Football Ferns' three games. The Ferns lost 0–2 to USA, 0–3 to France and beat Colombia 1–0. Riley has been the captain of the Football Ferns since the 2017 Cyprus Cup. In April 2019, Riley was named to the final 23-player squad for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.  . FC Gold Pride  Western New York Flash  FC Rosengård (formerly LdB FC Malmö)  New Zealand  International  Club  College