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The United States U-17 women's national soccer team is a youth soccer team operated under the auspices of U.S. Soccer. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior national team. The team's most recent major tournament was the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, in which the United States team lost to Nigeria on penalties at the quarter-finals. The team competes in a variety of competitions, including the biennial FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, which is the top competition for this age group.

United States Women's U-17
Nickname(s)Team USA
The Stars and Stripes
The Yanks
AssociationUnited States Soccer Federation
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Head coachKatie Schoepfer[1]
FIFA codeUSA
First colors
Second colors
CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
Appearances8 (first in 2008)
Best resultWinners  : (2008, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Appearances5 (first in 2008)
Best resultRunners-up  : (2008)

History

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2002–2005

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The women's U-17 program was started in 2002 and was initially focused on developing players for the U-19 team. The U-17s played their first matches in November 2002, including a 3–0 victory over Scotland. Through 2003, the U-17s went undefeated in international matches, defeating youth teams from Canada and Germany, and repeated that feat in 2004. In 2005, however, the U-17s suffered defeats in matches against the Canadian and Mexican youth teams.

In 2006, the U-17s competed against various youth teams from Argentina and Germany, including a loss to Argentina's senior team.[2]

2007–2008

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In February 2007, FIFA began organizing for the inaugural FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand.[3] In preparation for the tournament, the U-17s posted a 9–1–0 record, defeating U-17 teams from Germany and Uruguay and U-19 teams from Denmark, England and Argentina.[2]

In 2008, the U-17s compiled a record of 19–3–2 and 11–2–1 in international matches, winning the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship in Trinidad and Tobago on July 26, 2008, defeating Costa Rica 4–1.[4]

At the 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the United States lost their opening match to Japan. They scraped through the opening rounds of play with a draw against France, and advanced through the tournament to the final, where they lost in overtime to North Korea. Taylor Vancil was named the best goalkeeper at the tournament.[5] Out of the 13 goals that the US had at the tournament, only three players actually scored them: Vicki DiMartino (5), Courtney Verloo (4), and Kristie Mewis (2). The other two goals were own goals by Paraguay and North Korea.[6]

2009–2010

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The U-17s were favored to win the 2010 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship held in Costa Rica, winning their group and scoring 32 goals. However, they suffered a stunning loss to Canada in the semifinals, on a penalty shootout. This loss prevented the United States from qualifying to the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, the first time in history that a United States women's national soccer team has not advanced out of their region to a Women's World Cup.

2011–2012

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In 2011, Albertin Montoya took over the U-17 squad, intent on developing a more possession style of play. The team started out the cycle slow against powerhouses Germany and Japan, going 1–1–2 in a set of friendlies, but eventually found their form and dominated the 2012 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, outscoring their opposition 26–0 on their way to winning the tournament and qualifying for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. Summer Green set a record with 12 goals, the most by an American player during any CONCACAF qualifying tournament.[7]

However, the World Cup would not be kind to the Americans, as despite not losing a match, they would not make it out of their group. A series of draws between the US, eventual runners-up France, and North Korea meant that the two teams to advance would be decided by total goal differential against the fourth team in the group, Gambia. The US's 6–0 win turned out not to be enough when North Korea sat deep in their own half to protect a draw, knowing they had scored 11 goals on Gambia, and France, knowing it was on the brink of elimination, pressed the outmatched Gambians to score 6 times in the final 20 minutes to turn a 4–2 match in the 70th minute into a 10–2 rout.

2013–2014

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In 2013, B. J. Snow took over the U-17 squad for the 2014 World Cup cycle. The cycle started out with great hope and expectations, but in a manner almost identical to 4 years before, the US saw itself unable to qualify for the 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup when they lost in the semifinals of the 2013 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship to Mexico in a penalty shootout despite having only given up one goal in the entire tournament.

Competitive record

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FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

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Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
  2008 Runners-up 6 3 1 2 13 10
  2010 did not qualify
  2012 Group stage 3 1 2 0 7 1
  2014 did not qualify
  2016 Group stage 3 1 0 2 9 6
  2018 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 7
  2022 Quarterfinals 4 2 2 0 14 2
  2024 Qualified
  2025 To be determined
Total 6/9 19 8 5 6 46 26

CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

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Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA
  2008 Champions 5 5 0 0 29 2
  2010 Third place 5 4 1 0 38 0
  2012 Champions 5 5 0 0 26 0
  2013 Third place 5 4 1 0 26 1
  2016 Champions 5 5 0 0 18 2
   2018 Champions 5 5 0 0 21 5
  2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[8]
 2022 Champions 7 7 0 0 58 1
  2024 Champions 5 5 0 0 32 2
Total 9/9 42 40 2 0 248 13

Fixtures and results

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See also: 2024 in association football and 2024 in American soccer

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend   Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023

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September 22, 2023 (2023-09-22) Friendly United States   2–0   Japan Carson, California
1:00 p.m. PDT
Report Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
September 24, 2023 (2023-09-24) Friendly United States   3–3   Japan Carson, California
1:00 p.m. PDT
Report Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park

2024

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February 2, 2024 (2024-02-02) CONCACAF Women's U-17 Group B United States   13–0   Panama Toluca, Mexico
13:00 ET
Report Stadium: Campo 2 - FMF
Referee: Deily Gomez (Costa Rica)
February 4, 2024 (2024-02-04) CONCACAF Women's U-17 Group B Puerto Rico   1–3   United States Toluca, Mexico
13:00 ET
Report
Stadium: Campo 2 - FMF
Referee: Neressa Goldson (Jamaica)
February 6, 2024 (2024-02-06) CONCACAF Women's U-17 Group B United States   5–0   Canada Toluca, Mexico
13:00 ET
Report Stadium: Campo 2 - FMF
February 9 CONCACAF Women's U-17 SF United States   7–1   Haiti Toluca, Mexico
13:00 ET
Report
Stadium: Campo 1 - FMF
Referee: Neressa Goldson (Jamaica)
February 11 CONCACAF Women's U-17 F Mexico   0–4   United States Toluca, Mexico
16:00 ET Report
Stadium: Campo 1 - FMF
Referee: Vimarest Díaz (Dominican Republic)
July 12 Friendly United States   3–1   Brazil Atlanta, Georgia
 Report
Stadium: Fifth Third Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Chayla Park (United States)
July 15 Friendly United States   3–1   Brazil Atlanta, Georgia
 Report
Stadium: Fifth Third Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Sarah Fraser (USA)
October 16 FIFA WC U-17 Group B Spain   v   United States Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Stadium: Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium
October 19 FIFA WC U-17 Group B United States   v   Colombia Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Stadium: Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium
October 22 FIFA WC U-17 Group B United States   v   South Korea Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Stadium: Cibao University Stadium

Coaches

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Players

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Current squad

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24 players were called up for the July 2024 Camp.[9]

Caps and goals are current as of July 15, 2024, after match against   Brazil.[10]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Molly Vapensky (2007-05-11) May 11, 2007 (age 17) 6 0   Chicago FC United
12 1GK Wicki Dunlap (2007-11-06) November 6, 2007 (age 16) 2 0   North Carolina Courage
21 1GK Evan O'Steen (16) 7 0   Solar SC
2 2DF Daya King (2007-10-01) October 1, 2007 (age 16) 7 0   Legends FC
3 2DF Jocelyn Travers (2007-10-10) October 10, 2007 (age 16) 7 1   FC Bay Area Surf
4 2DF Kiara Gilmroe (2007-02-11) February 11, 2007 (age 17) 8 0   Solar SC
5 2DF Anna Babcock (16) 2 0   Crossfire Premier SC
13 2DF Katie Scott (2007-06-20) June 20, 2007 (age 17) 9 1   Internationals SC
14 2DF Jordyn Hardeman (2007-05-05) May 5, 2007 (age 17) 9 1   Solar SC
20 2DF Edra Bello (16) 4 0   San Diego Surf SC
6 3MF Ainsley McCammon (captain) (2007-08-16) August 16, 2007 (age 16) 5 1   Solar SC
7 3MF Kimmi Ascanio (2008-01-21) January 21, 2008 (age 16) 9 4   San Diego Wave FC
8 3MF Riley Cross (2007-09-18) September 18, 2007 (age 16) 8 0   PDA
10 3MF Kennedy Fuller (2007-03-09) March 9, 2007 (age 17) 8 9   Angel City FC
11 3MF Melanie Barcenas (2007-10-30) October 30, 2007 (age 16) 14 2   San Diego Wave FC
16 3MF Y-Lan Nguyen (2007-06-02) June 2, 2007 (age 17) 4 1   VDA
17 3MF Scottie Antonucci (16) 2 0   Legends FC
24 3MF Jaiden Rodriguez (16) 2 0   Legends FC
9 4FW Mary Long (16) 2 2   Slammers FC HB Køge
15 4FW Kylie Maxwell (16) 1 0   Philadelphia Ukrainian Nationals
18 4FW Maddie Padelski (16) 4 1   Tennessee SC
19 4FW Ayva Jordan (16) 3 0   Slammers FC HB Køge
22 4FW Leena Powell (2007-10-03) October 3, 2007 (age 16) 7 1   Tudela FC
23 4FW Micayla Johnson (16) 2 1   Michigan Hawks

Recent call-ups

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The following players have been called up in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Olivia Geller (2007-01-14) January 14, 2007 (age 17) 2 0   FC Dallas April/May training camp
GK Carson Proctor (16) 0 0   FC Prime April/May training camp
GK Kennedy Zorn (2007-03-21) March 21, 2007 (age 17) 2 0   SC del Sol 2024 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
GK Morgan Farnham (16) 1 0   Beach FC January 2024 Training Camp
DF Alexis Coughlin (2007-07-21) July 21, 2007 (age 16) 4 0   Legends FC April/May training camp
DF Trinity Armstrong (2007-07-25) July 25, 2007 (age 16) 4 0   IMG Academy April/May training camp
DF Alexis Smith (16) 0 0   Ohio Premier SC April/May training camp
DF Mya Brandon (2007-11-28) November 28, 2007 (age 16) 0 0   Michigan Hawks 2024 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship Training Camp
DF Cassidy Doogan (16) 1 0   Slammers FC HB Koge January 2024 Training Camp
DF Kai Price (16) 2 0   Concorde Fire September 2023 Training Camp
DF Maddie Costello (16) 2 0   SUSA FC Academy September 2023 Training Camp
MF Sofia Atehortua (16) 0 0   IMG Academy April/May training camp
MF Karina Peat (16) 0 0   Wilmington Hammerheads Youth FC April/May training camp
MF Kennedy Ring (16) 0 0   World Class FC April/May training camp
MF Lena Tusche (16) 0 0   PDA April/May training camp
MF Bella Devey (16) 2 0   Utah Avalanche 2024 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship Training Camp
MF Aubree Ciampa (16) 7 0   Nationals January 2024 Training Camp
MF Ashlyn Puerta (16) 0 0   Albion SC January 2024 Training Camp
MF Chloe Ricketts (2007-05-23) May 23, 2007 (age 17) 2 1   Washington Spirit September 2023 Training Camp
MF Ava Sherrer (16) 2 0   San Diego Surf SC September 2023 Training Camp
FW Carrie Helfrich (2007-07-02) July 2, 2007 (age 17) 7 1   Virginia Union FC April/May training camp
FW Mya Townes (2007-07-29) July 29, 2007 (age 16) 6 6   The St. James FC April/May training camp
FW Ryder Ajeto (16) 0 0   Pateadores SC April/May training camp
FW Jaida McGrew (16) 0 0   Charlotte SA April/May training camp
FW Alexandra Pfeiffer (2007-11-26) November 26, 2007 (age 16) 7 9   Kansas City Current 2024 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
FW Rylee McLanahan (2007-08-14) August 14, 2007 (age 16) 4 1   FC Dallas 2024 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
FW Tessa Knapp (16) 0 0   Internationals SC January 2024 Training Camp
FW Chloe Burst (16) 0 0   Challenge SC January 2024 Training Camp
FW Ava Harrison (16) 0 0   San Diego Surf SC January 2024 Training Camp
FW Avery Oder (16) 2 0   Beach FC September 2023 Training Camp
  • INJ - Injured
  • PRE - Withdrew prior to camp

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Katie Schoepfer Transitions To U.S. Under-17 WYNT Head Coach As Ciara Crinion Named U.S. U-15 WYNT Head Coach". United States Soccer Federation. Archived from the original on August 29, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
  2. ^ a b About the Team Archived February 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, US Soccer.
  3. ^ FIFA looks forward to the competitions in Chile and New Zealand[dead link], FIFA.com.
  4. ^ Women's U17 2008 Schedule Archived January 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, CONCACAF official website.
  5. ^ Perfect tens strike gold, FIFA.com
  6. ^ 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Statistics: USA, FIFA.com.
  7. ^ "US Under-17 Women's National Team". Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  8. ^ "Concacaf update on 2020 competitions following FIFA calendar decisions: November 17, 2020". CONCACAF. November 17, 2020. Archived from the original on May 11, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  9. ^ "U.S. Under-17 Women's Youth National will come together for training camp in Atlanta, Georgia as preperations for 2024 FIFA U-17 WWC continue". USSoccer.com. USSF. July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  10. ^ "U.S. U-17 Women's Youth National Team defeats Brazil, 3–1, for second time in four days to finish Atlanta training camp on road to 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup". USSoccer.com. USSF. July 15, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  11. ^ "U.S. Under-17 Women's Youth National Team will come together for training camp in Kansas City as preparation for 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup begins". USSoccer.com. USSF. April 26, 2024. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  12. ^ "U-17 WYNT Head Coach Katie Schoepfer Names USA Roster for 2024 Concacaf Women's Under-17 Championship in Mexico". USSF. Archived from the original on January 24, 2024. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  13. ^ "U.S. Under-17 Women's Youth National Team to open 2024 with 36-player training camp in San Diego". www.ussoccer.com. December 22, 2023. Archived from the original on December 26, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  14. ^ "U.S. Under-17 Women's Youth National Team Starts New Cycle With 26-Player Camp in Carson, Calif. That Will Feature Two Matches Against Japan". www.ussoccer.com. September 11, 2023. Archived from the original on September 14, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
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