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United States Women's U-17

Nickname(s)	Team USA The Stars and Stripes The Yanks
Association	United States Soccer Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
Head coach	Natalia Astrain
FIFA code	USA
First colors Second colors
CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
Appearances	7 (first in 2008)
Best result	Winners  : (2008, 2012 2016, 2018, 2022)
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
Appearances	4 (first in 2008)
Best result	Runners-up  : (2008)

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 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, in which the United States team did not advance out of group play. 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.

History

2002–2005

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.[1]

2007–2008

In February 2007, FIFA began organizing for the inaugural FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in New Zealand.[2] 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.[1]

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.[3]

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.[4] 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 Kristen Mewis (2). The other two goals were own goals by Paraguay and North Korea.[5]

2009–2010

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

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.[6]

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

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.

Fixtures and results

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2022

Coaches

• Erica Walsh (2004–2006)
• Kazbek Tambi (2006–2010)
• Michael Dickey (2010–2011)
• Albertin Montoya (2011–2012)
• B. J. Snow (2013–2017)
• Mark Carr (2017–2018)
• Tracey Kevins (2019–2021)
• Natalia Astrain (2021–present)

Players

Current squad

21 players were called up for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[7]

Caps and goals are current as of October 17, 2022, after match against  Morocco.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Abigail Gundry	(2005-03-10) March 10, 2005 (age 17)	5	0	NC Courage (ECNL)
12	1GK	Victoria Safradin	(2005-04-23) April 23, 2005 (age 17)	9	0	Internationals SC (OH)
21	1GK	Valentina Amaral	(2005-04-05) April 5, 2005 (age 17)	3	0	Florida Kraze Krush
2	2DF	Nicola Fraser	(2006-01-25) January 25, 2006 (age 16)	11	1	Real Colorado (ECNL)
3	2DF	Savannah King	(2005-02-07) February 7, 2005 (age 17)	11	0	Slammers FC HB Køge (ECNL)
4	2DF	Cameron Roller	(2005-06-21) June 21, 2005 (age 17)	11	1	Solar Soccer Club (ECNL)
5	2DF	Ella Emri	(2005-05-05) May 5, 2005 (age 17)	6	1	San Diego Surf
17	2DF	Jordyn Bugg	(2006-10-11) October 11, 2006 (age 16)	3	0	San Diego Surf
20	2DF	Gisele Thompson	(2005-12-02) December 2, 2005 (age 16)	12	1	Total Futbol Academy
7	3MF	Riley Jackson	(2005-12-02) December 2, 2005 (age 16)	11	2	Concorde Fire SC
8	3MF	Charlotte Kohler	(2005-10-18) October 18, 2005 (age 17)	11	9	Mtn. View Los Altos SC (ECNL)
10	3MF	Mia Bhuta	(2005-12-29) December 29, 2005 (age 16)	13	3	Slammers FC HB Koge (ECNL)
15	3MF	Ella Sanchez	(2005-03-08) March 8, 2005 (age 17)	5	0	Racing Louisville Academy
19	3MF	Lauren Martinho	(2005-10-09) October 9, 2005 (age 17)	13	5	NC Courage (ECNL)
6	4FW	Samantha Smith	(2005-09-22) September 22, 2005 (age 17)	11	5	Boise Thorns FC
9	4FW	Taylor Suarez	(2005-05-27) May 27, 2005 (age 17)	11	3	Charlotte SA
11	4FW	Nicollette Kiorpes	(2005-09-09) September 9, 2005 (age 17)	9	6	NEFC
13	4FW	Emeri Adames	(2005-04-03) April 3, 2005 (age 17)	6	2	Solar SC
14	4FW	Melina Rebimbas	(2005-05-04) May 4, 2005 (age 17)	13	10	Rutgers Prep
16	4FW	Amalia Villarreal	(2006-03-27) March 27, 2006 (age 16)	12	8	Solar Soccer Club (ECNL)
18	4FW	Onyeka Gamero	(2006-02-23) February 23, 2006 (age 16)	11	6	Beach FC (CA)

Recent call-ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Alyssa Gonzalez	(2006-05-06) May 6, 2006 (age 16)	2	0	San Diego Surf (ECNL)	August 2022 Training Camp
DF	Keegan Schmeiser	(2005-08-19) August 19, 2005 (age 17)			FC United (IL)	2022 CONCACAF U-17 Women's Championship
DF	Shae Harvey	(2005-03-01) March 1, 2005 (age 17)			Slammers FC HB Køge	2022 CONCACAF U-17 Women's Championship
DF	Claire Hutton	(2006-01-11) January 11, 2006 (age 16)			World Class FC	2022 CONCACAF U-17 Women's Championship
MF	Eleanor Klinger	(2006-11-04) November 4, 2006 (age 16)	4	0	International SC	September 2022 Training Camp
MF	Audrey Lam	(15)	3	0	Utah Royals FC - Arizona	August 2022 Training Camp
MF	Anna Castenfelt	(16)	2	0	Utah Royals FC - Arizona	August 2022 Training Camp
MF	Mia Oliaro	(2005-06-27) June 27, 2005 (age 17)	3	0	NC Courage (ECNL)	August 2022 Training Camp
FW	Melanie Barcenas	(15)	3	0	San Diego Surf (ECNL)	August 2022 Training Camp

Competitive record

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

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
2021	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Quarter-finals	4	2	2	0	14	2
Total	5/7	19	8	5	6	46	26

CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

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
Total	7/7	37	35	2	0	216	11

See also

• United States women's national soccer team
• United States women's national under-20 soccer team

References

External links

• Official website

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