United_States_women's_national_under-17_soccer_team

United States women's national under-17 soccer team

United States women's national under-17 soccer team

Women's national under-17 soccer team representing the United States

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.

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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.[2]

2007–2008

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

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.[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

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

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

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CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

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Fixtures and results

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

September 22, 2023 (2023-09-22) Friendly United States  2–0  Japan Carson, California
1:00 p.m. PDT
  • Ricketts 12'
  • Padelski 21'
 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

February 2, 2024 (2024-02-02) CONCACAF Women's U-17 Group B United States  13–0  Panama Toluca, Mexico
13:00 ET
  • Townes 8', 19'
  • Pfeiffer 16', 21', 35' (pen.)
  • Fuller 36', 42', 56', 66', 78'
  • McLanahan 68'
  • Hardeman 75'
  • Scott 80'
 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
  • Maldonado 31'
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  • Helfrich 28'
  • Travers 31' (pen)
  • Townes 67'
 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)

Coaches

Players

Current squad

21 players were called up for the 2024 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship.[9]

Caps and goals are current as of February 11, 2024, after match against  Mexico.[10]

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Recent call-ups

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

  • January 2024 Training Camp[11]
  • September 2023 Training Camp.[12]
  • June 2023 Training Camp.[13]
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  • INJ - Injured
  • PRE - Withdrew prior to camp

See also

References

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    "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. [2]
    About the Team Archived February 4, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, US Soccer.
  3. [3]
    FIFA looks forward to the competitions in Chile and New Zealand[dead link], FIFA.com.
  4. [4]
    Women's U17 2008 Schedule Archived January 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, CONCACAF official website.
  5. [5]
    Perfect tens strike gold, FIFA.com
  6. [6]
    2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Statistics: USA, FIFA.com.
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    "US Under-17 Women's National Team". Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
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    "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. [9]
    "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.
  10. [10]
    "Mexico v. United States". CONCACAF.com. CONCACAF. February 11, 2024. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  11. [11]
    "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.
  12. [12]
    "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.
  13. [13]
    "U.S. Under-17 Women's Youth National Team Calls Up 23 Players for Training Camp in North Carolina". www.ussoccer.com. May 29, 2023. Archived from the original on May 29, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2023.
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