United States women's national under-17 soccer team

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.

2007–2008

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

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.

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. 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.

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.

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

CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

Fixtures and results

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

Legend

2025

• Anderson
• Johnson
• Sadler
• Ascanio
• Johnson
• Anderson
• Cecil
• Kennedy
• Rodriguez
• Johnson
• Antonucci
• Anderson
• Rodriguez
• Touray
• Milam
• Sato
• Fukushima
• Takahashi
• Rodriguez
• Malsom
• Torres
• Brewer
• Touray
• Malsom
• Malsom
• DiMaria
• Touray
• Zhou Xinyi
• Zeng Yijie
• Ream
• Kocher
• Touray
• Whitham
• Johnson
• Schmidt
• Malsom
• Johnson
• Cecil
• Ream
• Touray
• Sadler
• Renfurm
• Hubert
• Thomassen
• Vinckers
• Dap
• Pennock
• Van der Vliet

2026

• Choisy
• Kuhn
• Stanislaus
• Manning
• Ahrens
• Paletta
• Sanislaus

Players

Current squad

20 players were called up for the MIMA Cup

Caps and goals are current as of January 14, 2026 after match against Denmark.

Recent call-ups

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

• January 2026 friendlies

• November 2025 training camp

• 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

• September 2025 training camp

• August 2025 friendles

• 4 Nations Tournament

• June/July 2025 friendlies.

• May 2025 training camp.

• March 2025 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification

• February 2025 training camp.

• January 2025 training camp.

• INJ - Injured

• PRE - Withdrew prior to camp

Coaches

• USA Erica Walsh (2004–2006)
• USA Kazbek Tambi (2006–2010)
• USA Michael Dickey (2010–2011)
• USA Albertin Montoya (2011–2012)
• USA B. J. Snow (2013–2017)
• ENG Mark Carr (2017–2018)
• ENG Tracey Kevins (2019–2021)
• ESP Natalia Astrain (2021–2023)
• USA Katie Schoepfer (2023–2025)
• USA Ciara Crinion (2025–present)

Head-to-head record

The following table shows United States' head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

References

References

1. [http://www.ussoccer.com/Teams/Youth/US-Under17-Women/About-the-Team.aspx About the Team] {{Webarchive. link. (February 4, 2010, US Soccer.)
2. (October 2021)
3. [http://www.concacaf.com/page/WUnder17s/HistoricalStats/0,,12813,00.html Women's U17 2008 Schedule] {{Webarchive. link. (January 6, 2010, CONCACAF official website.)
4. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100125095925/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u17womensworldcup/newzealand2008/news/newsid=948160.html#perfect+tens+strike+gold Perfect tens strike gold], FIFA.com
5. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121109014028/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/u17womensworldcup/newzealand2008/teams/team=1916472/statistics.html 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Statistics: USA], FIFA.com.
6. "US Under-17 Women's National Team".
7. (17 November 2020). "Concacaf update on 2020 competitions following FIFA calendar decisions: November 17, 2020". CONCACAF.
8. (January 29, 2026). "U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team Will Travel To Spain To Participate In MIMA Cup". United States Soccer Federation.
9. (January 11, 2026). "U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team Draws 2-2 with Germany in First of Two Matches to Kick Off 2026". United States Soccer Federation.
10. (January 20, 2026). "U.S. Under-17 Women's National Team Earns Dominant 3-0 Win Over Denmark to Close Two-Match January Window". United States Soccer Federation.
11. (January 2, 2026). "U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team Will Travel to Spain for a Training Camp and Two Matches". United States Soccer Federation.
12. (November 13, 2025). "U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team Comes Together for Training Camp in Georgia with Focus on Qualifying 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup". United States Soccer Federation.
13. (September 30, 2025). "Katie Schoepfer Names U.S Roster for 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup". United States Soccer Federation.
14. (September 2, 2025). "U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team Begins Cycle with Focus on Qualifying for 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup". United States Soccer Federation.
15. (August 19, 2025). "U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team Will Travel to Spain for Two Friendly Matches on the Road to 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup". United States Soccer Federation.
16. (July 17, 2025). "U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team Will Participate in 4 Nations Tournament in Mexico City on Road to 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup". United States Soccer Federation.
17. (June 17, 2025). "Max and Telemundo to Broadcast U-17 WNT Match in Kansas City". United States Soccer Federation.
18. (May 22, 2025). "24 Players Named to U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team Roster for Domestic Training Camp in Fayetteville, Ga. as World Cup Prep Begins". United States Soccer Federation.
19. (March 20, 2025). "U-17 WNT Head Coach Katie Schoepfer Names Roster for Final Round of 2025 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Qualifiers In Trinidad & Tobago". U.S. Soccer Federation.
20. (March 28, 2025). "Forward Audrey McKeen and Defender Gracie Milam Replaces Elayna Kocher and Izzy Dalke on U.S. U-17 WNT Roster for 2025 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Qualifiers". United States Soccer Federation.
21. (February 13, 2025). "U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team Continues Run to Qualifying for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup with Training Camp in West Palm Beach, Fla.". United States Soccer Federation.
22. (January 21, 2025). "U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team and U.S. Under-16 Girls’ National Teams to Open 2025 with Concurrent Training Camps in San Diego". United States Soccer Federation.
23. (November 13, 2025). "U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team Comes Together for Training Camp in Georgia with Focus on Qualifying 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup". United States Soccer Federation.