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United States women's national under-17 soccer team
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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 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, in which the United States team won bronze. 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
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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.
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Competitive record
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
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Fixtures and results
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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
2024
| July 12 Friendly | United States  | 3–1 |  Brazil | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Report |
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Stadium: Fifth Third Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Chayla Park (United States) |
| July 15 Friendly | United States | 3–1 | Brazil | Atlanta, Georgia |
| Report |
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Stadium: Fifth Third Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Sarah Fraser (USA) |
| October 16 FIFA WC U-17 Group B | Spain  | 3–1 | United States | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| 16:00 |
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Report | Barcenas  22' |
Stadium: Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,234 Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan) |
| October 19 FIFA WC U-17 Group B | Colombia  | 0–2 | United States | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| 19:00 | Report | Stadium: Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,334 Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania) |
| October 22 FIFA WC U-17 Group B | United States | 5–0 |  South Korea | Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Cibao University Stadium Attendance: 784 Referee: Alejandra Quisbert (Bolivia) |
| October 26 FIFA WC U-17 QF | Nigeria  | 0–2 | United States | Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic |
| 15:30 | Report | Stadium: Cibao University Stadium Attendance: 1,022 Referee: Asaka Koizumi (Japan) |
| October 30 FIFA WC U-17 SF | United States | 0–1 |  North Korea | Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic |
| 19:00 | Report | Ro Un-hyang 69' |
Stadium: Cibao University Stadium Attendance: 2,408 Referee: Alina Peșu (Romania) |
| November 3 FIFA WC U-17 3rd | United States | 3–0 |  England | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| 14:30 | Report | Stadium: Félix Sánchez Olympic Stadium Attendance: 3,971 Referee: Alejandra Quisbert (Bolivia) |
2025
| March 31 CONCACAF Championship Group C | United States | 3–0 |  Trinidad and Tobago | Couva, Trinidad and Tobago |
| 6:00 pm EDT |
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Report | Stadium: Ato Boldon Stadium Referee: Neressa Goldson (Jamaica) |
| April 2 CONCACAF Championship Group C | Honduras  | 0–7 | United States | Couva, Trinidad and Tobago |
| 3:00 pm EDT | Report |
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Stadium: Ato Boldon Stadium Referee: Dilia Bradley (Guatemala) |
| April 5 CONCACAF Championship Group C | United States | 7–0 |  El Salvador | Couva, Trinidad and Tobago |
| 3:00 pm EDT |
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Report | Stadium: Ato Boldon Stadium Referee: Marjorie Lisset Ponce Lopez (Nicaragua) |
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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 (2021–2023)- Katie Schoepfer (2023–present)
Players
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Current squad
21 players were called up for the 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification.[9]
Caps and goals are current as of April 2, 2025, after match against El Salvador.[10][11][12]
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up in the past 12 months.
- March 2025 2025 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification[13]
- February 2025 training camp.[14]
- January 2025 training camp.[15]
- 2024 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[16]
- September 2024 Camp.[17]
- August 2024 Camp.[18]
- July 2024 Camp.[19]
- INJ - Injured
- PRE - Withdrew prior to camp
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Head-to-head record
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The following table shows United States' head-to-head record in the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.
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See also
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External links
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