CHICAGO (Nov. 12, 2024) – The U.S. Under-16 and Under-15 Women’s Youth National Teams will hold concurrent training camps from Nov. 14-20 at the Elite Athlete Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.
The age cut-off for next year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, the first edition after FIFA made this an annual competition, is Jan. 1, 2008. That means that players born on or after this date are eligible, and that the top players from the 2009 or even 2010 age groups could make the roster to enter qualifying for that World Cup which will be held in Morrocco from 2025-2029.
The U-16s will be coached by Patchy Toledo and the U-15s by Ciara Crinion. This is the first camp in this age group for the U-16s and second for the U-15s.
Ten players on the U.S. U-16 WNYT roster for this camp helped the USA win the 2024 Concacaf Women’s U-15 Championship last August in Costa Rica, including Carolina Reyna, who led the team with six goals in that tournament. Midfielder Deus Stanislaus and forward Mak Whitham, who will officially begin her pro career with NY/NJ Gotham FC in January, both scored three times. Whitham played in Gotham’s Summer Cup Final setback to the Kansas City Current on Oct. 25. Midfielder Loradana Paletta, who was also on the U-15 Concacaf Champions, is the only player born in 2011 on this U-16s roster. Whitham was born in 2010.
The U-15s roster features 14-year-old midfielder Stella Spitzer, who recently became the youngest player ever to feature in the USL Super League when she debuted for Carolina Ascent FC.
GOALKEEPERS (3): Maddie Freeman (FRAM Soccer Club; Torrance, Calif.), Layla Tucakovic (FC Bay Area Surf; San Jose, Calif.), Brooke Volpp (San Diego Surf SC; Encinitas, Calif.)
DEFENDERS (7): Meila Brewer (Kansas City Athletics; Overland Park, Kan.), Chloe Griswell (Solar SC; Cleburne, Texas), Madeline Maves (Seattle United; Seattle, Wash.), Chloe Miller (MVLA SC; Los Gatos, Calif.), Alyssa Shim (Beach FC; Cypress, Calif.), Elena Vera (Davis Legacy SC; Fairfield, Calif.), Anaiah Williams (Eclipse Select SC; Glendale Heights, Ill.)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Karis Buehler (Slammers FC HB Koge; Fullerton, Calif.), Mia Corona (Legends FC; Cypress, Calif.), Grace Murray (Beach FC; Redondo Beach, Calif.), Loradana Paletta (New York City FC; Syosset, N.Y.), Deus Stanislaus (PDA; Fort Washington, Pa.), Caroline Swann (Solar SC; Dallas, Texas), Kylie Tang (Utah Royals FC Arizona; Waimānalo, Hawaii)
FORWARDS (7): Giselle Aguilar (Solar SC; Cleburne, Texas), Kendra Hansen (Pateadores SC; Tustin, Calif.), Anna Korney (Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC; Penfield, Pa.), Rhea Moore (San Juan SC; Sacramento, Calif.), KK Ream (Utah Avalanche; Herriman, Utah), Carolina Reyna (Sting Austin; Austin, Texas), Mak Whitham (NJ/NY Gotham FC, NWSL; Granite Bay, Calif.)
GOALKEEPERS (3): Camille Barrett (Solar SC; Plano, Texas), Molly Gaffney (Real Colorado; Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Olivia Newcome (Charlotte SA; Charlotte, N.C.)
DEFENDERS (8): Mercy Karson (Mustang SC; Walnut Creek, Calif.), Madison Kline (St. Louis Scott Gallagher; Edwardsville, Ill.), Lucy Nelson (St. Louis DA; O’Fallon, Mo.), Sophia Polizzi (World Class FC; Tomkins Cove, N.Y.), Emma Sullivan (San Juan SC; Carmichael, Calif.), Cassandra Travers (Bay Area Surf SC; Santa Cruz, Calif.), Tori Williams (MVLA SC; Mountain View, Calif.), Gigi Zuniga (MVLA SC; Freedom, Calif.)
MIDFIELDERS (6): Ella Ahn (San Diego Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.), Allison Huff (Bay Area Surf SC; Ukiah, Calif.), Quinn Luecke (Internationals SC; Copley, Ohio), Ainsley McGuire (St. Louis Scott Gallagher; St. Louis, Mo.), Zoey Nelson (Seattle United; Seattle, Wash.), Dorothea Perry (MVLA SC; Mountain View, Calif.)
FORWARDS (7): Kayleigh Cabigon (San Diego Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.), Dylan Ohm (Penn Fusion SA; Media, Pa.), Valentina Perrotta (Bethesda SC; Rockville, Md.), Riley Rountree (Eastside FC; Seattle, Wash.), Sadie Siedel (Mustang SC; Oakland, Calif.), Stella Spitzer (Carolina Ascent FC, USL SL; Lewis Center, Ohio), Sydney Williams (United Futbol Academy; Canton, Ga.)