U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team
2025 Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers
Estadio Nacional; San Jose, Costa Rica
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto; Alajuela, Costa Rica
Feb. 10-15, 2025
The U.S. Under-17 Men’s National Team will kick off its World Cup quest at the 2025 Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers in Costa Rica on Monday, Feb. 10 vs. the U.S. Virgin Islands (8 p.m. ET; FS2). The game will serve as the USA’s first step towards a ticket to the newly expanded FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar, which will feature 48 teams for the first time and will be staged this coming November. Eight group winners from across Concacaf will qualify for the tournament and the U.S. is aiming for a record 19th appearance on the world stage.
The U-17 MNT continues group play on Wednesday, Feb. 12 against St. Kitts and Nevis (8 p.m. ET; Fox Soccer Plus) and finishes the qualifying competition on Saturday, Feb. 15 vs. Cuba. (8 p.m. ET; Fox Soccer Plus).
Players born on or after Jan. 1, 2008, are age-eligible for the 2025 Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers. Head coach Gonzalo Segares selected 21 players, all born in 2008.
All tournament matches will be broadcast in English on Fox Sports platforms and on the Fox Sports app with corresponding authentication. Fans can follow all the action from Costa Rica on ussoccer.com as well as U.S. Soccer Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Date | Opponent | Time | Location | Broadcast |
Feb. 10, 2025 | U.S. Virgin Islands | 8 p.m. ET | Estadio Nacional; San Jose, Costa Rica | FS2 |
Feb. 12, 2025 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 8 p.m. ET | Estadio Nacional; San Jose, Costa Rica | Fox Soccer Plus |
Feb. 15, 2025 | Cuba | 8 p.m. ET | Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto; Alajuela, Costa Rica | Fox Soccer Plus |
The new Concacaf U-17 Qualifiers feature 35 teams drawn into eight groups (five of four teams, three of five teams) played across six different countries. No knockout stage will be contested. Each of the eight group winners will punch its ticket to the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar.
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
Canada | Costa Rica | Mexico | Honduras |
Bermuda | Trinidad and Tobago | Nicaragua | Puerto Rico |
Curaçao | Guyana | Barbados | Bonaire |
Anguilla | British Virgin Islands | Belize | Saint Martin |
Turks and Caicos | Sint Maarten | Dominica | |
Group E | Group F | Group G | Group H |
Haiti | USA | Panama | Jamaica |
Guatemala | Cuba | Dominican Republic | El Salvador |
Antigua and Barbuda | St. Kitts and Nevis | Aruba | Cayman Islands |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | U.S. Virgin Islands | Grenada | St. Lucia |
GOALKEEPERS (3): Jack Kortkamp (Sporting KC; 2/0; Olathe, Kan.), William Mackay (Real Salt Lake; 0/0; Highland, Utah), Owen Pratt (LA Galaxy; 0/0; San Clemente, Calif.)
DEFENDERS (6): Christopher Cupps (Chicago Fire FC; 2/0; Chicago, Ill.), Jordan Griffin (Philadelphia Union; 0/0; West Chester, Pa.), Pedro Guimaraes (Orange County SC; 3/0; Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Ramiz Hamouda (Birmingham Legion FC; 0/0; Lincoln, Neb.), Enrique Martinez (LA Galaxy; 3/0; Compton, Calif.), Gio Villa (Real Salt Lake; 3/0; Chicago, Ill.)
MIDFIELDERS (6): Maximo Carrizo (New York City FC; 3/0; Greenwich, Conn.), Kellan LeBlanc (Philadelphia Union; 0/0; Royersford, Pa.), Luca Moisa (Real Salt Lake; 3/0; Las Vegas, Nev.), Cooper Sanchez (Atlanta United FC; 0/0; Holly Springs, Ga.), Cristiano Oliveira (New England Revolution; 0/0; Somerville, Mass.), Jude Terry (Los Angeles FC; 3/1; San Diego, Calif.)
FORWARDS (6): Chase Adams (Columbus Crew; 3/0; Naperville, Ill.), Lorenzo Cornelius (St. Louis City SC; 3/2; St. Peters, Mo.), Chance Cowell (San Jose Earthquakes; 3/0; Ceres, Calif.) Jamir Johnson (Philadelphia Union; 0/0; Huntsville, Ala.), Tanner Rosborough (New York Red Bulls; 0/0; McDonald, Pa.), Axel Uriostegui (Real Salt Lake; 0/0; Las Vegas, Nev.)
This year kicks off a new era for FIFA’s youngest youth world championships. Both the FIFA U-17 World Cup and U-17 Women’s World Cup are now annual events. The men’s tournament has been expanded from 32 to 48 teams, while the women’s competition goes from 16 to 24. The next five editions of the U-17 World Cup will be held in Qatar, while Morocco will host the next five U-17 Women’s World Cups.
With the expansion of the field, each confederation has been allocated more berths in the competition. Concacaf (covering North America, Central America and the Caribbean) goes from four to eight entries, Africa from four to 10, Asia from four to eight, Europe from five to 11, South America from four to seven and Oceania from two to three.
The U-17 MNT has long been an important step in development towards the senior USMNT. Of the 26 players who represented the USA at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, 10 also played for the U.S. at U-17 World Cup qualifying: defenders Shaq Moore and Joe Scally, midfielders Kellyn Acosta, Tyler Adams, Luca de la Torre, forward Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna, Josh Sargent, Tim Weah and Haji Wright.
Previously, the U-17 MNT has served as a launching pad for U.S. Soccer legends like Landon Donovan and DaMarcus Beasley, who first exploded onto the international stage at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Cup as the USA finished fourth.
This year marks the 21st Concacaf tournament for the U-16/U-17 age group. The competition began in 1983 as the Concacaf U-16 Championship, qualifying two teams to the FIFA U-17 World Cup from 1985-2005 and at least four teams from 2007 to now. The U.S. has participated in 20 of 21 tournaments, including each competition since 1985. By winning the 1983 Concacaf U-16 Championship, the USA had already qualified for the 1985 U-16 World Championship.
It's the first time since 2009 that a confederation champion will not be crowned at the U-17 level. From 1999-2007, two separate groups contested U-17 qualifying, while in 2009, the knockout stage was canceled due to swine flu.
The USA has a history of success at this tournament, qualifying for a record 18 FIFA U-17 World Cups, tied with Brazil for the most all-time. Ten Concacaf nations have qualified for the U-17 World Cup. Behind the USA’s 18 appearances are Mexico (15), Costa Rica (10), Canada (eight), Honduras (five), Panama (three), Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago (two each).
This one-year U-17 MNT cycle kicked off in September 2024 at the Jezek Cup in the Czech Republic and the team gathered again for a domestic camp in November. Ten players have been called up for all three training camps: Chase Adams, Carrizo, Cowell, Christopher Cupps, Guimaraes, Kortkamp, Enrique Martinez, Moisa, Terry and Gio Villa.
At the Jezek Cup, the U-17s played up against U-18 squads from Germany, Czech Republic and Slovakia. The U.S. went 1-1-1, highlighted by a 4-0 win against Czech Republic on goals from midfielder Jude Terry and forward Lorenzo Cornelius. Cornelius scored again in the USA’s 1-1 draw with Slovakia.
Prior to the start of the U-17 cycle, this age group had three training camps together as the U-16 Boys’ National Team. Guimaraes and Villa have been a part of all six gatherings over the last two years. As the U-16s, the U.S. drew Uruguay 1-1 and Argentina 2-2 last spring in Buenos Aires. Midfielder Luca Moisa netted the USA’s lone goal vs. Uruguay.
This group of 2008-birth year players composed the first U.S. team to win the Concacaf U-15 Boys’ Championship in 2023. It was the USA’s third appearance in the competition and the U-15s topped Mexico 4-2 in the tournament final to lift the trophy.
Ten of the 18 players that helped the U.S. take home Concacaf’s youngest continental championship return for U-17 World Cup qualifying: Chase Adams, Pedro Guimaraes, Jamir Johnson, Ramiz Hamouda, William Mackay, Luca Moisa, Owen Pratt, Tanner Rosborough, Jude Terry and Gio Villa.
Adams and Johnson paced the U.S. in scoring at the tournament with four goals each, while Rosborough added three. Adams bagged a brace in the final and Johnson added another, while Johnson netted a hat trick in the USA’s 11-0 group stage romp against Cuba.
In addition to host Qatar’s automatic berth, only Oceania has already held its qualifying competition for the U-17 World Cup. Fiji, New Caledonia and New Zealand will represent the confederation this fall as Fiji makes its first appearance at the competition. The rest of the world will qualify this spring: Europe in March, Africa in March/April in Morocco, South America in March/April in Colombia and Asia in April in Saudi Arabia.