ATLANTA (June24, 2025) - The U.S. Under-19 and Under-18 women’s National Teams will come together from June 24-July 1 for a joint training campat McCurry Park in Fayetteville, Georgia. The players from both age groups will be divided into two teams for the camp featuring players from both age groups.The joint camp is part of the Federation's U.S. Way philosophy which emphasizes increased programming for Youth National Teams to create more opportunities for young players to advance through the pathway to the full U.S. Women’s National Team with the goal of representing their country at a world championship.
U-19 WNT head coach Carrie Kveton and U-16 GNT head coach Ciara Crinion will be co-head coaches for the camp. For the U-19s, 22 players were named with 20born in 2006 and twoborn in 2007, while the U-18 rosterfeatures 24 players, all born in 2007.
Players born on or after Jan. 1, 2006, are age-eligible for next year’s 2026 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Poland, meaning all 46 players in camp will be training for a spoton the qualifying team for that tournament.The USA qualified for the 2026 FIFA Women’s World Cup after finishing in the top four teams at the 2025 Concacaf Women’s Under-20 Championship in Costa Rica earlier this month. Twelve players from the U-19 and U-18 rosters competed in thatcompetition.
The U-19 WNT camp roster features 19 college players, with 11 different colleges represented. Penn State and Notre Damehave three players while Florida State, Texas, Stanford, and Virginia have two each. The roster also features two National Women’s Soccer League professionals – Trinity Armstrong of the San Diego Wave and Ainsley McCammon of the Seattle Reign – and one USL Super League professional – Charlotte Burge. Armstrong is in her rookie year in the NWSL, McCammon is in her second, and Burgeplayed in the inaugural season of the USL Super League for the Carolina Ascent.
The U-18 WNT camp roster is a mixture ofyouth club players, college players, and professionals. Nine different colleges are represented, with Alabama and UNC having two each. Zoe Matthews of the Houston Dash and Katie Scott and Mary Long of the Kansas City Current are the three professional players. Scott and Long both played in the 2025 Concacaf Women’s Under 20 Championship with Scott scoring onegoal andLongscoring three goals. There are also two USL Super League players on the U-18 squad in Emma Johnson from Lexington SC and Ashlyn Puerta from Sporting JAX.
Seven players on the U-18roster were part of the USA’s bronze-winning 2024 U-17 Women’s World Cup Teamindefenders Kiara Gilmore, Leena Powell, Scott, and Jocelyn Travers, midfielder Jordyn Hardeman, and forwards Long and Maddie Padelski.
Four players from the USA’s 2023 Pan American Games Team that earned a bronze medal are on the U-19 roster in goalkeeper Kealey Titmuss, midfielder Eleanor Klinger, and forwardsKendall Bodak, and Amalia Villareal.
Goalkeepers (3): Charlotte Burge (Carolina Ascent FC – USL Super League; Virginia Beach, Va.), Keegan Smith (Arkansas; Bath, N.Y.), Kealey Titmuss (Penn State; Grand Blanc, Mich.)
Defenders (7): Trinity Armstrong (San Diego Wave - NWSL; Dallas, Texas), Bella Ayscue (Penn State; Apex, N.C.), Elizabeth Boamah (Stanford; San Diego, Calif.), Kieryn Jeter (Penn State; Cumming, Ga.), Peyton McGovern (Florida State; Bristow, Va.), Abby Mills (Notre Dame; Southlake, Texas), Chloe Shimkin (Texas; Rockville Centre, N.Y.)
Midfielders (6): Nawreen Ahmad (Florida State; Falls Church, Va.), Carly Cormack (Oregon; Honolulu, Hawaii), Ines Derrien (USC; San Diego, Calif.), Addison Halpern (Virginia; Middlesex, N.J.), Eleanor Klinger (Stanford; Cleveland, Ohio), Ainsley McCammon (Seattle Reign - NWSL; Bedford, Texas)
Forwards (6): Kendall Bodak (Clemson; Monson, Mass.), Sophia Bradley (Virginia; Wayne, N.J.), Izzy Engle (Notre Dame; Edina, Minn.), Lilyana Joseph (Notre Dame; Hamden, Conn.), Reese Mattern (Tennessee; Charlottesville, Va.), Amalia Villarreal (Texas; Lansing, Mich.)
Goalkeepers (3): Daphne Nakfoor (Slammers FC HB Koge; Carlsbad, Calif.), Nyamma Nelson (Portland Thorns Academy; West Linn, Ore.), Carson Proctor (FC Prime; Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.)
Defenders (8): Edra Bello (USC; San Diego, Calif.), Braelyn Even (Cincinnati United SC; Cincinnati, Ohio), Kiara Gilmore (Wisconsin; Allen, Texas), Emma Johnson (Lexington SC– USL Super League; Greenfield, Ind.), Zoe Matthews (Houston Dash - NWSL; Southlake, Texas), Leena Powell (UCLA; Culver City, Calif.), Katie Scott (Kansas City Current - NWSL; Fairview, Pa.), Jocelyn Travers (Bay Area Surf SC; Santa Cruz, Calif.)
Midfielders (7): Olivia Belcher (Alabama; Colleyville, Texas), Riley Cross (Penn State; Chatham, N.J.), Bella Devey (UNC; Draper, Utah), Natalia DiSora (Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC; Pittsburg, Pa.), Jordyn Hardeman (Virginia; Midlothian, Texas), Lily Kiliski (New York SC; Fresh Meadows, N.Y.), Ashlyn Puerta (Sporting JAX – USL Super League; Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.)
Forwards (6): Montgomery Draham (Real Football Academy; Somerdale, N.J.), Eres Freifeld (UNC; Redmond, Wash.), Eleanor Hodsden (Notre Dame; Dripping Springs, Texas), Mary Long (Kansas City Current - NWSL; Mission Hills, Kan.), Maddie Padelski (Alabama; Nolensville, Tenn.), Mya Townes (Georgia; Aldie, Va.)
The U.S. Way is a shared philosophy, a strategy and a practical toolkit to enable excellence at every level of the game and for us to win. The U.S. Way is intended to work in partnership between the club and National Team environment to cultivate the next generation of talent with three areas of focus: World Class Development Pathways and Environments, including scaled Talent Identification, expanded Youth National Team programming and accelerated development and foundation building across the Extended National Teams; Shared and Scaled Infrastructure, highlighted by the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center, U.S. Way digital platform and unified youth calendar; and Professional Development for the Entire Ecosystem, featuring formal courses, technical and administrative staff community building, leadership development, and best practice resource sharing. For more information, visit ussoccer.com/ourvision/us-way.