ATLANTA (July 18, 2025) – The U.S. Under-16 Girls’ National Team and U.S. Under-15 Girls’ National Team will come together at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif. for concurrent training camps running from July 24-31.
Each head coach — Ciara Crinion with the U-16s and Vanessa Mann with the U-15s — has named 24 players to the camp, with all the U-15s born in 2010 and all the U-16s born in 2009, with the exception of goalkeeper Avellina Saunders, who was born in 2010.
The two teams will scrimmage against each other once during the camps.
Both teams are coming off matches in Europe in June, but with U.S. Soccer’s continuing goals to foster the best playing environments while developing winning teams, numerous players who were not on those rosters will get opportunities during these camps. These camps are a part of the continuing focus on the 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 senior National Team with the goal of representing their country at a world championship.
The U.S. U-16 roster has just 11 players from the trip to the Netherlands that resulted in three ties – 0-0 with the Netherlands, 1-1 with Germany and 2-2 with Norway – while the U.S. U-15 roster features just seven players from that trip to Europe that yielded a 1-1 draw with the Netherlands and a 2-2 tie with Germany, as both coaches look to expand their player pools.
With the age cut-off for players to be eligible to play in the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup being Jan. 1, 2008, all 48 players from two camps are available for selection for that World Cup Team, which will be made up primarily of 2008s, but more likely these players will form the core of the teams that will compete to qualify for the 2026 and 2027 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cups.
One player in the U-15 GNT camp, forward Stella Spitzer, played last season for the Carolina Ascent FC in the USL Super League, seeing action in two matches.
Goalkeepers (3): Molly Gaffney (Real Colorado; Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Olivia Hasan (Eclipse Select SC; Woodstock, Ill.), Aileen Rodriguez (FC Dallas; Dallas, Texas)
Defenders (8): Nina Clement (FC Stars; Hopkinton, Mass.), Addison Elia (Western New York Flash; Wilson, N.Y.), Samara House (Maryland United FC; Silver Spring, Md.), Madison Kline (St. Louis Scott Gallagher; Edwardsville, Ill.), Emma Sullivan (San Juan SC; Carmichael, Calif.), Cassandra Travers (Bay Area Surf SC; Santa Cruz, Calif.), Carolyn Voss (Minnesota Thunder; Brooklyn Park, Minn.), Gigi Zuniga (Mountain View Los Altos SC; Watsonville, Calif.)
Midfielders (6): Chloe Guenther (Kansas City Athletics; Lees Summit, Mo.), Sarah Ligon (South Carolina Surf SC; Daniel Island, S.C.), Ainsley McGuire (St. Louis Scott Gallagher; St. Louis, Mo.), Isabella Ortiz (Florida United SC; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Ellie Snyder (Oklahoma Energy FC; Owasso, Okla.), Avery Walbruch (La Roca FC; Highland, Utah)
Forwards (7): Caroline Barrow (Albion Hurricanes FC; Houston, Texas), Eileena Chinyadza (Michigan Hawks; Canton, Mich.), Koi Edwards (Legends FC; Chino Hills, Calif.), Lauren Lim (Slammers FC HB Koge; Orange, Calif.), Alexa Paloma Barajas (Rhode Island Surf; North Kingstown, R.I.), Stella Spitzer (Carolina Ascent FC – USL – Super League; Lewis Center, Ohio), Ryder White (Virginia Development Academy; Woodbridge, Va.)
Goalkeepers (3): Ella McNeal (St. Louis Scott Gallagher; Manchester, Mo.), Avellina Saunders (Utah Royals FC Arizona; Phoenix, Ariz.), Malia Zillman (Rockford Raptors FC; Madison, Wis.)
Defenders (8): Kendra Hansen (Pateadores SC; Tustin, Calif.), Marin Kotschau (Colorado Rapids Youth SC; Thornton, Colo.), Madeline Maves (Crossfire Premier SC; Seattle, Wash.), Eloise Rubinstein (SUSA FC; Port Washington, N.Y.), Lyla Schenck (Rochester New York FC; Rochester, N.Y.), Alyssa Shim (Beach FC; Cypress, Calif.), Elena Vera (Bay Area Surf SC; Fairfield, Calif.), Anaiah Williams (Eclipse Select SC; Glendale Heights, Ill.)
Midfielders (7): Gabrielle Ferraro (San Juan SC; Sacramento, Calif.), Gabrielle Johnson (Bethesda SC; Glenn Dale, Md.), Bridget Kopmeyer (Michigan Tigers; Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Taylor Morrell (Virginia Development Academy; Leesburg, Va.), Grace Murray (Beach FC; Redondo Beach, Calif.), Georgia Restovich (St. Louis Scott Gallagher; St. Louis, Mo.), Deus Stanislaus (Players Development Academy; Fort Washington, Pa.)
Forwards (6): Maddie DiMaria (St. Louis Scott Gallagher; Fenton, Mo.), Alexis Fragnito (Syracuse Development Academy; Syracuse, N.Y.), Jacy Hackler (Kansas City Athletics; Olathe, Kan.), Amari Manning (Players Development Academy; Flemington, N.J.), Carolina Reyna (Sting Austin; Austin, Texas), Madison Schubert (Las Vegas Heat Surf SC; Las Vegas, Nev.)