ATLANTA (August 19, 2025) – The U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team will travel to Spain from Aug 22-Sept. 1 for a pair of international friendlies against the hosts. The matches will take place on Aug. 28 and 31 at Stadi Olímpic Camilo Cano in Alicante, Spain. Both games will be at 11 a.m. local / 5 a.m. ET and are open to the public with free admission.
This trip will be the final training camp and final matches before U.S. head coach Katie Schoepfer chooses the 21-player roster that will represent the USA at the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, taking place in Morocco from Oct. 17-Nov. 8.
The U-17 WNT enters the matches following its recent success at the 4 Nations Tournament in Mexico City, where the team recorded victories over Mexico and Costa Rica and tied Canada (before winning the penalty kick shootout) to secure the championship. Fourteen players who helped lift the trophy in Mexico will travel to Spain for this event, including the goal scorers in that tournament, midfielder Nyanya Touray (3) and defender Sydney Schmidt (1).
The roster consists of seven players who are entering their freshman years of college this fall; Schmidt, who will enroll at Florida State in January of 2026 and is playing for the Sporting Club Jacksonville in the USL Super League until then; and 14 club players. Two players called up currently live and play in Spain: goalkeeper Carmen O’Dea (Barcelona U-19s) and central defender Claire Kessenger (CE Europa Femenino in Barcelona).
The age cutoff to play in the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup is players born on or after Jan. 1, 2008. This roster features 18 players born in 2008, two in 2009 – forward Maddie DiMaria and defender Meila Brewer -- one in 2010 in O’Dea and midfielder Loradana Paletta, who was born in 2011.
The U.S. U-17 WNT has several professional players from the NWSL in the pool, but none of them were available for selection for this roster.
At the 2025 FIFA U-17 WWC, the USA will play in Group C and will face Ecuador (9 a.m. ET / 2 p.m. local time) in its first match on Saturday, Oct. 18. The USA will then face China PR on Tuesday, October 21 (Noon ET / 5 p.m. local) and finish group play against Norway on Friday, October 24 (9 a.m. ET / 2 p.m. local). All three of the USA’s Group C games will be played at the Football Academy Mohammed VI (Pitch 3) in Sale, which is just outside of the capital of Rabat.
These will be the ninth and tenth international matches this year for the U.S. U-17 WNT ahead of the World Cup, continuing the focus on the U.S. Way 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.
International Matches – Alicante, Spain
Goalkeepers (3): Peyton Trayer (Slammers FC HB Koge; Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Evan O'Steen (Florida State; Grapevine, Texas), Carmen O'Dea (FC Barcelona U-19s; Barcelona, Spain).
Defenders (7): Claire Kessenger (CE Europa Femenino; Barcelona, Spain), Ryana Dill (Bethesda SC; Waldorf, Md.), Sydney Schmidt (Sporting Club Jacksonville – USLSL; St. Johns, Fla.), Meila Brewer (UCLA; Overland Park, Kan.), Pearl Cecil (Virginia; Encinitas, Calif.), Olivia Robinson (STA Soccer; Scotch Plains, N.J.), Cali O'Neill (North Carolina Courage Academy; Durham, N.C.).
Midfielders (7): Scottie Antonucci (Legends FC; Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), Chloe Sadler (La Roca FC; Hyde Park, Utah), Charlee Siria (Ohio Elite SA; Lexington, Ky.), Jaiden Rodriguez (USC; San Diego, Calif.), Nyanya Touray (Florida State; Silver Spring, Md.), Loradana Paletta (New York City FC; Syosset, N.Y.), Riley Kennedy (UNC; Holly Springs, N.C.).
Forwards (5): Lauren Malsom (UNC; Marietta, Ga.), Maddie DiMaria (St. Louis Scott Gallagher; Fenton, Mo.), Elayna Kocher (Penn Fusion SA; Allentown, Pa.), Addison Feldman (Utah Celtic FC; Salt Lake City, Utah), Saleen Koszorus (Crossfire Premier SC; Bellevue, Wash.).