United States women's national under-19 soccer team

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United States under-19
Nickname(s)Team USA
The Stars and Stripes
The Yanks
AssociationUnited States Soccer Federation
ConfederationCONCACAF (North America)
Head coachCarrie Kveton[1]
FIFA codeUSA
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The United States U-19 women's national soccer team is a youth soccer team operated under the auspices of U.S. Soccer. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior women's national team, as well as bridging the development between the two major youth competition levels of the U-17 and the U-20.

History[edit]

The United States U-19 became active as the primary youth-level national team in 2001 when the United States Soccer Federation decided to change the age limit from the U-18 to U-19. The move was in preparation for FIFA's introduction of the first ever FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship (which has since changed to U-20). The new U-19 squad won the inaugural 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Canada, where they beat the hosts on a golden goal by captain and future United States women's national team mainstay Lindsay Tarpley. Five other members of that same team would join Tarpley as teammates on the senior international team: Rachel Buehler, Lori Chalupny, Heather O'Reilly, Leslie Osborne and Angie Woznuk. Other notable 2002 team members were Kelly Wilson, the all-time leading goal scorer in the history of the U-20 team, as well as two-time Hermann Trophy winner Kerri Hanks, who would go on to become one of the most decorated players in women's collegiate soccer.

In 2004, the U-19 team placed third at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand, after having been defeated by Germany in the semifinals.[2] The tournament marked the world championship debut of future senior national team members Yael Averbuch, Stephanie Lopez, Amy Rodriguez and Megan Rapinoe. 2004 also saw the first loss to a similar-aged team in the history of the program when the squad lost to Japan.

The U-19 team became dormant in 2005 when U.S. Soccer raised the age of the squad from U-19 to U-20. The move was, again, in response to FIFA's altering of the competition age from U-19 to U-20. The team subsequently had only periodic competitions until 2019, when the Federation (under general manager Kate Markgraf) reinstated all youth-level teams in their own right.

Competitive record[edit]

FIFA U-19 Women's World Cup[edit]

Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA Coach
Canada 2002 Champions 6 6 0 0 26 2 Tracey Leone
Thailand 2004 Third place 6 5 0 1 14 4 Mark Krikorian

CONCACAF Women's U-19 Championship tournament record[edit]

Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA Coach
Trinidad and Tobago 2002 No final held 3 3 0 0 34 1 Tracey Leone
Canada 2004 Runners-up 5 3 1 1 32 3 Mark Krikorian

Pan American Games[edit]

Year Result Matches Wins Draws Losses GF GA Coach
Chile 2023 Third Place 5 4 0 1 16 3 Carrie Kveton
Total 5 4 0 1 16 3

Recent schedule and results[edit]

2023[edit]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

October 22 2023 Pan American Games United States  6–0  Bolivia Viña del Mar, Chile
14:00 ET
Report Stadium: Estadio Sausalito
Attendance: 350
Referee: Stefani Escobar (VEN)
October 25 2023 Pan American Games United States  3–1  Costa Rica Valparaíso, Chile
12:00 ET
Report
Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
Attendance: 300
Referee: Maria Belen Lupera Reto (ECU)
October 28 2023 Pan American Games United States  4–0  Argentina Valparaíso, Chile
12:00 ET
Report Stadium: Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
Referee: Andreza Helena De Siqueira (Brazil)
October 31 2023 Pan American Games SF Chile  2–1  United States Viña del Mar, Chile
18:00 ET
Report
Stadium: Estadio Sausalito
Referee: Andreza Siqueira (Brazil)

2023[edit]

May 31 Friendly Spain  0-3  United States Benidorm, Spain
6:00 ET
Report Stadium: Estadio Municipal Guillermo Amour
Referee: Alba Félix Egea (Spain)

Current squad[edit]

The following 24 players were called up for the June 2024 friendlies.[3]

Caps and goals are updated as of June 3, 2024 after the match against Spain.[4][5]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Sonoma Kasica (2006-06-26) June 26, 2006 (age 17) 3 0 United States Florida Premier FC
12 1GK Kealey Titmuss (2006-09-15) September 15, 2006 (age 17) 4 0 United States Nationals

2 2DF Sam Smith (2005-09-22) September 22, 2005 (age 18) 7 0 United States Boise Timbers Thorns FC
3 2DF Aven Alvarez (2006-11-14) November 14, 2006 (age 17) 7 0 United States North Carolina Courage
4 2DF Reese Klein (2007-04-28) April 28, 2007 (age 17) 1 0 United States Florida United SC
5 2DF Cameron Roller (2005-06-21) June 21, 2005 (age 18) 2 0 United States Duke
6 2DF Hailey Baumann (2005-02-17) February 17, 2005 (age 19) 1 0 United States Wisconsin
7 2DF Kiera Staude (2005-03-30) March 30, 2005 (age 19) 1 0 United States Georgia

8 3MF Joelle Jung (18) 2 0 United States Stanford
10 3MF Mia Bhuta (18) 1 0 United States Stanford
13 3MF Linda Ullmark (2007-01-26) January 26, 2007 (age 17) 1 0 United States Western New York Flash
14 3MF Grace Restovich (2006-08-15) August 15, 2006 (age 17) 7 1 United States St. Louis Scott Gallagher
15 3MF Addison Halpern (2006-12-05) December 5, 2006 (age 17) 2 0 United States PDA
18 3MF Shae Harvey (2005-03-01) March 1, 2005 (age 19) 1 0 United States Stanford

9 4FW Bella Winn (18) 2 1 United States UCLA
11 4FW Jaden Thomas (2006-03-24) March 24, 2006 (age 18) 1 0 United States FC Dallas
16 4FW Ava McDonald (16) 5 3 United States FC Dallas
17 4FW Mia Oliaro (2005-06-27) June 27, 2005 (age 18) 2 1 United States Duke
19 4FW Miri O'Donnell (16) 2 0 United States FC Bay Area Surf
20 4FW Izzy Engle (18) 1 1 United States Minnesota Thunder

Recent call-ups[edit]

The following players were named to a squad in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Victoria Safradin (2004-04-23) April 23, 2004 (age 20) 0 0 United States Virginia April 2024 training camp

DF Elizabeth Boamah (2006-01-29) January 29, 2006 (age 18) 4 0 United States San Diego Surf SC April 2024 training camp
DF Nicki Fraser (2006-08-11) August 11, 2006 (age 17) 4 0 United States Real Colorado April 2024 training camp
DF Gisele Thompson (2005-12-02) December 2, 2005 (age 18) 5 0 United States Total Futbol Academy 2023 Pan American Games
DF Jordan Bugg (2006-01-25) January 25, 2006 (age 18) 5 0 United States San Diego Surf SC 2023 Pan American Games

MF Charlotte Kohler (2005-10-18) October 18, 2005 (age 18) 4 1 United States MVLA SC April 2024 training camp
MF Kendall Bodak (18) 4 1 United States New England FC April 2024 training camp
MF Lauren Martinho (2005-10-09) October 9, 2005 (age 18) 4 0 United States North Carolina Courage 2023 Pan American Games
MF Claire Hutton (17) 4 2 United States World Class FC 2023 Pan American Games
MF Eleanor Klinger (2006-11-04) November 4, 2006 (age 17) 5 0 United States Internationals SC 2023 Pan American Games

FW Amalia Villarreal (2006-03-27) March 27, 2006 (age 18) 5 4 United States Michigan Jaguars FC April 2024 training camp
FW Katie Shea Collins (17) 5 1 United States Tennessee SC April 2024 training camp
FW Erica Grilione (17) 0 0 United States Stanford April 2024 training camp
FW Emeri Adames (2006-04-03) April 3, 2006 (age 18) 5 3 United States Solar SC 2023 Pan American Games

Coaches[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "CARRIE KVETON NAMED U.S. U-19 WOMEN'S YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM HEAD COACH". USSoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. May 9, 2023. Archived from the original on August 29, 2023. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  2. ^ U.S. Women Fall to Germany, 3–1, at U-19 World Championship Archived June 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, US Soccer, November 24, 2004.
  3. ^ "U.S. UNDER-19 WOMEN'S YOUTH NATIONAL WILL TRAVEL TO SPAIN FOR TRAINING CAMP AND TWO MATCHES AGAINST THE HOSTS". USSoccer.com. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  4. ^ "U.S. UNDER-19 WOMEN'S YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM FALLS TO SPAIN, 3-0". USSoccer.com. United States Soccer Federation. May 31, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
  5. ^ @USYNT (June 3, 2024). "The #U19WYNT show their strength with a hard-fought tie against Spain!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "U.S. Under–19 Women's Youth National Team heads to South Florida for first training camp of 2024". USSoccer.com. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  7. ^ "Kveton Names 18 Players as U.S. Women Return to the Pan American Games for First Time Since 2007". USSF. Archived from the original on October 9, 2023. Retrieved October 9, 2023.