U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team Will Journey to Spain for Two Pleasant Matches on the Highway to 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup

ATLANTA (August 19, 2025) – The U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team will journey to Spain from Aug 22-Sept. 1 for a pair of worldwide friendlies towards the hosts. The matches will happen on Aug. 28 and 31 at Stadi Olímpic Camilo Cano in Alicante, Spain. Both video games will probably be at 11 a.m. native / 5 a.m. ET and are open to the general public with free admission.

This journey would be the ultimate coaching camp and ultimate matches earlier than U.S. head coach Katie Schoepfer chooses the 21-player roster that can characterize the USA on the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, happening in Morocco from Oct. 17-Nov. 8.

The U-17 WNT enters the matches following its current success on the 4 Nations Tournament in Mexico City, the place the group recorded victories over Mexico and Costa Rica and tied Canada (earlier than profitable the penalty kick shootout) to safe the championship. Fourteen gamers who helped elevate the trophy in Mexico will journey to Spain for this occasion, together with the purpose scorers in that event, midfielder Nyanya Touray (3) and defender Sydney Schmidt (1).

The roster consists of seven gamers who’re coming into their freshman years of faculty this fall; Schmidt, who will enroll at Florida State in January of 2026 and is taking part in for the Sporting Club Jacksonville within the USL Super League till then; and 14 membership gamers. Two gamers referred to as up at present stay 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 within the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup is gamers born on or after Jan. 1, 2008. This roster options 18 gamers born in 2008, two in 2009 – ahead 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 a number of skilled gamers from the NWSL within the pool, however none of them have been out there for choice for this roster.

At the 2025 FIFA U-17 WWC, the USA will play in Group C and can face Ecuador (9 a.m. ET / 2 p.m. native 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. native) and end group play towards Norway on Friday, October 24 (9 a.m. ET / 2 p.m. native). All three of the USA’s Group C video games will probably be performed on the Football Academy Mohammed VI (Pitch 3) in Sale, which is simply exterior of the capital of Rabat.

These would be the ninth and tenth worldwide matches this 12 months for the U.S. U-17 WNT forward of the World Cup, persevering with the deal with the U.S. Way which emphasizes elevated programming for Youth National Teams to create extra alternatives for younger gamers to advance by way of the pathway to the senior National Team with the purpose of representing their nation at a world championship. 

U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team Roster by Position (Club; Hometown) 

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.).