ATLANTA (June 5, 2025) –The U.S. Under-16 Girls’ National Team and U.S. Under-15 Girls’ National Team will both travel to Europe in June for training camps and matches. The U.S. U-16 GNT will be in the Netherlands while the U-15s will travel to the Netherlands and Germany border for some rare full international matches for this age group.
Head coach Ciara Crinion will lead the U-16s which will play three games, taking on the Netherlands (June 11), Germany (June 13) and Norway (June 16). All games will be held at Sportpark Parkzicht in Uden, Netherlands.
Vanessa Mann will coach her first international matches after taking the helm of the U-15s with the young Americans playing two matches, facing the Netherlands on June 12 at SportparkVondersweijde in Oldenzaal, Netherlands, which is close to the border with Germany. The USA will then take on Germany on June 15 at OBI-Arena in Rheine, Germany.
All 20 players on the U-16 roster were born in 2009 except for midfielder Loradana Paletta, who was born 2011, while all the U-15 players were born in 2010. The cut-off eligibility age for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup is Jan. 1, 2008, and all 40 players over these two camps are available for selection for the World Cup Team, which will be made up primarily of 2008s.
One player in the U-15 GNT camp, midfielder Valentina Perrotta, trained this past season with the DC Power FC in the USL Super League and saw action in one match this year. She plays her youth club soccer with Bethesda FC.
Eight players on the U-16 roster helped the USA win the 2024 Concacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championship in Costa Rica with defenders Melia Brewer (two goals) and Elena Vera; midfieldersCaroline Swann (two goals), Mia Corona (two goals), Paletta (one goal), Amari Manning (two goals)andTaylor Morrell; and forwards Deus Stanislaus (three goals) and Carolina Reyna, (team-high six goals).
U.S. U-15 GNT goalkeeper Carmen O’Dea is the only player playing outside the United States. Born in Spain to a Spanish mother and American father, she plays for the FC Barcelona youth teams.
U.S. U-15 GIRLS’ NATIONAL TEAM (Club; Hometown)
International Training Camp – Germany
Goalkeepers (2): Carmen O'Dea (FC Barcelona; Barcelona, ESP), Avellina Saunders (Utah Royals FC Arizona; Phoenix, Ariz.)
Defenders (7): Nina Clement (FC Stars; Hopkinton, Mass.), Ally Damron (San Diego Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.), Kylie Guerrero (Solar SC; Coppell, Texas), Madison Kline (St. Louis Scott Gallagher; Edwardsville, Ill.), Tilly Shaeffer (Sting Austin; San Antonio, Texas), Cassandra Travers (Bay Area Surf SC; Santa Cruz, Calif.), Gigi Zuniga (Mountain View Los Altos SC; Watsonville, Calif.)
Midfielders (6): Natalia Hanson (Penn Fusion SA; Coatesville, Pa.), Ainsley McGuire (St. Louis Scott Gallagher; St. Louis, Mo.), Isabella Ortiz (Florida United SC; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Valentina Perrotta (DC Power Football Club – USL Super League; Rockville, Md.), Avery Walbruch (La Roca FC; Highland, Utah), Kiyomi Yoshimura (Mountain View Los Altos SC; Santa Clara, Calif.)
Forwards (5): Caroline Barrow (Albion Hurricanes FC; Houston, Texas), Ella Carr (Sting Austin; Spicewood, Texas), Riley Rountree (Eastside FC; Seattle, Wash.), Rhea Steil (HTX; Spring, Texas), Isabelle York (TophatSC; Atlanta, Ga.)
U.S. U-16 GIRLS’ NATIONAL TEAM (Club; Hometown)
International Training Camp – Netherlands
Goalkeepers (2): Marley Higgins (Pacific Northwest SC; Portland, Ore.), Malia Zillman (Rockford Raptors FC; Madison, Wis.)
Defenders (7): Emily Baxter (TophatSC; Atlanta, Ga.), Meila Brewer (Kansas City Athletics; Overland Park, Kansas), Kendra Hansen (Pateadores SC; Tustin, Calif.), Marin Kotschau (Colorado Rapids Youth SC; Thornton, Colo.), Madeline Maves (Crossfire Premier; Seattle, Wash.), Elena Vera (Bay Area Surf SC; Fairfield, Calif.), Anaiah Williams (Eclipse Select SC; Glendale Heights, Ill.)
Midfielders (6): Mia Corona (Legends FC; Cypress, Calif.), Taylor Morrell (Virginia Development Academy; Leesburg, Va.), Loradana Paletta (New York City FC; Syosset, N.Y.), Georgia Restovich (St. Louis Scott Gallagher; St. Louis, Mo.), Carolina Reyna (Sting Austin; Austin, Texas), Caroline Swann (Solar SC; Dallas, Texas)
Forwards (5): Lilah Helwig (FC DELCO; Frackville, Pa.), Amari Manning (Players Development Academy; Flemington, N.J.), Kyleigh Pete (Sting Dallas Royal; Grand Prairie, Texas), Deus Stanislaus (Players Development Academy; Fort Washington, Pa.), Daphne Van der Weide (Virginia Development Academy; Vienna, Va.)
