The following is a brief look at individual and team statistics for the USA at the 2024 Concacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championship.
Tables showing each player’s offensive performance, minutes played, and starter/substitute status for each match are included and discussed.
Also included are tables comparing the USA’s overall offensive and defensive performances per match.
For summaries of the USA’s matches during the tournament, see these two earlier articles:
- U-15 WYNT: The USA Defeats Jamaica 11-nil and Costa Rica 3-nil at the 2024 Concacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championship, which covers the USA’s first two group stages matches of the tournament, and
- U-15 WYNT: The USA Wins the 2024 Concacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championship, which covers the final group stage match against Haiti as well as the semifinal against Canada and the final against Mexico.
Also, for the full player roster, with hometown and club team details, see U-15 WYNT: Roster Announced for 2024 Concacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championship.
Note: In U.S. Soccer’s match report for the final against Mexico, the substitution time for when Alex Han was replaced by Bristol Kersh is not specified. That time is presumed to be half-time (36′ mark).
Goal-Scoring and Assists
The following table shows the official offensive performance for each player. The table is sorted first on the basis of total points (2 points for a goal and 1 for an assist) in descending order, and then by minutes played in ascending order. In other words, for two players tied on points with each other, the player that has fewer minutes played is ranked higher.
Table #1: Total Goals and Assists Per Player, Sorted by Points and Total Minutes Played
PLAYER P. G A Pts MinP
Reyna, Carolina FW 6 1 13 247
Conway, Kendall MF 5 1 11 208
Whitham, Mak FW 3 2 8 140
Stanislaus, Deus MF 3 0 6 222
DiMaria, Maddie FW 2 2 6 243
Manning, Amari FW 2 1 5 210
Swann, Caroline MF 2 1 5 245
Corona, Mia MF 2 0 4 143
Kersh, Bristol DF 1 2 4 219
Brewer, Meila DF 2 0 4 280
Ream, KK FW 0 2 2 210
Paletta, Loradana MF 1 0 2 232
Han, Alex DF 0 1 1 198
Morrell, Taylor DF 0 1 1 224
Vera, Elena DF 0 0 0 234
Miller, Chloe DF 0 0 0 245
Fowler, Anne GK 0 0 0 175
McNeal, Ella GK 0 0 0 175
Own Goal -- 2 - - ---
TOTAL 31 14 72
Key: “P.” is the player’s position, “G” is the number of goals scored, “A” is the number of assists, “Pts” is the total points, and “MinP” is total minutes played over the entire tournament.
Individual Leaderboards for Goals and Assists
Caroline Reyna (6), Kendall Conway (5), Deus Stanislaus (3), and Mak Whitham (3), were the top-four scorers for the USA. Five other player score 2 goals, while 2 additional players each had a single goal.
Fourteen players officially contributed to the scoring, with 11 total players netting at least 1 goal, plus 3 other players earning at least 1 assist. Of the 11 players with goals, 8 had assists.
Of the midfielders and forwards, only forward KK Ream did not find the back of the net, though she did register 2 assists, including for the game-winner against Costa Rica.
Four players were tied for having the most assists for the USA: Mak Whitham, KK Ream, Bristol Kersh, and Maddie DiMaria each had 2 assists.
Goal Time Distribution
Over the five matches, the distribution of goals was relatively balanced, time-wise. Splitting the 70-minute matches into 4 quarters, here are the number of goals the USA scored (including the 2 own goals by Haiti):
- Start to 20′: 8 goals
- 21′ to 35’+: 9 goals
- 36′ to 55′: 6 goals
- 56′ to 70’+: 8 goals
That the opening 20 minutes of the second half had the fewest goals scored was probably to be expected due to substitutes adjusting to the match as well as the opposing team making defensive adjustments during the break.
(The reasons for splitting the halves at the 20′ mark are two-fold: First, the length of each half does not lend well to a clean split such as three 15-minute thirds per half in a normal 90-minute match. Also, cooling breaks were scheduled for about the 20 minutes into each half.)
Line-Ups and Substitutions
As this is a developmental tournament, with a requirement that each player has a minimum of 60 minutes as well as a ridiculously condensed schedule (5 matches over 7 days, with only 3 rest days), the distribution of minutes among the players has a limited value. However, there are some interesting nuggets worth mentioning.
Table #2: Starter Status For Each Player, By Match, Plus Counts
START COUNTS
PLAYER P. JAM CRC HAI CAN MEX TOTAL KO
Fowler, Anne GK S B S S B 3 1
McNeal, Ella GK B S B B S 2 1
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Brewer, Meila DF S S B S S 4 2
Han, Alex DF B S S B S 3 1
Kersh, Bristol DF S B S S B 3 1
Miller, Chloe DF S B S B B 2 0
Morrell, Taylor DF S S B S S 4 2
Vera, Elena DF B S S S S 4 2
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Conway, Kendall MF S B S B B 2 0
Corona, Mia MF B B S S S 3 2
Paletta, Loradana MF B S S B S 3 1
Stanislaus, Deus MF S S B S B 3 1
Swann, Caroline MF S S B S S 4 2
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DiMaria, Maddie FW S B S B S 3 1
Manning, Amari FW S S S S S 5 2
Ream, KK FW B S S B B 2 0
Reyna, Carolina FW S S B S S 4 2
Whitham, Mak FW — — B S B 1 1
Key: “S” indicates that the player was in the starting line-up for the match, “B” indicates that the player was a substitute, and a “–” indicates that the player was absent. For the “START COUNTS” columns, “TOTAL” is the total number of matches started, while “KO” is only the number of knock-out matches started (i.e., the semifinal against Canada and the final against Mexico).
Knock-Out Phase Starters
For the final two matches of the tournament, against Canada and Mexico, 7 out of the USA’s 10 field players started both matches: Defenders Elena Vera, Melia Brewer, and Taylor Morrell; midfielders Caroline Swann and Mia Corona; and forwards Carolina Reyna and Amari Manning.
Starters and Substitutions
Only 1 player started every match: Forward Amari Manning. With only 4 official forwards available in the first two matches due to the absence of Mak Whitham, it was a necessity to start one of them twice in those matches, absent using an defender (i.e., an outside back) or a midfielder as a starting forward.
Note: 7 substitutions were allowed per match, which over 5 matches, would be a total of 35. But, due to Mak Whitham being absent for the first two matches, the USA only had 33 possible substitutions during the tournament.
Substitution Timing: Of the 33 subs made during the tournament by the USA, 21 were made at half-time (36′ mark). None were made in the first-half of the match.
Minutes Played By Each Player
Table #3: Minutes Played Per Player, Sorted By Position and Total Playing Time
PLAYER P. JAM CRC HAI CAN MEX TOTAL
Fowler, Anne GK 35 35 35 35 35 175
McNeal, Ella GK 35 35 35 35 35 175
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Brewer, Meila DF 70 35 35 70 70 280
Miller, Chloe DF 70 35 70 35 35 245
Vera, Elena DF 24 70 35 35 70 234
Morrell, Taylor DF 35 70 14 70 35 224
Kersh, Bristol DF 46 35 56 47 35 219
Han, Alex DF 35 35 70 23 35 198
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Swann, Caroline MF 35 70 35 35 70 245
Paletta, Loradana MF 35 47 70 35 45 232
Stanislaus, Deus MF 55 47 25 70 25 222
Conway, Kendall MF 70 23 45 35 35 208
Corona, Mia MF 15 23 35 35 35 143
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Reyna, Carolina FW 46 70 14 47 70 247
DiMaria, Maddie FW 70 35 56 23 59 243
Manning, Amari FW 70 35 35 35 35 210
Ream, KK FW 24 70 70 35 11 210
Whitham, Mak FW A A 35 70 35 140
Every player spent at least 70 minutes on the bench, including Mak Whitham, who was a half-time sub in 2 of her 3 matches.
Outside back Meila Brewer played the most minutes, 280 (equivalent of 4 full matches). Four other players also had at least 240 minutes (equivalent of about 3.5 full matches). The median minutes per player was about 220, with 14 of the 18 players having a minimum of 198 total minutes. The two goalkeepers, Anne Fowler and Ella McNeal, each had 175 minutes, as they shared goalkeeping duties equally, with each playing a full half in every match. Midfielder Mia Corona, at 142, and Mak Whitham, at 140, had the fewest minutes.
Knock-Out Phase Minutes
Every player saw at least 35 minutes of action in one of the matches against Canada and Mexico, with all but 2 players being on the field for at least 35 minutes in both of those matches.
Only 1 player, Meila Brewer played the full 70 in both matches. Five additional players were on the field for at least three full halves (105 minutes or more): Carolina Reyna, Mak Whitham, Caroline Swann, Taylor Morrell, and Elena Vera.
Team-Wide Match Stats
Table 4: Overall Team Offensive Performance, Per Match
OPPONENT GF 1H 2H A PK TS SOG CK
Jamaica 11 9 2 3 0 51 23 12
Costa Rica 3 1 2 1 1 15 10 7
Haiti 13 5 8 9 1 39 29 11
Canada 1 1 0 0 0 9 5 7
Mexico 3 1 2 1 0 20 17 4
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TOTAL 31 17 14 14 2 134 84 41
Key: “GF” is the total number of goals scored, “1H” is the number of goals scored in the first half, “2H” is the number of goals scored in the second half, “A” is assists, “PK” is the number of penalty kicks converted in the match, “TS” is the number of total shots attempted, “SOG” is the number of shots on goal, and “CK” is the number of corner kicks.
Table 5: Overall Team Defensive Performance, Per Match
OPPONENT GA SA SOGA SAVES CKC
Jamaica 0 2 2 2 0
Costa Rica 0 4 3 3 1
Haiti 0 2 0 0 0
Canada 1 3 3 2 3
Mexico 0 8 7 7 3
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TOTAL 1 19 15 14 7
Key: “GA” is the number of goals allowed, “SA” is the number of total shots allowed, “SOGA” is the number of shots on goal allowed, “SAVES” is the number of saves the USA goalkeepers made, and “CKC” is the number of corner kicks conceded by the USA.
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