For the first United States Under-17 Women’s National Team camp of 2025, head coach Katie Schoepfer has recalled four players from the USA’s squad for the 2024 FIFA U-27 Women’s World Cup, including recent Chicago Stars signee Micayla Johnson, goalkeeper Evan O’Steen, midfielder Scottie Antonucci, and midfielder Jaiden Rodriguez.
Two of those players will be graduating a year early and have officially committed to NCAA teams for the 2025 fall season: Evan O’Steen and Jaiden Rodriguez, who are set to play for Florida State and Southern California, respectively. The 24-player roster for this camp also includes two other players who have reclassified for 2025 with official commits: Midfielder Pearl Cecil and forward Nyanya Touray, who will play for Virginia and Florida State, respectively.
This is the second camp of the current cycle for the U-17 USWYNT. The first camp was held back in September 2024 and did not involve any 2024 U-17 WWC players. From that roster, only nine players return, including just one goalkeeper, Josie “JB” Biehl, plus three defenders, one midfielder, and four forwards. One of the defenders from the previous camp, Pearl Cecil, is listed as a midfielder for this camp.
This U-17 camp, which exclusively has players with 2008 birth years, is being held concurrently with an Under-16 USWYNT camp that primarily features players with 2009 birth years. Both camps get underway on Monday, January 27th, in Mesa, Arizona, and run through Monday, February 3rd. The camps were scheduled to be held outside of San Diego, California, in Chula Vista, but were moved due to wildfires (USYNT x.com post).
The U-17 USWYNT is preparing for the Concacaf qualifiers to the 2025 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup, which is now an annual event and will be hosted by Morocco. Unlike the previous two-year cycles, the qualifying event will not be a standard tournament. Instead, the USA, which received a bye to the final stage, will be placed in one of three four-team round-robin groups. Only the top team from each group, along with the best second-place team, will qualify for the FIFA U-17 WWC. (2025 Concacaf press release; Concacaf Instagram post) The final stage of Concacaf qualifying is scheduled to be played from Monday, March 31 to April 6, 2025 (2024 Concacaf press release).
The USA’s roster for Concacaf qualifying will almost certainly include at least a few players with 2009 birth years, so the lack of non-2008 players in this camp should not be considered a factor when evaluating which of those players could be named to the qualifying roster and beyond. However, with the U-17 WWC now an annual event, it is possible that fewer U-16 players will be integrated into the team, especially if U.S. Soccer puts a focus on developing each birth year group.
Alphabetical Roster, By Position
Parenthetical Key: Club; Expected High School Graduation Year, Commit (if known, with source link); Hometown
- Bolded Graduation Year = Player reclassified and is graduating a year early
- Bolded commit = Official signing (i.e., announced by the NCAA team)
Goalkeepers (3):
- Biehl, Josie “JB” (San Diego Surf SC; 2026, Alabama; Carlsbad, Calif.)
- O’Steen, Evan (Solar SC; 2025, Florida State; Grapevine, Texas)
- Trayer, Peyton (Slammers FC HB Køge; 2026, North Carolina; Aliso Viejo, Calif.)*
Defenders (8):
- Chudowsky, Natalie (New York SC; 2026, Duke; Westport, Conn.)
- Dalke, Izzy (St. Louis Scott Gallagher; 2026, Clemson; Belleville, Ill.)
- Engel, Maya (Virginia Dev. Acad.; 2027; Ashburn, Va.)*
- Ernst, Alison (Michigan Hawks; 2027; Northville, Mich.)*
- Leifried, Savannah (Bay Area Surf SC; 2027; Ceres, Calif.)
- Mahon, Rhiannon (Solar SC; 2026, Southern California; Celina, Texas)
- O’Neill, Cali (North Carolina Courage Acad.; 2026, North Carolina; Durham, N.C.)
- Osifodunrin, Lilly (Real Colorado; 2026, Georgia; Brighton, Colo.)*
Midfielders (6):
- Amireh, Julia (North Carolina Courage Acad.; 2027; Raleigh, N.C.)*
- Antonucci, Scottie (Legends FC; 2026; Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.)
- Cecil, Pearl (San Diego Surf SC; 2025, Virginia; Encinitas, Calif.)
- Rodriguez, Jaiden (San Diego Surf SC; 2025, Southern California; San Diego, Calif.)
- Siria, Charlee (Ohio Elite SA; 2026, Notre Dame; Lexington, Ky.)
- Smith, Gabrielle “Gabe” (Galaxy SC; 2027; Naperville, Ill.)*
Forwards (7):
- Anderson, Ashlyn (Indy Premier SC; 2026, Florida State; Carmel, Ind.)
- Hill, Jordan (Solar SC; 2026, Southern California; Dallas, Texas)
- Johnson, Micayla (Chicago Stars – NWSL; 2025; Troy, Mich.)
- Kocher, Elayna (Penn Fusion SA; 2026, Penn State; Allentown, Pa.)
- Kral, Ella (Lamorinda SC; 2026, Stanford; Berkeley, Calif.)
- McKeen, Audrey (Virginia Dev. Acad.; 2027; Vienna, Va.)*
- Touray, Nyanya (Bethesda SC; 2025, Florida State; Silver Spring, Md.)
*Apparent first-time call-ups
High school graduation years are sourced from the player’s social media or sites such as Top Drawer Soccer.
Notables
2024 U-17 WWC Players
The USA’s squad for the 2024 FIFA U-27 Women’s World Cup included five players with 2008 birth years. The only 2008 player from that roster not called into this camp is midfielder/forward Kimmi Ascanio who is currently attending preseason training with her NWSL club, the San Diego Wave.
As mentioned in the introduction, the four U-17 WWC players called in are goalkeeper Evan O’Steen; midfielders Scottie Antonucci and Jaiden Rodriguez; and forward Micayla Johnson. Both O’Steen and Antonucci are non-roster invitees in NWSL preseason camps this year: O’Steen, with the Kansas City Current, and Antonucci, with Angel City.
Players returning from the September 2024 camp
As noted in the introduction, just nine players return from the September 2024 U-17 USWYNT camp:
- Goalkeeper (1): Josie “JB” Biehl
- Defenders (3): Pearl Cecil*, Natalie Chudowsky, Savannah Leifried
- Midfielders (1): Charlee Siria
- Forwards (4): Jordan Hill, Elayna Kocher, Ella Kral, Nyanya Touray
*Pearl Cecil is now listed as midfielder for this present camp.
NCAA Commits
In addition to the four official commits for the 2025 Fall season, 12 players have announced verbal commitments and are expected to begin their NCAA careers in 2026. By conference, the ACC has the most total commits, with nine, followed by the Big Ten, with four, and the SEC, with three.
Commits, by Conference (official are listed first; verbals are italicized)
- ACC (9): Duke (Natalie Chudowsky), Florida State (Evan O’Steen, Nyanya Touray; Ashlyn Anderson), North Carolina (Cali O’Neill, Peyton Trayer), Notre Dame (Charlee Siria), Stanford (Ella Kral), Virginia (Pearl Cecil)
- Big Ten (4): Penn State (Elaine Kocher), Southern California (Jaiden Rodriguez; Jordan Hill, Rhiannon Mahon)
- SEC (3): Alabama (Josie “JB” Biehl), Clemson (Izzy Dalke), Georgia (Lilly Osifodunrin)
The only other player with a 2026 graduation year, Scottie Antonucci, has not announced a verbal commitment. She is currently a non-roster invitee with Angel City for the 2025 NWSL preseason.
First-Timers
Seven players are apparently attending their first proper United States youth national team camp: Goalkeeper Peyton Trayer; defenders Maya Engel, Alison Ernst, and Lilly Osifodunrin; midfielders Julia Amireh and Gabrielle Smith; and forward Audrey McKeen.
2025 Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Qualifiers
The USA, along with Mexico, Canada, and Haiti, as the four highest-ranked U-17 women’s national teams in Concacaf (official rankings) all received byes to the final stage of Concacaf qualifying to the 2025 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup, which is now a 24-team event. With the expansion of the U-17 WWC, Concacaf now has four slots, which is one more than in previous cycles.
The first stage gets underway on Monday, January 27th, and features six groups of four teams. The top team from each group and the two best second-place teams advance to the final stage.
The final stage is scheduled for Monday, March 31 to April 6, 2025, which only gives the USA one or two more training camps before a roster is announced.
For the final stage, the 12 teams will be divided into three groups of four via a draw. The USA, Mexico, and Canada should all be in the first pot, so each of those teams should have a relatively easy qualifying path. The second pot will likely include Haiti, which received a bye, plus Costa Rica and Puerto Rico.
The final stage will consist of just three round-robin group matches for each team, which will be played over one week. So, there will probably be two rest days between the matches.
At the end of the final stage, four teams — the top team from each of the three groups, along with the best second-place team — advances to the 2025 FIFA U-17 WWC.
For more on the 2025 U-17 Concacaf qualifiers, see this 2025 Concacaf press release and this 2024 Concacaf press release. The full regulations are available in PDF format.
U.S. Soccer press release: “U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team and U.S. Under-16 Girls’ National Teams to Open 2025 with Concurrent Training Camps in San Diego” (21-Jan-2025)
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