U-14 Talent ID: First Regional Mini-Camp of 2025 announced — Players named include sisters of NWSL pros

Among the players called up by U.S. Soccer for the year’s first regional mini-camp of the Under-14 Talent Identification Program are younger sisters of current NWSL professionals. The 80-player roster also includes a granddaughter of the late San Diego Padres legend Tony Gwynn. All of the players selected for this camp, who hail from 36 youth clubs in U.S. Soccer’s West Region, were born in 2011.

At least three NWSL pros have sisters at this camp…

  • Alyssa Thompson and Gisele Thompson, both of Angel City FC, whose sister, Zoe, plays for Tudela FC in California1
  • Olivia Moultrie of the Portland Thorns, whose sister, Bella, plays for Soccer Chance Academy in Oregon2

Additionally, Kyla McCammon, who plays for Eastside FC in Washington state, looks to be the sister of the Seattle Reign’s Ainsley McCammon.3

Both Alyssa Thompson and Olivia Moultrie have been capped by the senior United States Women’s National Team. Gisele Thompson is uncapped but has been named to this year’s USWNT’s SheBelieves Cup roster, along with her sister, Alyssa.

Leighton Gwynn of City SC in San Diego, California, is a daughter of former Major League Baseball player Tony Gwynn Jr.4 (MLB profile, Wikipedia bio) and a granddaughter of the late Tony Gwynn (MLB profile, Wikipedia bio), who played for the San Diego Padres from 1982 to 2001 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007. A sister, Makayla Gwynn, also plays soccer and is a recent verbal commit for Grand Canyon University (Instagram, local news segment).

At least one player, Josephene Loke of City SC Carlsbad, plays on an MLS Next team (Instagram post by City SC).

Nicole Lukic, who is the Director of Talent ID, and Katie Cole, the West Region Senior Talent ID Manager, will be in charge of the camp, which runs from February 19th to the 24th.

Two more regional mini-camps are scheduled: In March, players from the East Region will gather outside of Atlanta, Georgia, and in April, the Central Region mini-camp will be held in Texas.

After the U-14 Talent ID stage, the next major step for these players would be call-ups to the Under-15 Women’s Youth National Team. As all players in this camp have 2011 birth years, they are in the prime age range for the expected 2026 Concacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championship.

Alphabetical Roster, By Position

Parenthetical Key: Youth Club; Hometown

Goalkeepers (8):

  • Catorcini, Elena (Seattle Reign Acad.; Bellevue, Wash.)
  • DeAmicis, Samantha (Crossfire Premier SC; Redmond, Wash.)
  • Habana, Evoleht (San Diego SC Surf; Escondido, Calif.)
  • Mejia, Mariana (Mountain View Los Altos SC; San Jose, Calif.)
  • Miles, Paige (Mustang SC; Benicia, Calif.)
  • StimsonRiahi, Avara (Utah Royals FC Arizona; Phoenix, Ariz.)
  • Surdakowski, Siena (Phoenix Rising FC; Phoenix, Ariz.)
  • Vanstone, Ella (San Diego Surf SC; Del Mar, Calif.)

Defenders (27):

  • Austin, Saige (Tudela FC; Encino, Calif.)
  • Balao, Lucia (Placer United SC; Rocklin, Calif.)
  • Beason, Kate (San Diego Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.)
  • Beck, Aubrielle (Eagles SC; Bakersfield, Calif.)
  • Beery, Caroline (Mountain View Los Altos SC; Palo Alto, Calif.)
  • Bonner, Vanessa (Legends FC; Stevenson Ranch, Calif.)
  • Brandau, Tatum (Arizona Arsenal SC; Queen Creek, Ariz.)
  • Coon, Addyson (Phoenix Rising FC; Scottsdale, Ariz.)
  • Crockett, Brazil (Southern California Blues SC; Porter Ranch, Calif.)
  • Daniels, Kallington (Utah Royals FC Arizona; Phoenix, Ariz.)
  • Geruntino, Hayley (San Diego Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.)
  • Gilmer, Jordyn (Southern California Blues SC; Huntington Beach, Calif.)
  • Gonzalez-Maya, Lexani (Hawaii Rush SC; Waianae, Hawaii)
  • Hansen, Claire (Pateadores SC; Tustin, Calif.)
  • Kelly, Olivia (Albion SC San Diego; La Jolla, Calif.)
  • Loke, Josephene (City SC Carlsbad; San Diego, Calif.)
  • Lomeli, Macie (Bay Area Surf SC; Clovis, Calif.)
  • Mercer, Makena (Mountain View Los Altos SC; San Jose, Calif.)
  • Myrmel, Adrianna (SC del Sol; Mesa, Ariz.)
  • Nunez, Aaliyah (Slammers FC HB Køge; Boulder, Colo.)
  • Patino, Alyssa (Bay Area Surf SC; Hanford, Calif.)
  • Proskurowski, Nadia (Crossfire Premier SC; Seattle, Wash.)
  • Ramasar, Kylie (Legends FC; Corona, Calif.)
  • Redmond, Malieta (Pacific Northwest SC; Auburn, Wash.)
  • Reynoso, Sofia (Murrieta Soccer Acad.; Murrieta, Calif.)
  • Rodriguez, Amada (Slammers FC HB Køge; Burbank, Calif.)
  • Youel, Attie (Soccer Chance Acad.; Portland, Ore.)

Midfielders (24):

  • Aguilar, Emery (Total Futbol Acad.; Laguna Niguel, Calif.)
  • Ahn, Kaylani (Mountain View Los Altos SC; San Jose, Calif.)
  • Antonio, Makenna (Eastside FC; Bellevue, Wash.)
  • Cahill, Kendall (Southern California Blues SC; Anaheim Hills, Calif.)
  • Elbeshity, Hadeel (San Juan SC; Sacramento, Calif.)
  • Elison, Olivia (Phoenix Rising FC; Santa Ana, Calif.)
  • Guerrero, Alondra (Legends FC; Corona, Calif.)
  • Hue, Kiley-Ann (Leahi SC; Ewa Beach, Hawaii)
  • Larabee, Hollace (San Diego Surf SC; La Mesa, Calif.)
  • Ly, Laila (Solano Surf SC; Vacaville, Calif.)
  • Marta, Tatiana (Mountain View Los Altos SC; San Francisco, Calif.)
  • Maxwell, Bella (Beach Futbol Club; Gardena, Calif.)
  • McCammon, Kyla (Eastside FC; Bellevue, Wash.)
  • Misa, Makenna (Las Vegas Heat Surf SC; Henderson, Nev.)
  • Muniz, Mia (LAFC So Cal Youth Club; North Hollywood, Calif.)
  • Reuter, Jenny (Eastside FC; Sammamish, Wash.)
  • Seger, Quinn (San Diego Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.)
  • St. James, Harper (SC del Sol; Phoenix, Ariz.)
  • Taylor, Aubrey (San Diego Surf SC; Fallbrook, Calif.)
  • Thompson, Zoe (Tudela FC; Studio City, Calif.)
  • Van Zweeden, Frannie (Southern California Blues SC; Laguna Hills, Calif.)
  • Vesser, Catalina (Mustang SC; Danville, Calif.)
  • Zamora, Tatiana (Silicon Valley Soccer Acad.; Ceres, Calif.)
  • Zhou, Izzy (Bay Area Surf SC; Fremont, Calif.)

Forwards (21):

  • Cintron, Kate (Southern California Blues SC; San Diego, Calif.)
  • Cuevas, Bella (Bay Area Surf SC; Reedley, Calif.)
  • Earl, Bonnie (Southern California Blues SC; Seal Beach, Calif.)
  • Franco, Osiris (Southern California Blues SC; Santa Ana, Calif.)
  • Fry, Carys (Slammers FC HB Køge; Laguna Niguel, Calif.)
  • Gwynn, Leighton (City SC San Diego; San Diego, Calif.)
  • Hoffman, Valery (San Diego Surf SC; Chula Vista, Calif.)
  • Huerta, Jessica (Murrieta Soccer Acad.; Winchester, Calif.)
  • Makasini, Milena (Bay Area Surf SC; Redwood, Calif.)
  • Mortimore, Caroline (Mountain View Los Altos SC; Los Altos Hills, Calif.)
  • Moultrie, Bella (Soccer Chance Acad.; Wilsonville, Ore.)
  • Myers, Michelle (Beach Futbol Club; Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
  • Nimmagadda, Anjali (San Diego Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.)
  • Padilla, Jalisse (Bay Area Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.)
  • Ruiz, Arianna (Las Vegas Heat Surf SC; Las Vegas, Nev.)
  • Scarborough, Saige (Davis Legacy SC; Sacramento, Calif.)
  • Schmidt, Molly (Soccer Chance Acad.; Camas, Calif.)
  • Teel, Remie (San Diego SC Surf; San Diego, Calif.)
  • Underwood, Marielle (Slammers FC HB Køge; San Diego, Calif.)
  • Urbina, Ari (Pateadores SC; Rialto, Calif.)
  • Zehnder, Chloe (Washington Premier FC; Bonney Lake, Wash.)

Notables

Youth Club Counts

Nine youth clubs are each represented by at least three players. Leading all clubs is the San Diego Surf, with eight players. The SoCal Blues have the second-most, with seven players, while two NorCal clubs are tied for third with six players each: Bay Area Surf and MVLA.

Counts for Youth Clubs with Three-Plus Players:

  • San Diego Surf SC: 8 players
  • Southern California Blues SC: 7
  • Bay Area Surf SC: 6
  • Mountain View Los Altos SC: 6
  • Slammers FC HB Køge: 4
  • Eastside FC: 3
  • Legends FC: 3
  • Phoenix Rising FC: 3
  • Soccer Chance Acad.: 3

Home State Counts

Not unexpectedly, California dominates the counts by state, with 58 of the 80 players having listed hometowns in the Sunshine State. One additional player (Aliyah Nunez of Slammers FC HB Køge) plays for a California club, but has a hometown in Colorado, which is in U.S. Soccer’s Central region.

Washington state has the next most players, with eight, followed by Arizona, which has seven players. The remaining three states — Hawaii, Nevada, and Oregon — each have just two representatives.

Counts of Youth Players by Home State:

  • California: 58 players
  • Washington: 8
  • Arizona: 7
  • Hawaii: 2
  • Nevada: 2
  • Oregon: 2
  • Colorado: 1

U.S. Soccer Press Release: “Eighty Players Set for U-14 Girls’ West Region Talent Identification Mini-Camp in Chula Vista, Calif.”

Footnotes

  1. January 2024 x.com post by LA Times reporter Eric Sondheimer, September 2020 news article by Sondheimer, July 2022 Instagram post by Tudela FC featuring Gisele Thompson ↩︎
  2. February 2022 YouTube video titled “Bella Moultrie 2021 Soccer Highlights” posted by K.C. Moultrie, the father of Olivia and Bella (score bug has “SCA”, as in “Soccer Chance Academy”; description states “Bella Moultrie, Olivia Moultrie’s younger sister…”) ↩︎
  3. While there is plenty of indirect evidence to suggest that Kyla is the sister of Ainsley McCammon, there is not sufficient confirmation of any specific family connection. Indirect evidence include a Hudl profile for a “Kyla McCammon” with the same birth year, who played for Ainsley McCammon’s former club in Texas, Solar SC. ↩︎
  4. February 2025 x.com post by Tony Gwynn Jr. (quotes @ourcitysc post and states “my baby daughter Leighton”) ↩︎