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For the fourth time out of four tries, the USA are champions of the Concacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championship. In this year’s edition of the tournament, the U.S. Under-15 Women’s Youth National Team defeated Mexico 3-nil in the championship match after advancing from the semifinals by besting Canada 4:2 in a penalty shootout following a 1:1 draw in regulation.

USA midfielder Caroline Swann was named the Best Player of the tournament, while forward Carolina Reyna was the high scorer, with 6 goals.

Read on for recaps of the championship match, the USA’s semifinal against Canada, and the USA’s final group match, a 13-nil victory over Haiti. (The USA’s first two group stage matches, a 11-nill win over Jamaica and a 3-nil victory over the host Costa Rica, were recapped in an early post.)

In its first group stage match at the 2024 Concacaf Girls’ Under-15 Championship, the United States Under-15 Women’s Youth National Team had a spectacular opening half, scoring 9 of their 11 goals against Jamaica, including a 4-goal hat-trick by forward Carolina Reyna.

The U-15 WYNT followed up that win by soundly defeating host Costa Rica 3-nil in both teams’ second group stage match. Carolina Reyna once again had the game-winning goal.

Thus, after two matches, the U-15 WYNT sit on 6 points and are guaranteed to advance to the semifinals of the tournament, as no more than one other team in Group A, either Costa Rica or Jamaica, can also reach 6 points since both play each other on the final match day of group play.

In the semifinals, the USA will face one of the top two teams in Group B: Canada or Mexico.