# United States women's national under-19 soccer team

The United States U-19 women's national soccer team is a youth soccer team operated under the auspices of U.S. Soccer. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior women's national team, as well as bridging the development between the two major youth competition levels of the U-17 and the U-20.

## History

The United States U-19 became active as the primary youth-level national team in 2001 when the United States Soccer Federation decided to change the age limit from the U-18 to U-19. The move was in preparation for FIFA's introduction of the first ever FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship (which has since changed to U-20). The new U-19 squad won the inaugural 2002 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Canada, where they beat the hosts on a golden goal by captain and future United States women's national team mainstay Lindsay Tarpley. Five other members of that same team would join Tarpley as teammates on the senior international team: Rachel Buehler, Lori Chalupny, Heather O'Reilly, Leslie Osborne and Angie Woznuk. Other notable 2002 team members were Kelly Wilson, the all-time leading goal scorer in the history of the U-20 team, as well as two-time Hermann Trophy winner Kerri Hanks, who would go on to become one of the most decorated players in women's collegiate soccer.
In 2004, the U-19 team placed third at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand, after having been defeated by Germany in the semifinals. The tournament marked the world championship debut of future senior national team members Yael Averbuch, Stephanie Lopez, Amy Rodriguez and Megan Rapinoe. 2004 also saw the first loss to a similar-aged team in the history of the program when the squad lost to Japan.
The U-19 team became dormant in 2005 when U.S. Soccer raised the age of the squad from U-19 to U-20. The move was, again, in response to FIFA's altering of the competition age from U-19 to U-20. The team subsequently had only periodic competitions until 2019, when the Federation (under general manager Kate Markgraf) reinstated all youth-level teams in their own right.

## Competitive record
### FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship

| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | Coach |
| 2002 | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team |
| 2004 | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team |
| Total | 0/2 | | | | | | | |

### Pan American Games

| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | Coach |
| 2023 | Bronze medal | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | Carrie Kveton |
| Total | 1/1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | |

### CONCACAF Women's U-19 Championship

| Year | Result | Matches | Wins | Draws | Losses | GF | GA | Coach |
| 2002 | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team |
| 2004 | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team | See United States women's national under-20 soccer team |
| Total | 0/2 | | | | | | | |

## Recent schedule and results
### Current squad

The following 20 players were called up for the February 2025 friendlies.
Caps and goals are updated as of February 26, 2025 after the match against Spain.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Caroline Birkel | (2006-08-25) August 25, 2006 (age 18) | 3 | 0 | Stanford |
| 12 | 1GK | Keegan Smith | (18) | 1 | 0 | Arkansas |
| 2 | 2DF | Hope Munson | (2006-07-18) July 18, 2006 (age 18) | 3 | 0 | North Carolina |
| 3 | 2DF | Aven Alvarez | (2006-11-14) November 14, 2006 (age 18) | 10 | 0 | North Carolina Courage |
| 4 | 2DF | Abby Mills | (18) | 3 | 0 | Notre Dame |
| 5 | 2DF | Elizabeth Boamah | (2006-01-29) January 29, 2006 (age 19) | 8 | 0 | Stanford |
| 15 | 2DF | Reese Klein | (2007-04-28) April 28, 2007 (age 17) | 4 | 0 | Clemson |
| 20 | 2DF | Paloma Daubert | (18) | 2 | 0 | UCLA |
| 6 | 3MF | Grace Restovich | (2006-08-15) August 15, 2006 (age 18) | 10 | 1 | Notre Dame |
| 8 | 3MF | Eleanor Klinger | (2006-11-04) November 4, 2006 (age 18) | 1 | 0 | Stanford |
| 10 | 3MF | Addison Halpern | (2006-12-05) December 5, 2006 (age 18) | 5 | 1 | Virginia |
| 14 | 3MF | Avery Robinson | (18) | 3 | 0 | UCLA |
| 17 | 3MF | Lilyana Joseph | (2006-08-15) August 15, 2006 (age 18) | 2 | 0 | Notre Dame |
| 19 | 3MF | Ines Derrien | (18) | 2 | 0 | USC |
| 7 | 4FW | Amalia Villarreal | (2006-03-27) March 27, 2006 (age 18) | 7 | 4 | Texas |
| 9 | 4FW | Izzy Engle | (18) | 4 | 2 | North Carolina |
| 11 | 4FW | Miri O'Donnell | (2006-08-01) August 1, 2006 (age 18) | 5 | 0 | Sporting CP |
| 13 | 4FW | Kara Croone | (18) | 2 | 0 | UCLA |
| 16 | 4FW | Ava McDonald | (2007-10-29) October 29, 2007 (age 17) | 9 | 3 | Texas |
| 18 | 4FW | Emily Graham | (18) | 1 | 0 | Michigan State |

### Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a squad in the last 12 months.
* June 2024 friendlies.
* April 2024 training Camp.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
| GK | Sonoma Kasica | (2006-06-26) June 26, 2006 (age 18) | 3 | 0 | Florida Premier FC | June 2024 friendlies |
| GK | Kealey Titmuss | (2006-09-15) September 15, 2006 (age 18) | 4 | 0 | Nationals | June 2024 friendlies |
| GK | Victoria Safradin | (2004-04-23) April 23, 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Virginia | April 2024 training camp |
| DF | Sam Smith | (2005-09-22) September 22, 2005 (age 19) | 7 | 0 | Boise Timbers Thorns FC | June 2024 friendlies |
| DF | Cameron Roller | (2005-06-21) June 21, 2005 (age 19) | 2 | 0 | Duke | June 2024 friendlies |
| DF | Hailey Baumann | (2005-02-17) February 17, 2005 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Wisconsin | June 2024 friendlies |
| DF | Kiera Staude | (2005-03-30) March 30, 2005 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | Georgia | June 2024 friendlies |
| DF | Nicki Fraser | (2006-08-11) August 11, 2006 (age 18) | 4 | 0 | Real Colorado | April 2024 training camp |
| MF | Joelle Jung | (18) | 2 | 0 | Stanford | June 2024 friendlies |
| MF | Mia Bhuta | (18) | 1 | 0 | Stanford | June 2024 friendlies |
| MF | Linda Ullmark | (2007-01-26) January 26, 2007 (age 18) | 1 | 0 | Western New York Flash | June 2024 friendlies |
| MF | Shae Harvey | (2005-03-01) March 1, 2005 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | Stanford | June 2024 friendlies |
| MF | Charlotte Kohler | (2005-10-18) October 18, 2005 (age 19) | 4 | 1 | MVLA SC | April 2024 training camp |
| MF | Kendall Bodak | (18) | 4 | 1 | New England FC | April 2024 training camp |
| FW | Bella Winn | (18) | 2 | 1 | UCLA | June 2024 friendlies |
| FW | Jaden Thomas | (2006-03-24) March 24, 2006 (age 18) | 1 | 0 | FC Dallas | June 2024 friendlies |
| FW | Mia Oliaro | (2005-06-27) June 27, 2005 (age 19) | 2 | 1 | Duke | June 2024 friendlies |
| FW | Katie Shea Collins | (17) | 5 | 1 | Tennessee SC | April 2024 training camp |
| FW | Erica Grilione | (17) | 0 | 0 | Stanford | April 2024 training camp |

## Coaches

* Tracey Leone (2001–2004)
* Mark Krikorian (2004)
* Jitka Klimková (2015–2017)
* Twila Kaufman (2020)
* Carrie Kveton (2023– )