The United States U-20 women's national soccer team is a youth

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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. The team most recently appeared in the

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in Colombia, where they placed third. The team competes in a variety of competitions, including the biennial

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, which is the top competition for this age group.

History

Beginnings as a U-18 program

The United States U-20 team has been active since 1998; however, it was run as a U-18 team from its inception until 2001. It was led by

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, the first coach in the team's history, through the middle of 1999 before she left for the

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soccer team. Jay Hoffman, who served as Higgins-Cirovski's assistant, took charge of the team and led them to a gold medal for the

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, the first time the tournament was open to women's teams. Among the U-18 women playing at the 1999 Pan American Games were future senior national team members

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and

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The switch to U-19

2001 through 2003

In 2001, the

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decided to change the age limit from the U-18 team to U-19. The move was in preparation for

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's introduction of the first ever FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship (which has since changed). The new U-19 squad won the inaugural

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in Canada, where they beat the hosts on a

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by captain and future United States women's national team mainstay

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. Five other members of that same team would join Tarpley as teammates on the senior international team:

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and

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. Other notable 2002 team members were

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, the all-time leading goal scorer in the history of the U-20 team, as well as two-time

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winner

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, who would go on to become one of the most decorated players in women's collegiate soccer.

2004

In 2004, the U-19 team placed third at the

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in Thailand, after having been defeated by

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in the semifinals. The tournament marked the world championship debut of future senior national team members

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and

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. However, in 2006,

increased the age limit of the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship to 20. 2004 also saw the first loss to a similar-aged team in the history of the program when the squad lost to

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Competing as a U-20 team

2005 and 2006

As the

did in 2001 prior to the introduction of the U-19 tournament, they raised the age of the squad from U-19 to U-20 in 2005. The move was, again, in response to FIFA's altering of the competition from U-19 to U-20. The actual team's play in 2005 was quiet due to a transition in coaches. In 2006, the United States U-20 team played in a whopping 50 matches prior to the

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in Russia; however, the team finished in fourth place. The U.S. lost to

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in penalties in the semifinal and followed up the loss with another to

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in the third-place match, also on penalties. Seven members of that 2006 team:

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, Christina DiMartino,

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and

, have made appearances for the senior national team. Lopez played in the

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, and, joined by Cheney, Heath and Rodriguez, also represented the United States at the

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. Nogueira and O'Hara helped the 2008 U-20 team to qualify for the

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that same year.

2007 and 2008

2007 saw the squad sent to the

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, just as they had done prior in the

. This time around, the United States sent along two "over-aged players" in

and Brittany Taylor. The decision proved costly as the supplemented U-20 team were dismantled in the finals, 5–0, to a full-strength

squad. In 2008, two years removed from the disastrous fourth-place finish at the 2006 U-20 World Championship, the United States U-20 women finally reclaimed the World Cup title at the

in Chile, with

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winning the Golden Ball and Golden Shoe for being named the best player of the tournament as well as scoring the most goals.

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earned the Silver Shoe as the tournament's second-highest scorer and the Silver Ball as the tournament's second-best player behind teammate Leroux. To date, Alex Morgan, Sydney Leroux, Christine Nairn, Alyssa Naeher, and

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are the only members of the 2008 squad to be capped by the senior national team.

2009 and 2010

In 2009,

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handed the coaching reins back to

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, who had coached the 2007 Pan American Games squad. 2009 also saw the influx of players who took part in the inaugural

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into the U-20s, including Kristen Mewis,

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's 2008 Young Female Player of the Year, and Vicki DiMartino, younger sister of U-20 alumni Christina (2006) and Gina (2007–2008). Two members of the 2008 squad,

and Christine Nairn, returned to captain the team through the next World Cup cycle. The team won the

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title the next year and secured a berth to the

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, to be held in Germany.

was the leading scorer at the tournament with six goals. In the World Cup, they won their group, but lost on penalty kicks to

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in the quarterfinals. Leroux was again their leading scorer, tallying five goals in their four matches.

2011 and 2012

In 2011, Steve Swanson was named coach of the squad for the second time, after having coached in 2000. To prepare for the

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in Japan, the team played 8 friendlies (winning seven) and qualifying with ease for the World Cup, scoring 24 goals in the qualifying tournament, while conceding only once. In the World Cup, the squad was led by a Maya Hayes hat trick en route to beating

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4–0. After a 1–1 draw against China, and a 3–0 loss to Germany, the US qualified for the quarterfinals over China on goal differential. In the quarterfinals,

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scored in extra time in a 2–1 victory over

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. In the semifinal,

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and Kealia Ohai scored in a 2–0 win over Nigeria. The final was a rematch with Germany. Ohai scored right before halftime, and the US held on for a 1–0 win and their third World Cup championship.

2013 and 2014

Following the 2012 World Cup win, Michelle French took over the U-20 program. Defenders Cari Roccaro and Stephanie Amack returned from the 2012 World Cup winning side to lead the team along with

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target woman

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, the first American woman to skip college and turn professional, and

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, who was named co-captain despite being the youngest player on the squad during qualifiers. The US team again coasted through the CONCACAF qualifying tournament, winning all 5 matches without even conceding a single goal. However, the World Cup would offer much greater resistance as they started out in the

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with international powerhouses

, and

. The World Cup tournament would feature a large sense of deja vu from two years prior, with the Americans grouped with China and Germany again. The US opened in a rematch of the previous final against Germany, this time coming up short, losing 2–0. But in a similar manner that they had in the previous World Cup, they survived the group stage with wins against Brazil and China behind strong performances by

and

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. The second-place finish in their group would match them for the second tournament in a row against

and as they had two years before, the match went into extra time. Unfortunately for the Americans, this time the winning magic was not to be found as the game went into a shootout from the penalty spot and the Korean keeper dominated.

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, and

were all denied by Korean keeper Kim on weak efforts from the spot and the Americans exited the tournament earlier than expected.

2016–present

In 2016, the team participated in the

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, and made it to the semifinals, where they lost to North Korea again in extra time. They then lost to Japan in the third-place match. In February 2017, US Soccer reassigned Michelle French to be a full-time assistant coach for the senior women's national team, with

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replacing her as head coach in April 2017. Jitka Klimkova replaced Michelle French as the new coach of the under-20 team. The team finished runners-up in the

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. In the

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, the team failed to progress from the group stage for the first time in history. Mark Carr took over the team from Jitka Klimkova in 2019 and prepared them for the upcoming competition year. In January 2020, Laura Harvey was named the head coach and lead the team to a 4–1 victory over Mexico in the

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Championship game and qualifying the team for the

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. In November 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup would be cancelled due to

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. After an extended period off due to COVID restrictions, Tracey Kevins was named the head coach of the women's U-20 team. The U-20 team returned to international soccer with a roar winning the

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and qualifying for the

. Performance in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup was similar to what the team had experienced in 2018, with the team unable to get out of the group stage.

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Pan American Games

The under-18 team participated and won the inaugural soccer tournament in the

, while the under-20 team lost in the final of the

, competing against full national teams. These opportunities are a consequence of holding the

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in the same year as the

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CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship

The U-20 women have won the

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seven times, in 2006, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2020 and 2022; the 2002 tournament did not have a championship final. The U-20s finished as runners-up to

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in 2004 and 2008 and to

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in 2018 and 2023. The U-20s fell to Canada at semifinals in 2025, the first time has not advanced to the title game of the tournament.

Fixtures and results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. Legend

2024

2025

Players

Current squad

2025 CONCACAF Women's U–20 Championship

The following 21 players were named to the squad for the

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in May–June. ''Caps and goals are updated as of June 6, 2025 after the match against Canada U-20.''

May/June training camp

The following 24 players were called up for the May/June 2025 training camp.

Recent call-ups

The following players were named to a squad in the last 12 months. *March 2025 training camp. *

. *June 2024 friendlies.

Player records

International match statistics, as of August 12, 2014. All goals scored in international matches only. :''Players still eligible for the U-20 player pool in bold.''

Coaches

(1998–1999) * Jay Hoffman (1999) * Steve Swanson (2000) *

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(2001–2004) * Mark Krikorian (2004–2005) *

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(2005–2006) *

(2007) *

(2008) * Jill Ellis (2009–2010) * Dave Chesler (2010–2011) * Steve Swanson (2011–2012) * Michelle French (2013–2017) *

(2017–2019) * Mark Carr (2019) *

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(2020–2021) * Tracey Kevins (2021–2025) *

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(2025–)

Head-to-head record

The following table shows United States' head-to-head record in the

Notes

References

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