U.S. Soccer’s new Women’s Development Coach Tricia Taliaferro, who is U.S. Soccer’s main scout for the 2000 birth year, will guide the U.S. U-16 national team during an April6-13 camp with 24 players in Chula Vista, Calif.
All but one player on this roster was born in 2000. All are age-eligible for the next FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2016, but the mainbirth year for that tournament is 1999. Taliaferro’s staff includes U.S. Soccer Women’s Technical Director April Heinrichs, Head Development Coach AprilKater and newly hired Development Coaches Mark Carr and Jitka Klimkova.
The camp is being held in conjunction with a U.S. U-16 girls’ camp andthe two teams will play each other twice.
U.S. U-16 Girls Roster
GOALKEEPERS (3): Kat Asman (Concorde Fire; Roswell, Ga.), HensleyHancuff (OFC; Edmond, Okla.), Mattison Interian (Arsenal FC; Pasadena, Calif.).
DEFENDERS (7): Maycee Bell (Sporting Blue Valley; Wichita, Kansas), Cameron Brooks (Lonestar SC;Round Rock, Texas), Naomi Girma (Central Valley Crossfire; San Jose, Calif.), Emily Gray (Penn Fusion; Sewell, N.J.), Alexandra Keohan (FC Stars of Massachusetts; Acton, Mass.), Brianna Martinez (NewMexico Rush; Albuquerque, N.M.), Kennedy Wesley (SoCal Blues; Rossmoor, Calif.).
MIDFIELDERS (8): Coriana Dyke (Colorado Rush; Littleton, Colo.), Kaya Frazier (Michigan Hawks;Rochester Hills, Mich.), Cassidy Lindley (Indiana Fire; Carmel, Ind.), Kylie Minamishin (Honolulu Bull; Mililani, Hawaii), Mackenzie Pluck (FC Bucks; North Wales, Pa.), Allison Schlegel (ColoradoStorm; Parker, Colo.), Sydney Simmons (Solar Chelsea Soccer Academy; Van Alstyne, Texas), Kali Trevithick (San Diego Surf; Temecula, Calif.).
FORWARDS (6): Sophie Hirst(Crossfire Premier; Seattle, Wash), Catiana Lychywek (Solar Chelsea Soccer Club; Plano, Texas), Mary Kate McGuire (NEFC; Portsmouth, R.I.), Ashlynn Serepca (Charlotte Soccer Academy; Cornelius, N.C.),Olivia Wingate (FC Stars of Massachusetts; Wilmington, Mass.), Summer Yates (Pac NW; Pasco, Wash.).