Youth: U.S. U-17 girls head to South Korea

• by Mike Woitalla  @MikeWoitalla, Aug 7, 2018

The squad includes 13 players who helped the USA win the 2018 Concacaf U-17 Women’s Championship while qualifying for the 2018 U-17 Women's World Cup, which will be hosted by Uruguay in November.

The team will play South Korea, which also qualified for this year's World Cup, Aug. 18 and Aug. 21 at a venue north of Seoul.

• The squad is comprised of 17 players born in 2001, five 2002s, and two 2003s. Players born in 2001 or later are eligible for this year's U-17 World Cup.

U.S. U-17 girls national team
GOALKEEPERS (3): Mia Justus (PDA; North Brunswick, N.J.); Halle Mackiewicz (Real Colorado; Broomfield, Colo.), Lindsey Romig (IMG Academy; Midlothian, Va.).
DEFENDERS (9): Michela Agresti (FC Stars of Mass.; Swampscott, Mass.), Samantha Agresti (FC Stars of Mass.; Swampscott, Mass.), Talia DellaPeruta (NTH Tophat; Cumming, Ga.), Samar Guidry (FC Dallas; McKinney, Texas), Tori Hansen (NC Courage Academy; Raleigh, N.C.), Smith Hunter (Seattle Reign; Seattle, Wash.), Makenna Morris (Bethesda SC; Germantown, Md.), Natalia Staude (NTH Tophat; Atlanta, Ga.), Astrid Wheeler (Concorde Fire SC; Atlanta, Ga.).
MIDFIELDERS (5): Maya Doms (Davis Legacy; Davis, Calif.), Mia Fishel (San Diego Surf; San Diego, Calif.), Sophia Jones (San Jose Earthquakes; Menlo Park, Calif.), Madison Mercado (San Diego Surf; San Diego, Calif.), Alexis Missimo (Solar Chelsea; Southlake, Texas).
FORWARDS (7): Trinity Byars (Solar SC; Richardson, Texas), Isabella D'Aquila (So Cal Blues; Mission Viejo, Calif.), Mia Fontana (San Jose Earthquakes; Burlingame, Calif.), Sunshine Fontes (Hawaii Rush; Wahiawa, Hawaii), Payton Linnehan (FC Stars of Mass.; Lancaster, Mass.), Samantha Meza (Solar SC; Dallas, Texas), Trinity Rodman (So Cal Blues; Laguna Niguel).