The U.S. U-17 girls national team convenes for the first time since March, when it qualified for the 2016 U-17 Women’s World Cup in Jordan (Sept. 30-Oct. 21), at a April 16-23 training camp in Carson,California.
Coach B.J. Snow has named a 26-player roster that includes 18 players who participated in the Concacaf Championship in Grenada at which the USA finished first.
Missing from the team that routed Canada, 5-1, in the semifinals to clinch a World Cup spot and beat Mexico, 2-1, in the final are defender Kennedy Wesley (knee injury) and Golden Ball winnerAshley Sanchez, who was part of the full national team roster for games against Colombia earlier this month and who will also be seeing action with the U-20 national team.
U.S. U-17 girls national team roster
GOALKEEPERS (2): Hillary Beall (So Cal Blues; Laguna Beach, Calif.), Laurel Ivory (Sunrise Sting;Surfside, Fla.).
DEFENDERS (11): Sydney Collins (FC Portland; Beaverton, Ore.), Naomi Girma (Central Valley Crossfire; San Jose, Calif.), Joanna Harber (Eastside FC; Bellevue,Wash.), Tara McKeown (Eagles; Newbury Park, Calif.), Aideen O’Donoghue (Pittsburgh Riverhounds; Canonsburg, Pa.), Kiara Pickett (Eagles SC; Santa Barbara, Calif.), Izzy Rodriguez (Michigan Hawks;Canton, Mich.), Karina Rodriguez (So Cal Blues; Torrance, Calif.), Emily Smith (De Anza Force; Los Gatos, Calif.), Kate Wiesner (Slammers FC; Monrovia, Calif.).
MIDFIELDERS (6):Ryanne Brown (Indiana Fire; Indianapolis, Ind.), Mikayla Colohan (La Roca FC; Fruit Heights, Utah), Jaelin Howell (Real CO; Windsor, Colo.), Brianna Pinto (CASL; Durham, N.C.), Frankie Tagliaferri(PDA; Colts Neck, N.J.), Taryn Torres (FC Dallas; Frisco, Texas).
FORWARDS (8): Jordan Canniff (Richmond United; California, Md.), Jasmyne Dunn (Granite Bay FC; Citrus Heights,Calif.), Wrenne French (Tennessee SC; Franklin, Tenn.), Rachel Jones (Tophat; Lawrenceville, Ga.), Civana Kuhlmann (Colorado Rush; Littleton, Colo.), Adrienne Richardson (Minnesota Thunder Academy;Oakdale, Minn.), Sophie Smith (Real Colorado; Windsor, Colo.), Alexa Spaanstra (Michigan Hawks; Brighton, Mich.).