CHICAGO (October 9, 2023) – U.S. Under-19 Women’s National Team head coach Carrie Kveton has named the roster of 18 players who will travel to Chile to compete in women’s soccer competition at the 2023 Pan American Games.
For the first time since 2007, college soccer will send a women’s team to the Pan American Games, a continental multi-sport event in the Americas that includes Summer Olympic sports.
Goalkeepers (2): Sonoma Kasika (Florida Premier; St. Petersburg, FL), Keely Titmus (National Championship; Grand Blanc, MI)
Defenders (6): Aven Alvarez (NC Courage, New Hill, NC), Jordan Bugg (San Diego Surf, El Cajon, CA), Nicky Frazier (Real Colorado, Highlands Ranch, CO), Reese Klein (Florida United, Cooper City, Florida), Sam Smith (Boise Timbers Thorns; Boise, Idaho), Giselle Thompson (Total Futbol Academy; Studio City, California)
Midfielders (6): Kendall Bodak (New England; Monson, MA), Claire Hutton (World Class; Bethlehem, NY), Eleanor Klinger (Internationals; Cleveland, OH), Charlotte Kohler (MVLA SC; Woodside, CA), Lauren Martinho (NC Courage; Cary, NC), Grace Restovich (St. Louis Scott Gallagher; St. Louis, MO)
Forwards (4): Emery Adams (Solar SC, Red Oak, TX), Katie Shea Collins (Tennessee, Gallatin, TN), Ava McDonald (Dallas, Allen, TX), Amalia Villarreal (Michigan Jaguars, Lansing, Michigan),
Alternatives: M. Izzy Engle (Minnesota Thunder, Edina, MN), F. Miri O’Donnell (Bay Area Surf FC, San Ramon, CA), D. Carla Small (IMG Academy, Waipahu, HI) ), F. Bella Wynn (FC “World Class”); Ridgewood, New Jersey)
The competition involves two groups of four teams each, with the top two players in each group advancing to the semi-finals. The USA is in Group B and will face Venezuela on October 22 at Sausalito Stadium (3:00 p.m. local time/2:00 p.m. ET), followed by Costa Rica on October 25 at Elias Figueroa Stadium (1:00 p.m. local time/noon ET) and Argentina in October. 28 (15:00 local time / 14:00 Eastern time). The semi-finals will take place on October 31, and the bronze and gold matches will take place on November 3.
Teams finishing third in the groups will play for fifth place, and teams finishing fourth will play for seventh place.
While the U.S. will face teams made up of mostly senior national team players, the U.S. will bring a U-19 team that will include a younger portion of the U.S. Women’s U20 National Team players. The entire roster is yet to commit to college as all of the U-20 varsity players are currently involved in their collegiate campaigns.
However, seven players on the roster played for the US at the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, which the US dominated Nigeria before losing on penalties in the quarter-finals, so they have some experience at a major world event .
“We have a lot of up-and-coming players on our roster who have amazing potential, so this tournament will be a great experience for them,” Kveton said. “We are a young team, but the players have some experience playing together and our coaching staff has worked with many of them in the past. It will not be easy for our players to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of a big tournament where we have to play every game. We will be playing against older players so we will see a higher level of fitness and speed which will be a good test for them to see where they are at in their careers.”
All of the players on the U.S. roster are age-appropriate to play on the team that will compete in the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Colombia in about a year. Kveton named the Pan Am roster, which includes 15 players born in 2006 and five born in 2005. The age limit for next year’s Under-20 World Cup is players born on or after January 1, 2004.
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