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URUGUAY 2018 FIFA U-17 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP MAYA SOPHIA SUNSHINE ANGELINA SAMANTHA DOMS JONES FONTES ANDERSON MEZA p. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS 4 ROSTER 5 ABOUT THE U-17 U.S. WNT 7 – 9 URUGUAY 2018 10 MEET THE COACH 11 – 32 MEET THE TEAM 33 FIFA U-17 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP HISTORY 34 – 39 TEAM STATS AND RESULTS 40 DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY & TALENT ID 44 BIO-BANDING p. 3 U.S. UNDER-17 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Angelina Anderson Makenna Morris Talia DellaPeruta Smith Hunter Trinity Byars Astrid Wheeler Samantha Meza 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Maya Doms Jordan Canniff Mia Fishel Trinity Rodman Julia Dohle Isabella D’Aquila Hannah Bebar 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Natalia Staude Payton Linnehan Samar Guidry Sunshine Fontes Michela Agresti Sophia Jones Lindsey Romig PLAYER POS. HT. BIRTHDAY HOMETOWN CLUB U-17 CAPS/GOALS Agresti, Michela D 5-7 07/24/01 Swampscott, Mass. FC Stars 16/2 Anderson, Angelina GK 5-11 03/22/01 Danville, Calif. Mustang SC 14 Bebar, Hannah M 5-3 09/05/01 Naperville, Ill. Eclipse Select SC 12/2 Byars, Trinity F 5-5 01/29/03 Richardson, Texas Solar SC 3/0 Canniff, Jordan F 5-1 07/27/01 California, Md. Washington Spirit-Maryland 25/9 D'Aquila, Isabella F 5-7 09/08/01 Mission Viejo, Calif. So Cal Blues 14/9 DellaPeruta, Talia D 5-4 04/19/02 Cumming, Ga. Tophat 24/1 Dohle, Julia GK 6-0 02/06/01 Scarsdale, N.Y. New York City FC 5 Doms, Maya M 5-5 05/11/01 Davis, Calif. Davis Legacy 26/11 Fishel, Mia M 5-4 04/30/01 San Diego, Calif. San Diego Surf 26/5 Fontes, Sunshine F 5-4 02/25/01 Wahiawa, Hawaii Hawaii Rush 29/22 Guidry, Samar D 5-7 01/18/02 McKinney, Texas FC Dallas 4/0 Hunter, Smith D 5-8 01/04/02 Seattle, Wash. Reign Academy 15/0 HEAD COACH Jones, Sophia M 5-5 07/17/01 Menlo Park, Calif. San Jose Earthquakes 16/1 Linnehan, Payton F 5-5 03/25/01 Douglas, Mass. FC Stars 22/8 Meza, Samantha F 5-2 11/07/01 Dallas, Texas Solar SC 19/2 Morris, Makenna D 5-5 04/26/02 Germantown, Md. Bethesda SC 18/3 Rodman, Trinity F 5-7 05/20/02 Laguna Niguel, Calif. So Cal Blues 6/2 Romig, Lindsey GK 5-11 01/11/01 Midlothian, Va. IMG Academy 9 Staude, Natalia D 5-7 04/30/01 Atlanta, Ga. Tophat 18/0 Mark Carr Wheeler, Astrid M 5-5 08/20/01 Atlanta, Ga. Concorde Fire 20/2 STAFF Head Coach: Mark Carr (Austin, Texas) Press Officer: Chris Kennedy (Clarendon Hills, Ill.) Assistant Coach: Tracey Kevins (Redondo Beach, Calif.) Content Videographer: Liza Ellis (Baltimore, Md.) Assistant Coach: April Kater (Arvada, Colo.) Security: Luis Jaramillo (Bogota, Colombia) Assistant Coach: Dave Clark (Glastonbury, Conn.) Equipment Manager: Kathryn Page (Raleigh, N.C.) Goalkeeper Coach: Jill Loyden (Blackwood, N.J.) Team Administrator: Jess Sunio (Cerritos, Calif.) Technical Director: April Heinrichs (Littleton, Colo.) Academic Advisory: Katherine Reedy (Raleigh, N.C.) Sports Scientist: Elena Maybury (Lichfield, England) Doctor: Kaleigh Suhs (Chicago, Ill.) Athletic Trainer: Nicole Collins (West Lafayette, Ind.) Doctor: Heather Dukes (Bloomington, Ind.) Athletic Trainer: Emily Fortunato (Farmingdale, N.Y.) Doctor: Melody Hrubes (Chicago, Ill.) Massage Therapist: Amy Carroll (Carlsbad, Calif.) Doctor: Poonam Thaker (Chicago, Ill.) Massage Therapist: Erin Collin (Tampa, Fla.) Doctor: Vehniah Tjong (Chicago, Ill.) Videographer: JJ Weaver (Chino Hills, Calif.) A CLOSER LOOK AT THE 2018 U-17 WNT U.S. U-17 WNT head coach Mark Carr has assembled a talented 21-player roster for A group of creative, versatile midfielders will serve as the 17s’ engine in South this World Cup. Since beginning the cycle in April 2016, the U-17s have put together America. Sophia Jones anchors the crew as a calm and crafty holding midfielder. a 23-2-6 international record, testing themselves against National Teams from 16 The 2017-18 Academy West Conference Player of the Year, Jones is one of the team’s different countries. The USA has lost just once in 2018 heading into the World Cup. minutes played leaders in 2018. Maya Doms and Mia Fishel are two of the roster’s most-experienced players, with 26 caps each, and both came up clutch for the USA Players born on or after Jan. 1, 2001 are eligible for this World Cup. The USA roster at the Concacaf Women’s U-17 Championship. Fishel tallied the goal that put the includes 15 players born in 2001, five born in 2002 and one born in 2003. The lone U.S. ahead for good in the World Cup-clinching semifinal against Haiti, while Doms player born in 2003, forward Trinity Byars, is age-eligible for the 2020 FIFA U-17 netted the tournament-winning goal in the championship match. Her 11 goals are Women’s World Cup. good for second on the team. The technical Hannah Bebar serves as a spark in the middle of the field, while Astrid Wheeler provides an aggressive, intense presence With 22 career goals at this level, Sunshine Fontes stands as the U-17 WNT’s all- at defensive midfielder. time leading scorer. Twenty of those tallies have come in 2018, and the Hawaii native has netted five multiple-goal games this year, highlighted by four-goal frenzies A group of battle-tested U-17 veterans will lock down the back line in Uruguay. against Venezuela and Argentina this winter. The forward’s 29 caps also make her Natalia Staude is a hard-nosed center back who leads the team in minutes played the roster’s most-experienced player. this year and Michela Agresti is another strong, steady option in the middle of the defense. At the outside back position, Talia DellaPeruta combines some serious Following a remarkable recovery from injury, forward Jordan Canniff returns for her wheels with keen technical ability and Makenna Morris is relentless and supremely second U-17 Women’s World Cup. After representing the USA at the 2016 tournament comfortable on the ball. The tenacious Smith Hunter refuses to back down from a in Jordan, Canniff was one of the team’s minutes leaders in 2017 but suffered an ACL challenge and has shown the skill to excel against top competition. Samar Guidry injury in February of 2018. She completed a focused and deliberate comeback to didn’t make her first U-17 appearance until this August, but the speedy outside back make the final roster. made a late push to earn a roster spot. A dangerous arsenal of attacking talent will join Fontes and Canniff on the front The USA will have the option of three quality goalkeepers, all 5-foot-11 or taller, at the line for the U.S. in Uruguay. Payton Linnehan took home the Golden Boot when this World Cup. Angelina Anderson was the USA’s third ‘keeper at the FIFA U-20 WWC group of players won the 2016 Concacaf U-15 Girls’ Championship, while Isabella in France. A confident team leader, she took home Golden Glove honors as the top D’Aquila works as a clinical finisher from the No. 9 spot. Speedy Samantha Meza is goalkeeper at World Cup qualifying. After some time, away from the Youth National a scrappy, dynamic threat on the wing, while her club teammate Trinity Byars made Team program, Julia Dohle came back strong to earn a spot on the qualifying the roster with help from impressive play on the U-16 Girls’ National Team and at the roster and has become a quality option between the sticks. Hailing from a family of 2018 Development Academy Playoffs. Rounding out the forward corps, the powerful netminders, Lindsey Romig provides another imposing presence and will supply Trinity Rodman has a knack for scoring from distance. depth. p. 5 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D Uruguay (URU) Mexico (MEX) USA (USA) Korea Republic (KOR) Ghana (GHA) South Africa (RSA) Cameroon (CMR) Spain (ESP) New Zealand (NZL) Brazil (BRA) Korea DPR (PRK) Canada (CAN) Finland (FIN) Japan (JPN) Germany (GER) Colombia (COL) ALL USA MATCHES TO BE BROADCAST ON FS2 NO. DATE MATCH TIME (LOCAL/ET) VENUE 1 Nov. 13 Uruguay vs. Ghana 7:00 p.m. / 5:00 p.m. Estadio Charrua (Montevideo) 2 Nov. 13 New Zealand vs. Finland 4:00 p.m. / 2:00 p.m. Estadio Charrua (Montevideo) 3 Nov. 13 Mexico vs. South Africa 5:00 p.m. / 3:00 p.m. Estadio Domingo Burgueño Miguel (Maldonado) 4 Nov. 13 Brazil vs. Japan 2:00 p.m. / 12:00 p.m. Estadio Domingo Burgueño Miguel (Maldonado) 5 NOV. 14 USA VS. CAMEROON 2:00 P.M. / 12:00 P.M. ESTADIO PROFESOR ALBERTO SUPPICI (COLONIA) 6 Nov. 14 Korea DPR vs. Germany 5:00 p.m. / 3:00 p.m. Estadio Profesor Alberto Suppici (Colonia) 7 Nov. 14 Korea Republic vs. Spain 4:00 p.m. / 5:00 p.m. Estadio Charrua (Montevideo) 8 Nov. 14 Canada vs. Colombia 7:00 p.m. / 5:00 p.m. Estadio Charrua (Montevideo) 9 Nov. 16 Uruguay vs. New Zealand 7:00 p.m. / 5:00 p.m. Estadio Charrua (Montevideo) 10 Nov. 16 Finland vs. Ghana 4:00 p.m. / 2:00 p.m. Estadio Charrua (Montevideo) 11 Nov. 16 Mexico vs. Brazil 5:00 p.m. / 3:00 p.m. Estadio Domingo Burgueño Miguel (Maldonado) 12 Nov.