ATLANTA (June 30, 2026) – U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team head coach Vicky Jepson has called up 24 players for a training camp and matches at the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Fayetteville, Ga.
The camp, which will run from July 5-16, will feature the first women’s international matches held at the National Training Center with the USA taking on the England U-20 WNT on July 9 (6 p.m. ET) and the Colombia U-20 WNT on July 12 (8 p.m. ET). The matches will be the first to take place on Fields 1 and 2, located on the west side of the National Training Center, that were recently completed and feature a custom observation deck. England will face Colombia on July 15 as well.
This will be the final training camp for the U.S. U-20s before Jepson chooses the 21 players who will represent the USA at the 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Poland. The USA will open the tournament on Sunday, Sept. 6 against Italy (Noon ET / 6 p.m. local), then faces 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup finalists Japan on Wednesday, Sept. 9 (9 a.m. ET / 3 p.m. local) and finishes the group stage vs. New Zealand on Saturday, Sept. 12 (9 a.m. ET / 3 p.m. local). The U.S. will play its first and second group games at Stadion Miejski LKS Lodz in Lodz and its final group game at Arena Sosnowiec in Sosnowiec.
The U.S. roster for this camp features 18 college players and six professional players, five from the National Women’s Soccer League. Six-foot-2 defender Zoe Mathews has played in the NWSL with the Houston Dash as well as in Spain and Portugal.
Nine players on the roster have been part of U.S. teams at FIFA World Cup for the USA, either at the U-17 or U-20 level.
Fourteen-year-old midfielder Loradana Paletta (New York City FC; Syosset, N.Y.) will attend camp as a training player but will not participate in the matches. She is not age-eligible for the upcoming FIFA U-20 WWC.
U.S. U-20 Women’s National Team Training Camp Roster by Position (College/Club; Hometown)
Domestic Training Camp and Matches – Fayetteville, Ga.
Goalkeepers (3): Caroline Birkel (Stanford; St. Louis, Mo.), Evan O'Steen (Seattle Reign FC; Grapevine, Texas), Kealey Titmuss (Penn State; Grand Blanc, Mich.)
Defenders (9): Aven Alvarez (UNC; New Hill, N.C.), Ella Bard (Louisville; Wadsworth, Ohio), Lizzie Boamah (Stanford; San Diego, Calif.), Pearl Cecil (Virginia; Encinitas, Calif.), Emma Johnson (Penn State; Greenfield, Ind.), Zoe Matthews (Unattached; Southlake, Texas), Jaida McGrew (Florida State; Charlotte, N.C.), Hope Munson (UNC; Holladay, Utah), Katie Scott (Kansas City Current; Fairview, Pa.)
Midfielders (6): Sofia Cedeno (Seattle Reign FC; Dallas, Texas), Addison Halpern (Virginia; Middlesex, N.J.), Keira Kemmerley (Northwestern; Berwyn, Pa.), Peyton McGovern (Florida State; Bristow, Va.), Y-Lan Nguyen (Stanford; Fairfax, Va.), Nyanya Touray (Florida State; Silver Spring, Md.)
Forwards (6): Alex Buck (Washington), Onyeka Gamero (Bay FC; Cerritos, Calif.), Micayla Johnson (Chicago Stars FC; Troy, Mich.), Lily Joseph (Notre Dame; Hamden, Conn.), Kylie Maxwell (Wake Forest; Langhorne, Pa.), Sealey Strawn (UNC; Prosper, Texas)
Additional Notes:
- Players born on or after Jan. 1, 2006, are eligible for the 2026 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup.
- The average age of this roster is 18.8.
- This roster is made up of 11 players born in 2006 and nine born in 2007. Four players -- midfielders Nyanya Touray (Florida State), defender Pearl Cecil (Virginia), goalkeeper Evan O’Steen (Seattle Reign FC) and forward Micayla Johnson (Chicago Stars FC) -- were born in 2008.
- Three of the five NWSL players – O’Steen, defender Katie Scott (Kansas City Current), and Johnson – played in the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup on the team that finished third in the world. Stanford midfielder Y-Lan Nguyen also played in the tournament.
- Touray, O’Steen, Cecil and Johnson played in the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. Touray scored four goals in that World Cup, tallying in all three group matches, one against Ecuador, two against China PR and one against Norway. Johnson scored twice, one against Norway and one was a world class strike against the Netherlands.
- Onyeka Gamero (Bay FC), played in the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India.
- Defender Lizzie Boamah (Stanford), defender Aven Alvarez (UNC) and goalkeeper Kealey Titmuss (Penn State) were a part of the U.S. U-19 WNT that took bronze at the 2023 Pan American Games while playing against senior national teams. That team also featured current full USWNT pool players Gisele Thompson and Claire Hutton.
- Of the 18 college players on the roster, three are from Stanford, UNC and Florida State. Penn State and UVA each have two.
