U.S. U-15 Women’s Youth National Team opens new cycle with training camp in Georgia

CHICAGO – U.S. Under-15 Women’s Youth National Team head coach Ciara Crinion has selected a 24-player roster to kick off the team’s new cycle with a training camp in Fayetteville, Ga. from Sept. 8-13.

Fayetteville, about 25 miles southeast of Atlanta, is the new home of U.S. Soccer as the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center is currently under construction in the city.

Twenty-three of 24 players were born in 2010, while midfielder Loradana Paletta was born in 2011. Last month, Crinion led the 2009-birth year U-15 WYNT to the Concacaf U-15 Girls’ Championship in Costa Rica, the USA’s fourth-straight title at the tournament. Paletta, the youngest player on the Concacaf championship squad, is the lone player from the regional title-winning squad on this roster. She played all five matches in Costa Rica and scored vs. Haiti.

U.S. U-15 WOMEN’S YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM ROSTER – SEPTEMBER TRAINING CAMP

GOALKEEPERS (3): Camille Barrett (Solar SC; Plano, Texas), Farah Burkholder (Challenge SC; The Woodlands, Texas), Molly Gaffney (Real Colorado; Highlands Ranch, Colo.)

DEFENDERS (8): Lillian Chaddock (Central Illinois United; Peoria, Ill.), Ally Damron (San Diego Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.), Kylie Guerrero (Solar SC; Coppell, Texas), Sophia Polizzi (World Class FC; Tomkins Cove, N.Y.), Emma Sullivan (San Juan SC; Carmichael, Calif.), Cassandra Travers (Bay Area Surf SC; Santa Cruz, Calif.), Tori Williams (Mountain View Los Altos SC; Mountain View, Calif.), Gigi Zuniga (Mountain View Los Altos SC; Watsonville, Calif.)

MIDFIELDERS (6): Ella Ahn (San Diego Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.), Sana Morota (De Anza Force SC; Tokyo, Japan), Zoey Nelson (Seattle United; Seattle, Wash.), Isabella Ortiz (Florida United Soccer Club; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.), Loradana Paletta (New York City FC; Syosset, N.Y.), Kiyomi Yoshimura (Mountain View Los Altos SC; Santa Clara, Calif.)

FORWARDS (7): Kayleigh Cabigon (San Diego Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.), Koi Edwards (Legends FC; Chino Hills, Calif.), Cali Hejduk (Columbus United SC; Westerville, Ohio), Riley Rountree (Eastside FC; Seattle, Wash.), Sadie Siedel (Mustang SC; Oakland, Calif.), Stella Spitzer (Carolina Ascent FC; Lewis Center, Ohio), Sydney Williams (Alabama FC; Milton, Ga.)

The players on the roster come from 19 different youth clubs, led by three each from Mountain View Los Altos SC and San Diego Surf SC. Nine states are represented on the squad, including 10 players from California.

Nineteen of the players come from clubs in the ECNL, four from the Girls Academy League and one from the new USL Women’s Super League in forward Stella Spitzer.