United Soccer Coaches tabs Youth All-Region, All-America Teams (Girls)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Via United Soccer Coaches) – United Soccer Coaches announced on Monday the association’s Youth All-Region and Youth All-America Teams, headlined by the 2017 Youth Players of the Year.
Boys All-Region Teams: East | Midwest | South | West
Girls All-Region Teams: East | Midwest | South | West
St. Louis Scott Gallagher’s Josh Sargent (O’Fallon, Mo.) is named the 2017 United Soccer Coaches Youth Boys Player of the Year and Real Colorado’s Jaelin Howell (Windsor, Colo.) receives recognition as the 2017 United Soccer Coaches Youth Girls Player of the Year. Both players received their first call-ups to the U.S. men’s and women’s national teams this year at the age of 17.
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The duo are among a total of 99 players (49 boys, 50 girls) honored as United Soccer Coaches Youth All-Americans. These players, along with their families and coaches, will be formally acknowledged for their accomplishments at the United Soccer Coaches All-America Luncheon on January 20, 2018 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in conjunction with the 2018 United Soccer Coaches Convention in Philadelphia.
2017 United Soccer Coaches Youth Girls All-America Team
Player of the Year: Jaelin Howell (Windsor, Colo.), Real Colorado
*Asterisks indicate number of previous All-America selections
Name | Club | Hometown |
Michela Agresti | FC Stars of Massachusetts | Swampscott, Mass. |
Ainsley Ahmadian | Galaxy SC | Naperville, Ill. |
Hannah Bebar | Galaxy SC | Naperville, Ill. |
Maycee Bell | Sporting Blue Valley | Wichita, Kan. |
Croix Bethune | Concorde Fire Soccer Club | Alpharetta, Ga. |
Jordan Brewster | Internationals SC | North Canton, N.J. |
Baleigh Bruster | Tophat SC | Smyrna, Ga. |
Jordan Canniff* | Washington Spirit Academy | California, Md. |
Michelle Cooper | Michigan Hawks | Clarkston, Mich. |
Isabella D’Aquila | So Cal Blues | Orange, Calif. |
Talia Della Peruta | Tophat SC | Cumming, Ga. |
Claudia Dickey | Charlotte Soccer Academy | Charlotte, N.C. |
Julia Dohle | New York SC | Scarsdale, N.Y. |
Maya Doms | Davis Legacy | Davis, Calif. |
Coriana Dyke | Colorado Rush | Littleton, Colo. |
Mia Fishel | San Diego Surf | San Diego, Calif. |
Sunshire Fontes | Honolulu Bulls | Wahiawa, Hawaii |
Naomi Girma | Central Valley Crossfire | San Jose, Calif. |
Eleanor Glenn | Tophat SC | Avondale Estates, Ga. |
Lia Godfrey | United Soccer Alliance | Fleming Island, Fla. |
Hensley Hancuff | Orlando FC | Edmond, Okla. |
Tori Hansen | CASL | Raleigh, N.C. |
Shae Holmes** | Real Colorado | Highlands Ranch, Colo. |
Jaelin Howell** | Real Colorado | Windsor, Colo. |
Smith Hunter | Seattle Reign Academy | Seattle, Wash. |
Laurel Ivory* | West Florida Flames | Surfside, Fla. |
Simone Jackson | So Cal Blues | Redondo Beach, Calif. |
Rachel Jones* | Tophat SC | Lawrenceville, Ga. |
Payton Linnehan | FC Stars of Massachusetts | Douglas, Mass. |
Brianna Martinez* | New Mexico Rush | Albuquerque, N.M. |
Madison Mercado* | San Diego Surf | San Diego, Calif. |
Samantha Meza | Dallas Kicks | Irving, Texas |
Makenna Morris | Bethesda SC | Germantown, Md. |
Jenna Nighswonger | Slammers FC | Huntington Beach, Calif. |
Ayo Oke | Concorde Fire | Lawrenceville, Ga. |
Diana Ordonez | FC Dallas | Prosper, Texas |
Brianna Pinto | CASL | Durham, N.C. |
Lilly Reale | South Shore Select SC | Hingham, Mass. |
Trinity Rodman | So Cal Blues | Newport Beach, Calif. |
Allyson Sentnor | South Shore Select SC | Hanson, Mass. |
Jillian Shimkin | Albertson SC | Rockville Centre, N.Y. |
Sophia Smith* | Real Colorado | Windsor, Colo. |
Alexa Spaanstra | Michigan Hawks | Brighton, Mich. |
Natalia Staude | Tophat SC | Marietta, Ga. |
Kalyssa Van Zanten | Eclipse Select SC | Buffalo Grove, Ill. |
Kennedy Wesley | So Cal Blues | Rossmoor, Calif. |
Astrid Wheeler | Concorde Fire | Atlanta, Ga. |
Hannah White | Tophat SC | Mableton, Ga. |
Kate Wiesner* | Slammers FC | Monrovia, Calif. |
Summer Yates | Pacific Northwest FC | Pasco, Wash. |