U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team Calls 24 Players to Training Camp in Kansas City, Mo.
Camp is First for New U.S. U-20 WNT head coach Vicky Jepson; USA is in Early Stages or Preparation for 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup
ATLANTA (Oct. 20, 2025) — Twenty-four players have been called up to the U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team training camp to be held from October 22-30 at the University of Kansas Health System Training Center, home of the 2025 NWSL Shield winners Kansas City Current. The latter part of that camp – from Oct. 27-29 – will be held concurrently with the senior USWNT’s visit to Kansas City for its match against New Zealand on Oct. 29 at CPKC Stadium. The U.S. U-20 WNT will attend that match.
This camp will be the first for new U.S. U-20 WNT head coach Vicky Jepson, who comes to U.S. Soccer after a long stint at Tottenham Hotspur where she served as first team senior assistant head coach and for a period, as interim head coach.
The age cut off for the 2026 FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup is players born on or after Jan. 1, 2006. This roster is made up equally of players born in 2006 (12) and 2007 (12) and features seven NWSL players, one NWSL player out on loan, three players from the USL Super League, one from Canada’s Northern Super League, ten college players and two youth club players. Zoe Matthews of the Houston Dash is currently playing in Spain with Dux Logrones.
Forward Sealy Strawn of Dallas Trinity FC is a University of North Carolina commit who was named the 2024/25 USL Super League Young Player of the Year. She has one goal this season for Dallas. Midfielder Ashlyn Puerta has scored seven goals for Sporting JAX so far this season.
Five of the seven NWSL players – Trinity Armstrong (San Diego Wave), Katie Scott (Kansas City Current), Mary Long (Kansas City Current), Ainsley McCammon (Seattle Reign) and Kennedy Fuller (Angel City FC) – played in the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, and Kansas City Current forward Alex Pfeiffer would have if not for a knee injury. The three Kansas City Current players will of course get the convenience of training at their home facility. Fuller has scored four goals so far this season for ACFC, good for third-best on the team.
The 2026 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup will take place next year in Poland from Sept. 5-27. The USA is one of 12 nations to already qualify for the tournament, doing so at the 2025 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship last June. The tournament will feature 24 countries.
U.S. U-20 Women’s National Team Training Camp Roster by Position (College/Club; Hometown) – Kansas City, Mo.
Goalkeepers (3): Charlotte Burge (Carolina Ascent FC; Virginia Beach, Va.), Pepper Escher (UMass; Brewster, Mass.), Kealey Titmuss (Penn State; Grand Blanc, Mich.)
Defenders (8): Trinity Armstrong (San Diego Wave; Dallas, Texas), Kieryn Jeter (Penn State; Cumming, Ga.), Emma Johnson (Indy Premiere; Greenfield, Ind.), Anna Leschly (Dartmouth; Brookline, Mass.), Zoe Matthews (Dux Logrones, ESP; Southlake, Texas), Katie Scott (Kansas City Current; Fairview, Penn.), Maison Smith (Alabama; Eureka, Mo.), Capriel Winder (Utah State; North Logan, Utah)
Midfielders (7): Sofia Cedeno (Halifax Tides FC, CAN; Dallas, Texas), Kennedy Fuller (Angel City FC; Southlake, Texas), Lucy Kesler (BYU; American Fork, Utah), Ainsley McCammon (Seattle Reign; Bedford, Texas), Ary Oliver (Radford University; Woodbridge, Va.), Nevaeh Peregrina (Portland; Ogden, Utah), Ashlyn Puerta (Sporting JAX; Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.)
Forwards (6): Ayva Jordan (Slammers FC HB Koge; Las Vegas, Nev.), Mary Long (Kansas City Current; Mission Hills, Kan.), Reese Mattern (Tennessee; Charlottesville, Va.), Alex Pfeiffer (Kansas City Current; St. Louis, Mo.), Chloe Ricketts (Houston Dash; Dexter, Mich.), Sealey Strawn (Dallas Trinity FC; Prosper, Texas)