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CHICAGO – The U.S. Under-17 Women’s Youth National Team will face Spain, Colombia and Korea Republic in Group B at the 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, taking place at two stadiums in the Dominican Republic from October 16-November 3.
The Final Draw took place this afternoon in the capital of Santo Domingo. The draw gives the USA the two participating countries in the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Final.
The USA qualified for the 2024 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup with a dominating performance at the 2024 Concacaf Women’s U-17 Championship last February in Mexico. The USA won all five of its games while piling up a 32-2 goal margin. The USA rolled past Haiti by a 7-1 score in the semifinal to earn its World Cup berth, then downed host Mexico, 4-0, to claim the regional title.
The regional title winning roster featured four current National Women’s Soccer League players in Melanie Barcenas and Kimmi Ascanio of San Diego Wave FC, Kennedy Fuller of Angel City FC and Alex Pfeiffer of the Kansas City Current. Fuller, who scored her first NWSL goal last Wednesday when she tallied against Racing Louisville, scored eight goals in the qualifying tournament to lead the team and was awarded the Golden Ball as the competition’s best player.
As the USA was drawn into B2, it will face Spain in its first match on Wednesday, Oct. 16 at Félix Sánchez Stadium in Santo Domingo. The USA will then face 2022 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup runners-up Colombia at Félix Sánchez Stadium on Saturday, Oct. 19 and finished group play against Korea Republic on Tuesday, Oct. 22 at Cibao University Stadium in Santiago de los Caballeros.
Prior to the Final Draw, the seeds across the four groups went to host Dominican Republic, reigning champions Spain and Asian powers Japan and Korea DPR – both of whom have won this tournament in the past with North Korea having won twice, including the inaugural tournament in 2008. Japan has twice been runners-up. In Group A, host Dominican Republic will play along with Ecuador, New Zealand and Nigeria. Group C features Korea DPR, Mexico, Kenya and England. Group D features Japan, Poland, Brazil and Zambia.
“This is an exciting time for our Under-17 age group,” said U.S. head coach Katie Schoepfer. “The World Cup is a great opportunity to play against some of the top soccer countries in the world. There’s nothing like it for these young players. We’ve had the chance to face a few of these countries in friendlies, but the added buzz of competing at a World Cup will make these games that much more fun. We have tremendous respect for all of our opponents, but no matter who we play, our goals remain the same: to continue to instill our style of play in the group and see how we match up against the best.”
This will be the first world championship for women’s soccer held in the Dominican Republic and the third U-17 Women’s World Cup held in the Concacaf region.
The 2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup will feature 16 teams, with the top two finishers in each group advancing to the quarterfinals. Should the U.S. advance to the second round by winning the group, it would meet a second-place team from Group A. If the USA finishes second in the group, it would face the first-place team from Group A.
It is notable that this will be the last FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup featuring 16 countries as the next edition, to be contested in Morocco in 2025, will feature 24 nations.
All 32 matches of this tournament will be played in just two stadiums: Cibao University Stadium in Santiago de los Caballeros, which seats around 8,000 and is an artificial surface, and Félix Sánchez Stadium in Santo Domingo, which seats around 27,000 and is natural grass. Santiago de los Caballeros is just over 100 miles north of Santo Domingo.
Each of the two stadiums will host 12 group games, two quarterfinals and a semifinal. Félix Sánchez Stadium will host the Third-Place Match and the Championship Game on Sunday, November 3.
Additional Notes:
2024 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Groups
Group A:
Group B
Group C
Group D
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