United States girls' national under-16 soccer team

The United States U-16 girls' national soccer team is a youth soccer team operated under the auspices of U.S. Soccer. Its primary role is the development of players in preparation for the senior national team, as well as bridging the development between the youth competition levels of the U-15 and the U-17.

The U-16 team initially had no international competition and was used to prepare players for the U-19 level, at which the FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship was originally played.^[2][3]

The current incarnation of U-16s was re-instituted in February 2015 under coach Tricia Taliaferro.^[4][5] The team competed in the first women's edition of the Tournament of Nations (Torneo delle Nazioni) in Gradisca d'Isonzo, Italy, in April 2016. This tournament included the first-ever women's soccer game between the United States and Iran at any level, a 6–0 win for the United States with a hat trick from Summer Yates.^[6][7][8] Patchy Toledo became the head coach of the U-16s in August 2022.^[9]

Tournament of Nations (Torneo delle Nazioni) in Gradisca d'Isonzo, Italy, in April 2016.^[10][11]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

20 players were called up for the October 2025 friendlies.^[12]

Caps and goals are current as of October 31, 2025 after match against the England.^[13][14]

The following players have been called up in the past 12 months.

• September 2025 training camp.^[15]
• June 2025 friendlies.^[16]
• May 2025 training camp.^[17]
• January 2025 training camp.^[18]

• INJ - Injured
• PRE - Withdrew prior to camp

• April Heinrichs^[19]
• Steve Swanson (2000–2002)^[20]
• Sue Patberg (2003–2005)^[21]
• Tricia Taliaferro^[4]
• Barry Ritson^[4]
• Katie Schoepfer^[22]
• Patchy Toledo (2022–2024)^[9]
• Ciara Crinion (2025)^[1]
• Katie Schoepfer^[1]

• Official website