Eighty Players Set for U-14 Girls’ West Region Talent Identification Mini-Camp in Chula Vista, Calif.

CHICAGO (Feb. 18, 2025) – With the ongoing objective to expand and improve the Women’s Youth National Team player pool, U.S. Soccer will hold its first regional mini-camp of 2025 as part of the Under-14 Girls’ Talent Identification Program. Eighty players from the West Region, all born in 2011, will gather from Feb. 19-24 at the Elite Athlete Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.

Not only will this be an opportunity for some of the most talented young female players in the West Region to show their talents to National Team coaches and scouts, but the U-14 TID program provides more opportunities for female scouts and coaches as well. The entire coaching staff for the camp will be female with the U.S. Women’s National Team program, under head coach Emma Hayes, endeavoring to look at all women’s and girls’ development through a female lens.

The camp will be led by U.S. Soccer Director of Talent ID Nicole Lukic along with West Region Senior Talent ID Manager Katie Cole, who along with the other U.S. Soccer Regional Talent ID Managers will oversee nine female coaches – including one goalkeeper coach – who are also part of the Women’s Youth National Team Scouting Network. The coaches will lead and facilitate the players’learning during the week of training, games, and off field video analysis and education sessions. Adhering the maxim of “If you can see it, you can be it,” a large portion of the support staff will consist of women as well, who along with the coaching staff will give the players numerous role female role models for the entire week of training camp.

All 80 players come from either Arizona, Northern California, Southern California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington or Utah.

The U-14 TID Program is designed to discover a larger base of high potentials through widespread scouting at the U-14 age group and build the player pool foundation for the U-15 Girls’ National Teams while introducing them to The U.S. Way. The mini-camp format helps to evaluate and inspire high-potential players while accelerating their development in an engaging, supportive, and challenging environment.

In addition to expanding the YNT player pool at its early stages, the scouting and identification structure gives U-14 players a meaningful opportunity to learn and apply basic principles of the U.S. Way playing philosophy and other high performance education topics such as nutrition, rest and recovery and self-evaluation tools to help them take further responsibility for their own development. Travel is minimized through the regional mini-camp set-up, helping minimize days away from home, school and club. The program also bolsters U.S. Soccer’s national network of scouts, advancing their education and development while also building the Federation’s connections with clubs across the country.

There will be two more U-14 TID Mini-Camps across the country this year, in the East region in Atlanta in March and in the Central region in Austin, Texas in April.

U.S. UNDER-14 GIRLS’ REGIONAL TID MINI-CAMP WEST ROSTER BY POSITION:

Goalkeepers (8): Elena Catorcini (Seattle Reign Academy; Bellevue, Wash.), Samantha DeAmicis (Crossfire Premier SC; Redmond, Wash.), Evoleht Habana (San Diego SC Surf; Escondido, Calif.), Mariana Mejia (Mountain View Los Altos SC; San Jose, Calif.), Paige Miles (Mustang SC; Benicia, Calif.), Avara Stimsonriahi (Utah Royals FC Arizona; Phoenix, Ariz.), Siena Surdakowski (Phoenix Rising FC; Phoenix, Ariz.), Ella Vanstone (San Diego Surf SC; Del Mar, Calif.)

Defenders (27): Saige Austin (Tudela FC; Encino, Calif.), Lucia Balao (Placer United SC; Rocklin, Calif.), Kate Beason (San Diego Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.), Aubrielle Beck (Eagles SC; Bakersfield, Calif.), Caroline Beery (Mountain View Los Altos SC; Palo Alto, Calif.), Vanessa Bonner (Legends FC; Stevenson Ranch, Calif.), Tatum Brandau (Arizona Arsenal SC; Queen Creek, Ariz.), Addyson Coon (Phoenix Rising FC; Scottsdale, Ariz,), Brazil Crockett (Southern California Blues SC; Porter Ranch, Calif.), Kallington Daniels (Utah Royals FC Arizona; Phoenix, Ariz.), Lexani Gonzalez-Maya (Hawaii Rush SC; Waianae, Hawaii), Hayley Geruntino (San Diego Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.), Jordyn Gilmer (Southern California Blues SC; Huntington Beach, Calif.), Claire Hansen (Pateadores SC; Tustin, Calif.), Olivia Kelly (Albion SC San Diego; La Jolla, Calif.), Josephene Loke (City SC Carlsbad; San Diego, Calif.), Macie Lomeli (Bay Area Surf SC; Clovis, Calif.), Makena Mercer (Mountain View Los Altos SC; San Jose, Calif.),Adrianna Myrmel (SC del Sol; Mesa, Ariz.), Aaliyah Nunez (Slammers FC HB Koge; Boulder, Colo.), Alyssa Patino (Bay Area Surf SC; Hanford, Calif.), Nadia Proskurowski (Crossfire Premier SC; Seattle, Wash.), Kylie Ramasar (Legends FC; Corona, Calif.), Malieta Redmond (Pacific Northwest SC; Auburn, Wash.), Sofia Reynoso (Murrieta Soccer Academy; Murrieta, Calif.), Amada Rodriguez (Slammers FC HB Koge; Burbank, Calif.), Attie Youel (Soccer Chance Academy; Portland, Ore.)

Midfielders (24): Emery Aguilar (Total Futbol Academy; Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Kaylani Ahn (Mountain View Los Altos SC; San Jose, Calif.), Makenna Antonio (Eastside FC; Bellevue, Wash.), Kendall Cahill (Southern California Blues SC; Anaheim Hills, Calif.), Hadeel Elbeshity (San Juan SC; Sacramento, Calif.), Olivia Elison (Phoenix Rising FC; Santa Ana, Calif.), Alondra Guerrero (Legends FC; Corona, Calif.), Kiley-Ann Hue (Leahi SC; Ewa Beach, Hawaii), Hollace Larabee (San Diego Surf SC; La Mesa, Calif.), Laila Ly (Solano Surf SC; Vacaville, Calif.), Tatiana Marta (Mountain View Los Altos SC; San Francisco, Calif.), Bella Maxwell (Beach Futbol Club; Gardena, Calif.), Kyla McCammon (Eastside FC; Bellevue, Wash.), Makenna Misa (Las Vegas Heat Surf SC; Henderson, Nev.), Mia Muniz (LAFC So Cal Youth Club; North Hollywood, Calif.), Jenny Reuter (Eastside FC; Sammamish, Wash.), Quinn Seger (San Diego Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.), Harper St. James (SC del Sol; Phoenix, Ariz.), Aubrey Taylor (San Diego Surf SC; Fallbrook, Calif.), Zoe Thompson (Tudela FC; Studio City, Calif.),Frannie Van Zweeden (Southern California Blues SC; Laguna Hills, Calif.), Catalina Vesser (Mustang SC; Danville, Calif.), Tatiana Zamora (Silicon Valley Soccer Academy; Ceres, Calif.), Izzy Zhou (Bay Area Surf SC; Fremont, Calif.)

Forwards (21): Kate Cintron (Southern California Blues SC; San Diego, Calif.), Bella Cuevas (Bay Area Surf SC; Reedley, Calif.), Bonnie Earl (Southern California Blues SC; Seal Beach, Calif.), Osiris Franco (Southern California Blues SC; Santa Ana, Calif.), Carys Fry (Slammers FC HB Koge; Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Leighton Gwynn (City SC San Diego; San Diego, Calif.), Valery Hoffman (San Diego Surf SC; Chula Vista, Calif.), Jessica Huerta (Murrieta Soccer Academy; Winchester, Calif.), Milena Makasini (Bay Area Surf SC; Redwood, Calif.), Caroline Mortimore (Mountain View Los Altos SC; Los Altos Hills, Calif.), Bella Moultrie (Portland Thorns Academy; Wilsonville, Ore.), Michelle Myers (Beach Futbol Club; Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Anjali Nimmagadda (San Diego Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.), Jalisse Padilla (Bay Area Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.), Arianna Ruiz (Las Vegas Heat Surf SC; Las Vegas, Nev.), Saige Scarborough (Davis Legacy SC; Sacramento, Calif.), Molly Schmidt (Soccer Chance Academy; Camas, Calif.), Remie Teel (San Diego SC Surf; San Diego, Calif.), Marielle Underwood (Slammers FC HB Koge; San Diego, Calif.), Ari Urbina (Pateadores SC; Rialto, Calif.), Chloe Zehnder (Washington Premier FC; Bonney Lake, Wash.)