SAN RAFAEL, Costa Rica (March 17, 2026) – The U.S. U-17 Women’s Youth National Team opened itsthree-game schedule in Group B at the Final Round of the Concacaf Women’s U-17 Qualifiers with a dominating 19-0 victory over Bermuda as forward Deus Stanislaus scored four times while midfielder Taylor Morrell and forward Mak Whitham each had a hat trick.
The USA now faces Haiti on March 19 (5 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. local) and then finishes the competition on March 22 against Puerto Rico (12:06 p.m. ET / 10:06 p.m. local). In the other Group B match, Puerto Rico took down Haiti, 3-1.
This is the second year of the new Concacaf qualifying format for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. Last year, the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup began its run of being staged annually and expanded from 16 to 24 nations. Therefore, instead of a qualifying tournament in which the top three Concacaf finishers advance to the U-17 Women’s World Cup, 12 teams were drawn into three groups of four teams each with the winner of each group and the best second place team qualifying for the World Cup, set for the fall in Morocco.
The U.S. U-17s wasted no time proving why they are the group favorite while taking one huge step towards Morrocco. The young Americans opened the scoring just after the two-minute mark as Stanislaus tapped home a shot off a pass from Morrell. The USA doubled its lead two minutes later as forward Amari Manning finished off a rebound from a Loradana Paletta shot that the goalkeeper couldn’t hold. Three minutes later, Manning bagged her brace off a nice pass into the penalty area from Morrell, and the match was pretty much over with more than 80 minutes to play.
Stanislaus earned her brace in the 17th minute off a cross from Manning on the left. After assisting two of the first three goals, Morrell got one of her own in the 27th, smartly finishing a cross from DiMaria that came from the right end line. Morrell completed her brace in the 38th minute, finishing into lower left corner after she was released into the penalty area with a nice pass from Paletta.
The USA started the second half the same way it started the first, with three quick goals, and DiMaria, perhaps anxious to get in on the goal scoring after seeing her forward line mates score four times in the first half, had an assist and two goals before eight minutes had elapsed after the break. The first goal of the second half came in the 47th minute when DiMaria raced in from the right flank and crossed to a crashing Mia Corona, who scored from close range despite taking a knock from a Bermuda defender. DiMaria then scored twice, firing a shot from 16 yards out with her left foot into the right corner in the 49th before notching her brace with another goal the 52nd.
Stanislaus brought the USA to double figures in the 53rd after she picked off a pass in the back with Corona then putting her through on goal for her third score of the day. Three minutes later, Morrell scored the best goal of the afternoon, bending her shot into the upper right corner from outside the penalty area. Stanislaus then bagged her fourth in the 58th.
Paletta, who buzzed around the field for the first 60 minutes before being subbed off, got her goal in the 59th minute. Whitham then scored the next two, in the 69th and 78th to hit 15 goals. Substitute defender Giselle Aguilar scored her second career goal at the U-17 level in the 83rd while substitute midfielder Jordyn Heathcock bagged her first in the 84th.
Gotham FC’s Witham, the only professional player on the roster, completed her hat trick in the 86th and Hanf scored the 19th and final goal in the 87th.
The USA spent almost the entire match in its attacking half as Bermuda defended gamely, but they could do nothing to staunch the attack of a much more athletic and skillful U.S. side, while U.S. goalkeeper Alexis Fischer picked up the shoutout without facing a shot on goal. Fischer’s excitement came on two plays in which she got into big collisions, the first one when she came far out of the goal to clear a through ball and crashed into a Bermuda forward, for which the U.S. ‘keeper received a yellow card. Fischer received a cut to her head when a Bermuda player stepped on her as the two collided in the penalty area on a rare foray in the attacking third for the side.
In the end, the USA took care of business, earned three points and drew one step closer to a World Cup berth.
Goal Scoring Rundown:
USA – DEUS STANISLAUS (TAYLOR MORRELL), 3rd minute: Morrell pushed through a tackle on the right side of the penalty area and cut a pass back to Stanislaus at the top of the six-yard box. The U.S. forward sent her shot from close range under the goalkeeper and into the net to start the scoring. USA 1, BER 0
USA – AMARI MANNING, 5th minute: Maddie DiMaria crossed on the ground from the right wing and the pass was met by Loradana Palatta, who smashed a shot to the near post which was saved by goalkeeper Kyra Simmons. Manning was the first to the rebound to tap home from close range. USA 2, BER 0
USA – AMARI MANNING (TAYLOR MORRELL), 8th minute: Morrell cut in on the dribble from the right side and sliced a pass through the defense to Manning on the left side of the penalty box. Manning was unmarked and easily finished past the goalkeeper to bag her brace. USA 3, BER 0
USA – DEUS STANISLAUS (AMARI MANNING), 17th minute: Manning raced down the left side and crossed in front of the goal for Stanislaus, who beat the goalkeeper to the service and smashed the ball home from close range to complete her brace. USA 4, BER 0
USA – TAYLOR MORRELL (MADDIE DiMARIA), 27th minute: DiMaria dribbled down the right wing to the endline and crossed back to the penalty spot where Morrell met the cross and drilled her shot into the lower right corner. USA 5, BER 0
USA – TAYLOR MORRELL (LORADANA PALETTA), 39th minute: Paletta received a pass at the top of the penalty box from Deus Stanislaus and then played a quick pass into the area to Morrell that beat the defense. Morrell then easily rolled her shot into the lower left corner to complete her brace. USA 6, BER 0
USA – MIA CORONA (MADDIE DiMARIA), 47th minute: The USA scored two minutes into the second half as DiMaria raced in from the right flank and crossed to the crashing Corona, who scored from close range despite taking a knock from a sliding Bermuda defender. It was her first international goal at the U-17 level. USA 7, BER 0
USA – MADDIE DIMARIA, 49th minute: DiMaria had her first shot blocked but got the rebound and smashed her shot from 16 yards out on a line with her left foot and into the right corner of the net. USA 8, BER 0
USA – MADDIE DiMARIA (DEUS STANISLAUS), 52nd minute: DiMaria took a pass from Stanislaus in the right side of the box, pushed through a tackle and finished for her second goal in a three-minute span. USA 9, BER 0
USA – DEUS STANISLAUS (MIA CORONA), 53rd minute: Stanislaus picked off a pass in the back. The ball bounced to Corona, who slipped a pass into the box for Stanislaus and she slotted home from eight yards out to complete her hat trick. USA 10, BER 0
USA – TAYLOR MORRELL, 56th minute: Morrell completed her hat trick with a world class strike, cutting past a defender just above the penalty arc before bending her right-footed shot into the upper right corner from the 22 yards out on what was probably the best goal of the day. USA 11, BER 0
USA – DEUS STANISLAUS (LORADANA PALETTA), 58th minute – Paletta played Stanislaus in on the right side of the box and she finished inside the near post, smacking her low from about 14 yards into the lower right corner. USA 12, BER 0
USA – LORADANA PALETTA (MIA CORONA), 59th minute – Halftime substitute Gianna Hanf raced in from the left side, beat a defender and crossed into the middle. Corona received the pass with a deft touch into the path of Paletta, who smacked it home from 12 yards out. USA 13, BER 0
USA – MAK WHITHAM (MIA CORONA), 69th minute – Whitham, who had come into the game just four minutes earlier, received a pass from Corona inside the penalty area and struck a shot that hit a Bermuda defender,taking a wicked deflection, before flying into the goal. USA 14, BER 0
USA – MAK WHITHAM (GIANNA HANF), 78th minute – Hanf played Whitham into the left side of the penalty area and the midfielder finished well with her left foot from a sharp angle as the USA hit 15 goals. USA 15, BER 0
USA – GISELLE AGUILAR (GIANNA HANF), 83rd minute – Substitute Giselle Agullar ran onto a cross on the ground from Hanf that came from the left side. Augilar had the time to settle the ball before rolling it into the net from about eight yards out. USA 16, BER 0
USA – JORYDN HEATHCOCK (GIANNA HANF), 84th minute – Hanf played a nice square pass to the onrushing Heathcock whose touch took her past a defender and into the box. She then easily wrapped her right foot around the ball and finished on the ground into the lower right corner. USA 17, BER 0
USA – MAK WHITHAM (GIANNA HANF), 86th minute – Hanf crossed from the left and Whitham slotted her shot into the left corner to complete her hat trick. USA 18, BER 0
USA – GIANNA HANF, 87TH minute – Hanf took the ball down the left, powered by a defender until she got close to the goal and tucked her shot into the left corner from close range to finish the scoring. USA 19, BER 0
Additional Notes:
- The victory was the second largest ever for a U.S. team during Concacaf U-17 Women’s Qualifying, surpassed only by a 20-0 victory over Grenada in 2022. It was the ninth time a U.S. U-17 WNT has scored in double-figures in this tournament.
- The 10 goal scorers sets a record for most different players to score for the U.S. U-17 WNT in a Concacaf World Cup qualifier. Nine different players scored in the 2022 victory over Grenada, plus an own goal.
- Seven different players had assists in the match.
- Deus Stanislaus becomes the ninth player to score four or more goals in a U-17 WNT Concacaf qualifying match, joining Lindsey Horan (now Heaps), who scored four vs. Haiti in 2010, Summer Green who scored five vs. Bahamas in 2012, Zoe Redei who scored four vs. Guatemala in 2014, Frankie Tagliaferri who scored four vs. Jamaica 2016, Shae Harvey and Charlotte Kohler, who scored four vs. Grenada in 2022, Amalia Villareal, who scored five in that same game vs. Grenada in 2022, and Kennedy Fuller, who scored five vs. Panama in 2024.
- The USA scored 19 of its 26 shots on goal, many of which came from very close range.
- Mia Corona, the USA’s attacking midfielder, captained the side.
- Deus Stanislaus upped her international goal total to six goals in five U-17 caps. She also had one assist.
- Amari Manning upped her international goal total at the U-17 level to four goals in five caps.
- Taylor Morrell now has five goals in three U-17 caps. She also had three assists.
- Maddie DiMaria’s two goals upped her career total to six in 11 U-17 caps. She also had two assists.
- Mia Corona set up three goals, but her single score was her first at the U-17 level after scoring twice for the U.S. U-16s.
- Mak Whitham’s three goals upped her career total at the U-17 level to five goals in six caps.
- Loradana Paletta started in the midfield. At 15 years old, she is playing up two age groups. Her first match with the U-17s was in July of 2025. She likely would have made the roster for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup but at 14 years old, she was not age-eligible for the tournament.
- Paletta’s goal gave her four goals in nine carer U-17 caps.
- Gisele Aguilar and Jordyn Heathcock both came off the bench and scored. Aguilar buried her second U-17 international goal while Heathcock bagged her first.
- Players born on or after Jan. 1, 2009, are age-eligible for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. Seventeen players on this roster were born in 2009, three in 2010 and one, Loradana Paletta, was born in 2011. She is age-eligible for the next three U-17 Women’s World Cup tournaments.
- Just three countries thus far have qualified for the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup. In addition to host Morocco, New Zealand and Samoa have qualified from Oceania via the 2025 OFC U-16 Women's Championship.
-U.S. UNDER-17 WOMEN’S YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM MATCH REPORT-
Match: U.S. Under-17 Women’s National Team vs. Bermuda
Date: March 17, 2026
Competition: Concacaf Women’s U-17 Final Round Qualifiers – Group B
Venue: Costa Rican Football Federation – Field #2; San Rafael, Costa Rica
Kickoff: 12:30 p.m. local (2:30 p.m. ET)
Weather: 85 degrees, mostly sunny
| Scoring Summary |
1 |
2 |
F |
| USA |
6 |
13 |
19 |
| BER |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| USA – Deus Stanislaus (Taylor Morrell) | 3rd minute |
| USA – Amari Manning | 5 |
| USA – Amari Manning (Taylor Morrell) | 8 |
| USA – Deus Stanislaus (Amari Manning) | 17 |
| USA – Taylor Morrell (Maddie DiMaria) | 27 |
| USA – Taylor Morrell (Loradana Paletta) | 39 |
| USA – Mia Corona (Maddie DiMaria) | 47 |
| USA – Maddie DiMaria | 49 |
| USA – Maddie DiMaria (Deus Stanislaus) | 52 |
| USA – Deus Stanislaus (Mia Corona) | 53 |
| USA – Taylor Morrell | 56 |
| USA – Deus Stanislaus (Loradana Paletta) | 58 |
| USA – Loradana Paletta (Mia Corona) | 59 |
| USA – Mak Whitham (Mia Corona) | 69 |
| USA – Mak Whitham (Taylor Morrell) | 78 |
| USA – Gisele Aguilar(Gianna Hanf) | 83 |
| USA – Jordyn Heathcock (Gianna Hanf) | 84 |
| USA – Mak Whitham (Gianna Hanf) | 86 |
| USA – Gianna Hanf (Kendra Hansen) | 87 |
Lineups:
USA: 12-Alexis Fischer, 2-Gigi Zuniga, 5-Anaiah Williams, 6-Maddie Maves, 3-Kendra Hansen, 8-Loradana Paletta (16-Elena Vera, 61), 14-Taylor Morrell, 10-Mia Corona (Capt.) (20-Jordyn Heathcock, 76), 7-Maddie DiMaria(19-Giselle Aguilar, 61), 11-Amari Manning (13 Gianna Hanf, 46), 9-Deus Stanislaus (17-Mak Whitham, 65)
Substitutes Not Used: 1-Avellina Saunders, 4-Sophia Ahrens, 15 Samanthan Ogden, 18-Grace Murray, 21-Lola-Iris Ta
Head Coach: Ciara Crinion
BER: 1-Kyra Simmons, 3-Tayte Glasgow, 4-Evans Welch (20-Mirabella Lohan, 72), 5-Antoinette Barry (13-Marli Robinson, 85), 6-Janiya Sealey, 7-Priya Dill, 8-Avery Isla Taylor, 9-Nadia Medeiros, 10-Milan Gibbons-Thomas (2-Daisy Langley, 46), 14-Zelaye Showers (Capt.), 17-Nila Samuels
Substitutes Not Used: 12-Sydney Denkins, 16-Indygo Smith, 21-Nalini Minors
Head Coach: Gary Adams
Stats Summary: USA / BER
Shots: 43 / 0
Shots on Goal: 26 / 0
Saves: 0 / 6
Corner Kicks: 13 / 1
Fouls: 2 / 2
Offside: 0 / 0
| Misconduct Summary |
| USA — Alexis Fischer (Caution) | 22nd minute |
Officials:
Referee: Minely Ureña (DOM)
Assistant Referee 1: Astrid Yax (GUA)
Assistant Referee 2: Angelica Flores (MEX)
Fourth Official: Dilia Bradley (GUA)
CONCACAF U-17 WOMEN’S FINAL ROUND QUALIFIERS – GROUP B STANDINGS
| TEAM | GP | W | L | D | GF | GA | GD | PTS |
|---|
| USA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | +19 | 3 |
| PUR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 |
| HAI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| BER | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | -19 | 0 |
