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By Anonymous (not verified), May 31, 2025

U.S. U-20 WNT SET TO SQUARE OF WITH PUERTO RICO IN SECOND GROUP A MATCH AT 2025 CONCACAF WOMEN’S U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP: Following a comprehensive 8-0 win over Guyana to open the tournament, the U-20 WNT continues its World Cup qualifying quest when it takes on Puerto Rico in its second group A match on Sunday, June 1 (1 p.m. ET; FS1). The U.S. could qualify for the U-20 WWC as soon as Sunday. With a win over Puerto Rico and a Costa Rica win over Guyana, the USA would earn a berth into the Concacaf U-20 Championship semifinals and the berth to the 2026 FIFA U-20 WWC that goes along with it. With a win and a Costa Rica draw against Guyana, the U.S. would clinch the top spot in Group A in addition to a spot in the semifinals and the U-20 WWC. The USA finishes group play on Tuesday, June 3 (2 p.m. ET; FS2) against host Costa Rica.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT: This year marks the 13th edition of the Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship. The tournament began in 2002 as the CONCACAF Women’s U-19 Championship, qualifying two teams to the inaugural FIFA U-19 Women’s World Cup.

The eight-team 2025 Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship will feature round-robin play within two groups of four teams each. After group play, the group winners and runners-up will advance to the semifinals and qualify for next year’s World Cup. For the first time, the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup will feature 24 nations, up from 16 in the previous eight editions of the tournament. Twelve nations contested the title in 2002 and 2004, when it was held as a U-19 event. The semifinals will be played on June 6 followed by the final on June 8. All matches will take place at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto in Alajuela, Costa Rica.

The top two teams in the Concacaf Women’s U-20 rankings – the U.S. and Mexico – earned berths straight into the final tournament while the other six teams had to win their pre-qualifying groups.

2025 CONCACAF WOMEN’S U-20 CHAMPIONSHP – COSTA RICA

GROUP C SCHEDULE - USA

Date	Match-up	Kickoff (ET) / TV	Venue
Sunday, June 1	USA vs. Puerto Rico	1 p.m. / FS1	Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto
Tuesday, June 3	USA vs. Costa Rica	4 p.m. / FS2	Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto

Group A Results

May 30

USA 8, Guyana 0

Costa Rica 0, Puerto Rico 0

June 1

Puerto Rico vs. USA

Costa Rica vs. Guyana

June 3

Puerto Rico vs. Guyana

USA vs. Costa Rica

Group C Standings

TEAM	GP	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	PTS
USA	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8	3
Costa Rica	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Puerto Rico	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Guyana	1	0	1	0	0	8	-8	0

EIGHT WOULD BE GREAT: The USA has won a record seven Concacaf championships at this level, including six of the last eight. The first tournament, held in 2002, produced co-champions as the two group winners advanced to the first FIFA U-19 Women’s World Cup without semifinals or a championship game being played, but the USA had by far the most goals of any team in the tournament. The USA then won seven of the next 11 tournaments, losing in the final to Canada in 2004 and 2008, and to Mexico in 2018 and 2023. The USA returned to the top of the podium in 2020, led by 13 goals from Mia Fishel, nine from Brianna Pinto and eight from Trinity Rodman, although that year’s World Cup would be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The USA won again in 2022, beating Mexico 2-0 in the title game on goals from Michelle Cooper and Talia DellaPeruta as the Americans rolled through seven victories and scored 44 goals to zero allowed. The USA has advanced to the final at every Concacaf U-20 tournament that has held one, facing Canada five times and Mexico six times in the title match.

U-20 WNT Roster Notes:

• Fifteen players earned their first U-20 international caps: Bella Ayscue, Edra Bello, Izzy Engle, Emma Johnson, Kennedy Fuller, Sonoma Kasica, Peyton McGovern, Abby Mills, Leena Powell, Ashlyn Puerta, Grace Restovich, Kate Scott, Sealey Strawn, Mya Townes and Linda Ullmark.

• Bello, Fuller, Powell, Scott and Townes all had caps at the U-17 international level.

Aven Alverez earned her third U-20 international cap.

Five players scored their first U-20 international goals: Engle, Johnson, Fuller, Strawn and Ullmark.

• Engle became the eighth player in U.S. U-20 history to score four goals in a World Cup qualifying match. The last player to score four goals in a match was Avery Patterson in a 7-0 win over Puerto Rico in 2022.

• Kasica picked up the shutout in goal for the USA, but did not face a shot on goal.

Midfielder Grace Restovich, who hails from St. Louis, captained the U.S. U-20s for the first time.

USA U-20 WNT vs. Puerto Rico:

• This will be the third time the USA will play Puerto Rico during World Cup qualifiers.

Both previous meetings took place during the 2022 tournament with the U.S. winning 7-0 in the group stage and winning 7-0 again in the semifinal.

• Prior to Engle’s four goals against Guyana in the 2025 tournament opener, the last player to score four goals in a World Cup qualifier (Avery Patterson) did so against Puerto Rico.

• Puerto Rico qualified for the championship round by finishing at the top of Group B during the qualification round. Las Boricuas defeated the U.S. Virgin Island 6-0, then beat Honduras 3-0, before drawing with El Salvador 2-2 and moving on goal difference.

• Forwards Gemma Gillespie and Ashley McMahon led the team in scoring with three goals each during the qualification stage.

• Puerto Rico opened its tournament with a 0-0 draw with host Costa Rica on May 30.