United States under-18

Nickname(s)	Team USA The Stars and Stripes The Yanks
Association	United States Soccer Federation
Confederation	CONCACAF (North America)
FIFA code	USA
First colors Second colors
Pan American Games
Appearances	1 (first in 1999)
Best result	Gold (1999)
Medal record Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg Team

The United States U-18 women's 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 women's national team, as well as bridging the development between the two major youth competition levels of the U-17 and the U-20.

Between 1998 and 2001, the United States U-18 was active as the primary youth-level team.^[1] It was led by Shannon Higgins-Cirovski, the first coach in the team's history, through the middle of 1999 before she left for the Maryland Terrapins soccer team. Jay Hoffman, who served as Higgins-Cirovski's assistant, took charge of the team and led them to a gold medal for the 1999 Pan American Games, the first time the tournament was open to women's teams. Among the U-18 women playing at the 1999 Pan American Games were future senior national team members Cat Whitehill and Hope Solo.^[2]

In 2001, the United States Soccer Federation decided to change the age limit from the U-18 team to U-19. The move was in preparation for FIFA's introduction of the first ever FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship (which has since changed). The team therefore became dormant with only periodic competitions until 2019, when the Federation (under general manager Kate Markgraf) reinstated all youth-level teams in their own right.

The under-18 team participated and won the inaugural soccer tournament in the 1999 Pan American Games,^[3] while competing against full national teams. These opportunities are a consequence of holding the FIFA Women's World Cup in the same year as the Pan American Games.

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	GF	GA	Coach
1999	Champions	6	5	1	0	22	2	Jay Hoffman
Total	1/1	6	5	1	0	22	2

The following 24 players were called up for the March 2025 friendlies.^[4]

Caps and goals are updated as of February 26, 2025 after the match against Spain.^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Wicki Dunlap	(2007-11-06) November 6, 2007 (age 17)	0	0	North Carolina Courage
	1GK	Daphne Nakfoor	(17)	0	0	Slammers FC HB Koge
	1GK	Nyamma Nelson	(17)	0	0	Portland Thorns Academy
	2DF	Edra Bello	(17)	0	0	San Diego Surf SC
	2DF	Tyra Chu	(17)	0	0	Nationals SC
	2DF	Kiara Gilmore	(2007-02-11) February 11, 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Wisconsin
	2DF	Emma Johnson	(2006-07-20) July 20, 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Lexington SC
	2DF	Zoe Matthews	(2007-05-25) May 25, 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Houston Dash
	4FW	Leena Powell	(2007-10-03) October 3, 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Tudela FC
	2DF	Katie Scott	(2007-06-20) June 20, 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Kansas City Current
	2DF	Jocelyn Travers	(2007-10-10) October 10, 2007 (age 17)	0	0	FC Bay Area Surf
	3MF	Sofia Atehortua	(17)	0	0	UCLA
	3MF	Riley Cross	(2007-09-18) September 18, 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Penn State
	4FW	Kate Kemmerley	(17)	0	0	Penn Fusion SA
	3MF	Y-Lan Nguyen	(2007-06-02) June 2, 2007 (age 17)	0	0	VDA
	3MF	Ashlyn Puerta	(17)	0	0	Penn State
	3MF	Kennedy Ring	(17)	0	0	World Class FC
	4FW	Ryder Ajeto	(17)	0	0	Legends FC
	4FW	Bella Devey	(17)	0	0	North Carolina
	4FW	Mary Long	(2007-01-27) January 27, 2007 (age 18)	0	0	Kansas City Current
	4FW	Rylee McLanahan	(2007-08-14) August 14, 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Solar SC
	4FW	Chloe Ricketts	(2007-05-23) May 23, 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Washington Spirit
	4FW	Sealey Strawn	(2007-10-01) October 1, 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Dallas Trinity FC
	4FW	Mya Townes	(2007-07-29) July 29, 2007 (age 17)	0	0	Georgia

• Shannon Higgins-Cirovski (1998–1999)
• Jay Hoffman (1999)
• Steve Swanson (2000)
• Tracey Leone (2001)
• Tracey Kevins (2019)
• Mark Carr (2019)
• Chris Petrucelli (2020)