2025 CONCACAF U-17 Women's World Cup qualification – Final round

2025 Concacaf Women’s U-17 Qualifiers
Tournament details
Host countriesMexico
Nicaragua
Trinidad and Tobago
Dates31 March – 6 April 2025
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venues3 (in 3 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored95 (5.28 per match)
Top scorer(s)Mexico Citlalli Reyes
(5 goals)
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The 2025 CONCACAF U-17 Women's World Cup qualification, officially called 2025 CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Qualifiers Final Round, was the tournament to decide which teams qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Morocco. Four qualifying slots were allocated to CONCACAF.[1]

Unlike past editions, the 2025 qualification process did not culminate in the determination of a champion, as was the case under the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship.[2] Instead, three groups of round-robin competitions resulted in three group winners and one best-ranked runner-up qualifying for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Morocco 2025 as CONCACAF's representatives.[1]

Qualification

Twenty-two teams competed for eight spots in the tournament, where they joined the four highest-seeded teams on the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Ranking as of 1 March 2024, the United States, Mexico, Canada, and Haiti.[3]

Team Method of qualification App. Previous best performance Previous World Cup appearances
 United States
(title holders)
Four top-ranked entrants9thChampions (2008, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)6
 Mexico9thChampions (2013)7
 Canada9thChampions (2010)7
 Haiti7thFourth place (2016, 2018, 2024)0
 Puerto RicoQualifying Group A winners5thFourth place (2022)0
 HondurasQualifying Group B winners2ndRound of 16 (2022)0
 PanamaQualifying Group C winners5thFourth place (2012)0
 El SalvadorQualifying Group D winners5thQuarter-finals (2022)0
 NicaraguaQualifying Group E winners3rd Round of 16 (2022) 0
 Costa RicaQualifying Group F winners 7th Runners-up (2008) 2
 Trinidad and TobagoQualifying best two runners-up5thGroup stage (2008, 2012, 2013, 2022)1
 Bermuda3rd Group stage (2018, 2022) 0

Venues

Managua replaced Panama City on 3 March 2025.

Mexico Toluca Nicaragua Managua Trinidad and Tobago Couva
Group A Group B Group C
Campo 1 - Federación
Mexicana de Fútbol
(FMF)
Estadio Nacional de Fútbol Ato Boldon Stadium

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held at 11:00 ET on 24 February 2025 at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida. The four highest-seeded teams, which qualified automatically for the tournament, took the first positions in Pot 1 and 2. The eight teams, that advanced from qualifying, were placed in pots based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Ranking on 4 February 2025. Teams were drawn into three groups of four teams. Co-host teams could not be placed in the same group. After the draw, Nicaragua replaced Panama as co-host on 3 March 2025.[4][5]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Squads

On 25 March 2025, the rosters for each team were announced.[6]

Groups

All times are local.[7]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group was determined as follows:

  1. Points obtained in all group matches;
  2. Goal difference in all group matches;
  3. Goals scored in all group matches;
  4. Points obtained among tied teams;
  5. Goal difference among tied teams;
  6. Goals scored among tied teams;
  7. Fair play points in all group matches;
  8. Latest Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Ranking.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico (H) 3 3 0 0 21 0 +21 9 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2  Costa Rica 3 2 0 1 17 5 +12 6
3  Haiti 3 1 0 2 4 21 −17 3
4  Bermuda 3 0 0 3 2 18 −16 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Haiti 0–8 Costa Rica
Report
  • Solano 19'
  • Paniagua 27', 39', 45+4'
  • Alfaro 45+2'
  • Recio 61'
  • Medina 70'
  • Lindo 84'
Campo 1 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)
Mexico 5–0 Bermuda
Report
Campo 1 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Glenda López (Guatemala)

Bermuda 1–4 Haiti
  • Samuels 90+4'
Report
  • Étienne 14' (pen.), 27'
  • Désert 17'
  • Piquion 82' (pen.)
Campo 1 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Danielle Chesky (United States)
Costa Rica 0–4 Mexico
Report
Campo 1 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Adorae Monroy (United States)

Costa Rica 9–1 Bermuda
  • Paniagua 11' (pen.)
  • Ocampo 20', 48'
  • Ruiz 28'
  • Medina 30', 52', 72'
  • Simons red-colored football 45+2' (o.g.)
  • Murillo 90+3'
Report
  • Sealey 4'
Campo 1 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Adorae Monroy (United States)
Mexico 12–0 Haiti
  • Larco red-colored football 3' (o.g.)
  • Reyes 4', 9'
  • Stack 4', 23'
  • González 25'
  • J. Solís 33'
  • M. Solís 46', 86', 90+4'
  • Miyazato 55'
  • Núñez 62'
Report
Campo 1 - FMF, Toluca
Referee: Glenda López (Guatemala)

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2  Puerto Rico 3 2 0 1 12 4 +8 6
3  Panama 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 3
4  Nicaragua (H) 3 0 0 3 0 11 −11 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Puerto Rico 6–1 Panama
  • Falcón 1', 47'
  • Garnett 16', 20', 21'
  • Adame 70'
Report
Canada 5–0 Nicaragua
Report

Panama 0–2 Canada
Report
  • Kekić 35'
  • Reda 60'
Referee: Priscila Pérez (Mexico)
Nicaragua 0–4 Puerto Rico
Report
  • Walton 35'
  • Russell 55'
  • Garnett 59'
  • Feliciano 87'
Referee: Saphire Stockman (Costa Rica)

Canada 3–2 Puerto Rico
Report
  • Falcón 45', 57'
Panama 2–0 Nicaragua
  • Onodera 3'
  • Mow 71'
Report

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 0 17 0 +17 9 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2  El Salvador 3 1 1 1 5 8 −3 4
3  Honduras 3 1 1 1 3 9 −6 4
4  Trinidad and Tobago (H) 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
El Salvador 1–1 Honduras
  • Buerger 13'
Report
  • Sánchez 61'
Referee: Marjorie Ponce (Nicaragua)
United States 3–0 Trinidad and Tobago
  • Anderson 63'
  • Johnson 78'
  • Sadler 90'
Report
Referee: Neressa Goldson (Jamaica)

Honduras 0–7 United States
Report
  • Ascanio 45'
  • Johnson 47'
  • Anderson 51', 74'
  • Cecil 56'
  • Kennedy 60'
  • Rodriguez 65'
Referee: Dilia Bradley (Guatemala)
Trinidad and Tobago 0–4 El Salvador
Report
  • Salgado 58'
  • Buerger 61'
  • Alvarenga 86', 90'
Referee: Suleimy Linares (Cuba)

United States 7–0 El Salvador
  • Johnson 10', 55' (pen.)
  • Antonucci 30'
  • Anderson 47'
  • Rodriguez 49'
  • Touray 58'
  • Milam 74'
Report
Referee: Marjorie Ponce (Nicaragua)
Honduras 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago
  • Merriam 3' (pen.)
  • Santos 90+1'
Report
  • Sealey 45+4'
Referee: Dilia Bradley (Guatemala)

Ranking of second-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A  Costa Rica 3 2 0 1 17 5 +12 6 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
2 B  Puerto Rico 3 2 0 1 12 4 +8 6
3 C  El Salvador 3 1 1 1 5 8 −3 4
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) fair play points; 5) Latest Concacaf Women’s Under-17 Ranking.

Goalscorers

There were 95 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 5.28 goals per match.

5 goals

  • Mexico Citlalli Reyes

4 goals

  • Costa Rica Nubia Medina
  • Costa Rica Lucía Paniagua
  • Puerto Rico Giselle Falcón
  • Puerto Rico Gabriella Garnett
  • United States Ashlyn Anderson
  • United States Micayla Johnson

3 goals

2 goals

  • Canada Olivia Chisholm
  • Canada Kaylee Hunter
  • Canada Melisa Kekić
  • Costa Rica Daniela Ocampo
  • El Salvador Angie Alvarenga
  • El Salvador Maya Buerger
  • Haiti Ella Étienne
  • Mexico Anaiya Miyazato
  • Mexico Ava Stack
  • United States Jaiden Rodriguez

1 goal

  • Bermuda Nila Samuels
  • Bermuda Janiya Sealey
  • Canada Joelle Bader
  • Canada Emma Donnelly
  • Canada Lacey Kindel
  • Canada Emma Reda
  • Costa Rica Fabiana Alfaro
  • Costa Rica Alisha Lindo
  • Costa Rica Michelle Murillo
  • Costa Rica Raquel Recio
  • Costa Rica Tiara Ruiz
  • Costa Rica Verónica Solano
  • El Salvador Abigaíl Salgado
  • Haiti Dominique Désert
  • Haiti Maya Piquion
  • Honduras Alexandra Merriam
  • Honduras Jazlyn Sánchez
  • Honduras Allanys Santos
  • Mexico Adrianna González
  • Mexico Sofía Núñez
  • Mexico Zoé Sánchez
  • Mexico Valeria Vázquez
  • Mexico Mia Villalpando
  • Panama Shaday Mow
  • Panama Alison Onodera
  • Puerto Rico Camila Adame
  • Puerto Rico Journie María Feliciano
  • Puerto Rico Jaeda Russell
  • Puerto Rico Jayla Walton
  • Trinidad and Tobago Diem Sealey
  • United States Scottie Antonucci
  • United States Kimmi Ascanio
  • United States Pearl Cecil
  • United States Riley Kennedy
  • United States Gracelynn Milam
  • United States Chloe Sadler
  • United States Nyanya Touray

1 own goal

  • Bermuda Ayshalay Simons (against Costa Rica)
  • Haiti Miya Larco (against Mexico)
  • Puerto Rico Paige Foye (against Panama)

Source: CONCACAF

Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

The following four teams from CONCACAF qualified for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
 Mexico5 April 20257 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)
 Canada6 April 20257 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2022)
 United States5 April 20256 (2008, 2012, 2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)
 Costa Rica6 April 20252 (2008, 2014)
1Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Best XI

Best XI[8]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Canada Olivia Busby
  • Mexico Adrianna González
  • Mexico Berenice Ibarra
  • United States Pearl Cecil
  • Costa Rica Lucía Paniagua
  • El Salvador Maya Buerger
  • Mexico Citlalli Reyes
  • Puerto Rico Giselle Falcón

References

  1. 1 2 "An exciting 2025 awaits: a brief on the upcoming competitions in Concacaf". CONCACAF. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  2. ↑ "U.S. Under-17 Women's National Team Continues Run to Qualifying for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with Training Camp in West Palm Beach, Fla". ussoccer.com. U.S. Soccer. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "Draw reveals groups for 2025 Concacaf U-17 Women's Qualifiers Round One". CONCACAF. 16 October 2024. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  4. ↑ "Concacaf confirms details for Final Round of the 2025 Concacaf Women's U-17 Qualifiers". CONCACAF. 10 February 2025. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Official Draw - Final Round". CONCACAF. 24 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "2025 Concacaf Women's U-17 Qualifiers Final Round rosters". Concacaf. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "CONCACAF U-17 Women's Qualifiers - Match schedule" (PDF). CONCACAF. 24 February 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 February 2025. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Busby, Reyes and Anderson lead Concacaf Women's U-17 Qualifiers Final Round Best XI/". concacaf.com. Retrieved 22 April 2025.