2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

The 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship was the 7th edition of the CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by CONCACAF for the women's under-17 national teams of the North, Central American and Caribbean region.^[1]

2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Dominican Republic
Dates	23 April – 8 May
Teams	20 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	United States (5th title)
Runners-up	Mexico
Third place	Canada
Fourth place	Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	231 (5.78 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rosa Maalouf (12 goals)
Best player(s)	Riley Jackson
Best goalkeeper	Victoria Safradin
Fair play award	Mexico
← 2018 2024 →

The top three teams of the tournament qualified for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India as the CONCACAF representatives.^[1]

Qualification

Further information: 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification

The 41 CONCACAF teams were ranked based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Ranking as of 1 July 2019,^[2] and 26 entered the competition for the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship final tournament. The highest-ranked 16 entrants advanced directly to the group stage of the final tournament, while the other 10 entrants participated in qualifying.

Round	Team	Qualification	Appearance	Previous best performance	Previous FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup appearances
Group stage	Mexico	1st ranked entrant	7th	Champions (2013)	5
	Canada	2nd ranked entrant	7th	Champions (2010)	6
	United States (title holders)	3rd ranked entrant	7th	Champions (2008, 2012, 2016, 2018)	4
	Haiti	4th ranked entrant	5th	Fourth place (2016, 2018)	0
	Costa Rica	5th ranked entrant	5th	Runners-up (2008)	2
	Jamaica	6th ranked entrant	6th	Fourth place (2013)	0
	Trinidad and Tobago	7th ranked entrant	4th	Group stage (2008, 2012, 2013)	1
	Guatemala	8th ranked entrant	4th	Group stage (2012, 2013, 2016)	0
	Puerto Rico	9th ranked entrant	3rd	Group stage (2008, 2018)	0
	Bermuda	10th ranked entrant	2nd	Group stage (2018)	0
	El Salvador	11th ranked entrant	3rd	Group stage (2008, 2013)	0
	Panama	12th ranked entrant	3rd	Fourth place (2012)	0
	Dominican Republic	13th ranked entrant	1st	Debut	0
	Cuba	14th ranked entrant	1st	Debut	0
	Grenada	15th ranked entrant	2nd	Group stage (2016)	0
	Nicaragua	16th ranked entrant	2nd	Group stage (2018)	0
Knockout stage	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Qualifying Group A winner	1st	Debut	0
	Curaçao	Qualifying Group B winner	1st	Debut	0
	Honduras	Qualifying Group C winner	1st	Debut	0
	Guyana	Qualifying Group C runner up	1st	Debut	0

Venues

Santo Domingo San Cristóbal	Santo Domingo	San Cristóbal
	Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez	Estadio Panamericano
	Capacity: 27,000	Capacity: 2,800

Draw

The draw of the tournament was held on 18 November 2021, 11:00 AST (UTC−4), at the CONCACAF Headquarters in Miami, Florida. The 16 teams which entered the group stage were drawn into four groups of four teams. Based on the CONCACAF Women's Under-17 Ranking, the 16 teams were distributed into four pots, with teams in Pot 1 assigned to each group prior to the draw, as follows:^[1]

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Mexico (Group E)  Canada (Group F)  United States (Group G)  Haiti (Group H)	Costa Rica  Jamaica  Trinidad and Tobago  Guatemala	Puerto Rico  Bermuda  El Salvador  Panama	Dominican Republic  Cuba  Grenada  Nicaragua

Squads

Main article: 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship squads

Players born on or after 1 January 2005 are eligible to compete. Each team must register a squad of 20 players, two of whom must be goalkeepers.^[3]
2022 U17 W Squads-Official

Match officials

Group stage

The top three teams in each group advanced to the round of 16, where they were joined by the four teams advancing from the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship qualification.^[3]

Tiebreakers

The ranking of teams in each group is determined as follows (Regulations Article 12.8):

1. Points obtained in all group matches (three points for a win, one for a draw, zero for a loss).
2. Goal difference in all group matches.
3. Number of goals scored in all group matches.
4. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question.
5. Goal difference in the matches played between the teams in question.
6. Number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question.
7. Fair play points in all group matches (only one deduction can be applied to a player in a single match):
   • Yellow card: −1 point
   • Indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points
   • Direct red card: −4 points
   • Yellow card and direct red card: −5 points
8. Drawing of lots.

All times are local, AST (UTC−4).

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico	3	3	0	0	27	0	+27	9	Knockout stage
2	Panama	3	2	0	1	7	8	−1	6
3	Nicaragua	3	1	0	2	4	12	−8	3
4	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0	0	3	1	19	−18	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

23 April 2022 (2022-04-23)

16:00

Trinidad and Tobago	1–5	Panama
Smith 48'	Report	D. Rivera 21' Hincapié 33', 41', 59' Castrellón 90+2'

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)

23 April 2022 (2022-04-23)

19:00

Mexico	10–0	Nicaragua
Vargas 11', 28', 31' Meza 17', 70' M. Flores 42', 57' T. Flores 53' Saldívar 89' Sirdah 90'+2'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Saphire Stockman (Costa Rica)

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25 April 2022 (2022-04-25)

16:00

Nicaragua	4–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Ad. Munguia 3' Manzanares 24' (pen.) Sarantes 45+1' Villalta 67'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Merlin Soto (Honduras)

25 April 2022 (2022-04-25)

19:00

Panama	0–7	Mexico
	Report	Sirdah 20' Soto 23', 72' M. Flores 31' Vargas 66', 82' Vega 89'

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Suleimy Linares Sáez (Cuba)

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27 April 2022 (2022-04-27)

19:00

Panama	2–0	Nicaragua
Castrellón 35' King 60'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Neressa Goldson (Jamaica)

27 April 2022 (2022-04-27)

19:00

Mexico	10–0	Trinidad and Tobago
Pineda 9' Sirdah 26' Jiménez 44' Vega 63' Hudlin 64' (o.g.) M. Flores 73', 75' Ramírez 80', 84' T. Flores 88'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Alyssa Nichols (United States)

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	2	1	0	16	1	+15	7	Knockout stage
2	Jamaica	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7
3	Dominican Republic (H)	3	1	0	2	6	13	−7	3
4	Bermuda	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

24 April 2022 (2022-04-24)

16:00

Jamaica	7–0	Bermuda
Raghunandanan 8', 65' Av. Johnson 12' Seaton 16' Nelson 47' Buckley 78' Atkinson 83'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Mayary Cartagena (Guatemala)

24 April 2022 (2022-04-24)

19:00

Canada	10–0	Dominican Republic
Adames 25' (o.g.) Maalouf 39' (pen.), 43', 46', 57' Watson 67', 69' Allen 85', 89' Hauer 90+4'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Cecile Hinds (Trinidad and Tobago)

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26 April 2022 (2022-04-26)

16:00

Bermuda	0–5	Canada
	Report	Logan 15' Bordeleau 39' Hauer 43' Maalouf 70', 86'

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Mayary Cartagena (Guatemala)

26 April 2022 (2022-04-26)

19:00

Dominican Republic	1–3	Jamaica
Torreira 3'	Report	Seaton 30' Wilson 70' Atkinson 90+1'

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)

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28 April 2022 (2022-04-28)

19:00

Canada	1–1	Jamaica
Watson 50'	Report	Atkinson 38'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Saphire Stockman (Costa Rica)

28 April 2022 (2022-04-28)

19:00

Bermuda	0–5	Dominican Republic
	Report	Jiménez 3', 52' Mercedes 10', 87' A. Díaz 61'

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Smeedly Saint-Jean (Haiti)

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	3	0	0	38	0	+38	9	Knockout stage
2	Costa Rica	3	2	0	1	13	7	+6	6
3	Puerto Rico	3	1	0	2	5	17	−12	3
4	Grenada	3	0	0	3	1	33	−32	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

23 April 2022 (2022-04-23)

16:00

United States	20–0	Grenada
Rebimbas 9', 36', 55' Harvey 12', 26', 30', 59' Oliaro 16', 61' Kohler 21', 48', 50', 90+3' Kiorpes 34' Williams 43' (o.g.) Roller 64' Hutton 72', 90+1' Martinho 76' Villarreal 81'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Smeedly Saint-Jean (Haiti)

23 April 2022 (2022-04-23)

19:00

Costa Rica	4–1	Puerto Rico
Scott 25' L. González 29' Briceño 58' Rivera 80' (pen.)	Report	Martinez 35'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Neressa Goldson (Jamaica)

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25 April 2022 (2022-04-25)

16:00

Puerto Rico	0–13	United States
	Report	Martinho 6' Villarreal 11', 39', 57', 60', 61' Suarez 21', 67' Hutton 34', 51', 65' Kiorpes 69' Fraser 84'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Karen Hernández (Mexico)

25 April 2022 (2022-04-25)

19:00

Grenada	1–9	Costa Rica
Fullerton 21'	Report	Solano 24', 37' Lobo 27' Jiménez 49' T. Fonseca 58', 61' A. González 74' (pen.) Ramírez 78', 90+2'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Miranda Cibeles (El Salvador)

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27 April 2022 (2022-04-27)

16:00

Puerto Rico	4–0	Grenada
McIntosh 9' (o.g.) Krakower 75' (pen.), 81' Rivera 90+2'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Itzel Hernández (Mexico)

27 April 2022 (2022-04-27)

16:00

United States	5–0	Costa Rica
Villarreal 4' Kohler 45+1' Jackson 58' (pen.) Gamero 61' Hutton 90'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	El Salvador	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Knockout stage
2	Haiti	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Cuba	3	1	0	2	2	5	−3	3
4	Guatemala	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

24 April 2022 (2022-04-24)

16:00

Guatemala	0–6	El Salvador
	Report	Ramirez 7' Medina 38', 58' Ayala 39' Velásquez 85', 89'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Danielle Chesky (United States)

24 April 2022 (2022-04-24)

19:00

Haiti	2–0	Cuba
Caramus 34' Cyriaque 43'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Lizzet García (Mexico)

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26 April 2022 (2022-04-26)

16:00

Cuba	2–0	Guatemala
Montalvo 45+1' Ledesma 47' (pen.)	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)

26 April 2022 (2022-04-26)

19:00

El Salvador	2–0	Haiti
Berger 27' Arevalo 59'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Annays Rosario (Puerto Rico)

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28 April 2022 (2022-04-28)

16:00

El Salvador	3–0	Cuba
Sánchez 41' Ayala 53' Arevalo 58'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Cecile Hinds (Trinidad and Tobago)

28 April 2022 (2022-04-28)

16:00

Haiti	3–1	Guatemala
Houanche 3' Joseph 70' Cyriaque 82'	Report	Perla 90+5'

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Karen Hernández (Mexico)

Knockout stage

In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of 90 minutes, extra time is played, and if still tied after extra time, the match is decided by a penalty shoot-out (Regulations Article 12.13).^[3]

Qualified teams

Group	Winners	Runners-up (Best from qualification)	Third place
A (Q)	Saint Kitts and Nevis	–	–
B (Q)	Curaçao	–	–
C (Q)	Honduras	Guyana	–
E	Mexico	Panama	Nicaragua
F	Canada	Jamaica	Dominican Republic
G	United States	Costa Rica	Puerto Rico
H	El Salvador	Haiti	Cuba

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

30 April – Santo Domingo

Mexico

15

4 May – Santo Domingo

Guyana

0

Mexico

10

1 May – San Cristóbal

Dominican Republic

0

Haiti

0

6 May – Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

2

Mexico

5

30 April – Santo Domingo

Puerto Rico

0

Panama

0

4 May – San Cristóbal

Puerto Rico

2

Puerto Rico

2

1 May – San Cristóbal

El Salvador

0

El Salvador

10

8 May – Santo Domingo

Saint Kitts and Nevis

0

Mexico

1

30 April – San Cristóbal

United States

2

United States

11

4 May – Santo Domingo

Curaçao

0

United States

4

1 May – Santo Domingo

Jamaica

0

Jamaica

4

6 May – Santo Domingo

Cuba

0

United States

3

30 April – San Cristóbal

Canada

0

Third place playoff

Costa Rica

1

4 May – San Cristóbal

8 May – Santo Domingo

Nicaragua

0

Costa Rica

0

Puerto Rico

0

1 May – Santo Domingo

Canada

3

Canada

3

Canada

4

Honduras

1

Round of 16

30 April 2022 (2022-04-30)

16:00

Mexico	15–0	Guyana
Vargas 2', 49', 54' Fong 5' Sirdah 27', 33', 44' Martinez 34' T. Flores 47', 56', 60' Guijarro 59' Blake 74' (o.g.) M. Flores 82' Ramírez 90'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Annays Rosario (Puerto Rico)

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30 April 2022 (2022-04-30)

16:00

United States	11–0	Curaçao
Gamero 1', 41', 73' Kiorpes 7', 55' (pen.), 84' Rebimbas 11' Martinho 29' Bhuta 39', 67' Oliaro 58'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Suleimy Linares Sáez (Cuba)

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30 April 2022 (2022-04-30)

19:00

Panama	0–2	Puerto Rico
	Report	Krakower 60' (pen.) Baez 86'

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Lizzet García (Mexico)

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30 April 2022 (2022-04-30)

19:00

Costa Rica	1–0	Nicaragua
T. Fonseca 45+3'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Danielle Chesky (United States)

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1 May 2022 (2022-05-01)

16:00

Canada	4–1	Honduras
Maalouf 34' (pen.), 49', 82' Allen 88'	Report	Henríquez 28'

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Alyssa Nichols (United States)

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1 May 2022 (2022-05-01)

16:00

El Salvador	10–0	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Ayala 1', 4' Arevalo 42' Ramirez 44' Sánchez 45+1' Sotelo 50' Villa 77', 82' Velásquez 83', 87'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Itzel Hernández (Mexico)

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1 May 2022 (2022-05-01)

19:00

Jamaica	4–0	Cuba
Atkinson 2', 59' Buckley 53' Wilson 73'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Miranda Cibeles (El Salvador)

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1 May 2022 (2022-05-01)

19:00

Haiti	0–2	Dominican Republic
	Report	Torreira 39' Jiménez 42'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Merlin Soto (Honduras)

Quarter-finals

4 May 2022 (2022-05-04)

16:00

Mexico	10–0	Dominican Republic
T. Flores 16', 33', 41' Soto 19', 22', 38' M. Flores 37' Colin 49' (pen.) Ramírez 70' Sirdah 80'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Saphire Stockman (Costa Rica)

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4 May 2022 (2022-05-04)

16:00

United States	4–0	Jamaica
Villarreal 3' Kohler 32' Jackson 42' Rebimbas 56'	Report

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Smeedly Saint-Jean (Haiti)

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4 May 2022 (2022-05-04)

19:00

Puerto Rico	2–0	El Salvador
Nieves-Melchor 37' Sims 64'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Mayary Cartagena (Guatemala)

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4 May 2022 (2022-05-04)

19:00

Costa Rica	0–3	Canada
	Report	Maalouf 53', 70' Watson 66'

Estadio Panamericano, San Cristóbal

Referee: Karitza Guerra (Honduras)

Semi-finals

Winners qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

6 May 2022 (2022-05-06)

16:00

Mexico	5–0	Puerto Rico
Vargas 5', 29' Soto 8' Sirdah 24' T. Flores 84'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Myriam Marcotte (Canada)

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6 May 2022 (2022-05-06)

19:00

United States	3–0	Canada
Rebimbas 18', 58' Gamero 78'	Report

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Sandra Benítez (El Salvador)

Third place

Winner qualifies for 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

8 May 2022 (2022-05-08)

14:00

Puerto Rico	0–3	Canada
	Report	Hauer 51' Allen 53' Maalouf 86'

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Amairany García (Mexico)

Final

8 May 2022 (2022-05-08)

17:00

Mexico	1–2	United States
M. Flores 66'	Report	Martinho 20' Rebimbas 77'

Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez, Santo Domingo

Referee: Annays Rosario (Puerto Rico)

Winners

2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship
United States 5th title

Goalscorers

There were 231 goals scored in 40 matches, for an average of 5.78 goals per match.

12 goals

• Rosa Maalouf

10 goals

• Valerie Vargas

9 goals

• Tatiana Flores

8 goals

• Maribel Flores
• Layla Sirdah
• Melina Rebimbas
• Amalia Villarreal

6 goals

• Alice Soto
• Claire Hutton
• Charlotte Kohler

5 goals

• Natoya Atkinson
• Onyeka Gamero
• Nicollette Kiorpes

4 goals

• Amanda Allen
• Renee Watson
• Carolina Ayala
• Karoline Velásquez
• Deiry Ramírez
• Shae Harvey
• Lauren Martinho

3 goals

• Anna Hauer
• Tanisha Fonseca
• Julia Jiménez
• Mía Arevalo
• Daniela Hincapié
• Madison Krakower
• Mia Oliaro

2 goals

• Sara Ramírez
• Marian Solano
• Renata Mercedes
• María Torreira
• Breanna Medina
• Cynthia Ramirez
• Victoria Sánchez
• Sarina Villa
• Walandjina Cyriaque
• Shaneil Buckley
• Maya Raghunandanan
• Tiny Seaton
• Dannique Wilson
• Daniela Meza
• Brenda Vega
• Ninelys Castrellón
• Mia Bhuta
• Riley Jackson
• Taylor Suarez

1 goal

• Jade Bordeleau
• Clare Logan
• Josselyn Briceño
• Luciana González
• Jimena Jiménez
• Sharon Lobo
• Valentina Rivera
• Sheika Scott
• Ashly González
• Dalia Ledesma
• Ainachy Montalvo
• Ariana Díaz
• Anika Berger
• Yaneth Sotelo
• Melania Fullerton
• Flor Perla
• Chritlove Caramus
• Ancie-Love Houanche
• Ronise Joseph
• Susan Henríquez
• Avery Johnson
• Tyesha Nelson
• Natalia Colin
• Michel Fong
• Katherin Guijarro
• Sofía Jiménez
• Jade Martinez
• Grecia Pineda
• Montserrat Saldívar
• Daniela Manzanares
• Adriana Munguia
• Jenifer Sarantes
• Stella Villalta
• Sherline King
• Delineth Rivera
• Rachel Baez
• Fabiola Martinez
• Marilia Nieves-Melchor
• Aleah Rivera
• Indigo Sims
• Breana Smith
• Nicola Fraser
• Cameron Roller

1 own goal

• Adriana Adames (against Canada)
• Tiara McIntosh (against Puerto Rico)
• Abigail Williams (against the United States)
• Alyssa Blake (against Mexico)
• Allyah Hudlin (against Mexico)

Source: CONCACAF

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

Team	Qualified on	Previous appearances in FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup1
Mexico	6 May 2022	5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
United States	6 May 2022	4 (2008, 2012, 2016, 2018)
Canada	8 May 2022	6 (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Awards

Source:^[4]

Golden Ball	Golden Boot	Golden Glove
Riley Jackson	Rosa Maalouf	Victoria Safradin
CONCACAF Fair Play Award
Mexico