CHICAGO (May 31, 2024) – St. Johns Country Day School girls soccer standout Sydney Schmidt, a sophomore, has returned from a trip to Turkey and has been selected to stay with the team as the U.S. Under-16 Womens Youth National Team heads to Aschaffenbrug, Germany for a June 3-12 training session with games to be played June 8 and 11 at Stadion am Schonbusch, 25 miles southeast of Frankfurt 

Players born on or after Jan. 1, 2008, are age-eligible for this U-16 WYNT cycle. For this training camp, Toledo selected all 2008 birth year players. All players in the U-16 WYNT pool are age-eligible for this year’s FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, set for October/November in the Dominican Republic.
Last month, the U-16 WYNT, with Schmidt listed as a defender, won an eight-team UEFA Friendship Tournament in Riva, Turkey with several strong performances, topping its group of Turkey, Vietnam and Botswana before defeating Paraguay in penalty kicks in the championship match. Ten players return from that tournament-winning squad.

U.S. U-16 WOMEN’S YOUTH NATIONAL TEAM – MATCHES VS. GERMANY – ASCHAFFENBURG, GERMANY
Goalkeepers (2): Hannah Folliard (Galaxy SC; Plainfield, Ill.), Evan O'Steen (Solar SC; Grapevine, Texas)

Defenders (7): Pearl Cecil (San Diego Surf SC; Encinitas, Calif.), Izzy Dalke (St. Louis Scott Gallagher; Belleville, Ill.), Ellyse DeBolt (Colorado Rush; Littleton, Colo.), Hailey Fashinpaur (Internationals SC; Richfield, Ohio), Sydney Schmidt (Jacksonville FC; St. Johns, Fla.), Vienna Whipple (Crossfire Premier; Bellevue, Wash.), London Young (Solar SC; Dallas, Texas)

Midfielders (6): Scottie Antonucci (Legends FC; Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.), Reese Canada (Michigan Hawks; Fenton, Mich.), Anna Neff (Utah Celtic FC; Salt Lake City, Utah), Jaiden Rodriguez (San Diego Surf SC; San Diego, Calif.), Chloe Sadler (La Roca FC; Hyde Park, Utah), Charlee Siria (Ohio Elite SA; Lexington, Ky.)

Forwards (5): Addison Feldman (Utah Celtic FC; Salt Lake City, Utah), Kate Kemmerley (Penn Fusion; Berwyn, Pa.), Elayna Kocher (Penn Fusion; Allentown, Pa.), Kyndall Schuler (Virginia Development Academy; Warrenton, VA), Nyanya Touray (Bethesda SC; Silver Spring, Md.)

ADDITIONAL NOTES
The 10 players returning from the team’s UEFA Friendship Tournament title are Scottlyn Antonucci, Reese Canada, Pearl Cecil, Addison Feldman, Evan O’Steen, Jaiden Rodriguez, Sydney Schmidt, Charlee Siria, Viena Whipple and London Young.
Rodriguez netted three goals in Turkey, Feldman and Siria each added two tallies and Canada scored once. Antonucci paced the team with six assists while Rodriguez also contributed four.
Six players have appeared in all four U-16 WYNT training camps held so far for the 2008 birth year: Antonucci, Cecil, O’Steen, Schmidt, Siria and Young.