The U.S. women’s national team has its focus firmly on this summer’s World Cup, but the team’s future is looking good.
While several veterans may be looking at their last tournament this summer in Australia and New Zealand, the USWNT should be able to go from strength to strength based on the depth of young talent coming through.
In particular, NWSL’s recent rule changes allowing players under the age of 18 to sign pro deals will mean better development environments than the U.S. youth scene has ever offered girls before.
Below are some of the USWNT’s best young players. For the purposes of this list, the player must be born in 2002 or later.