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Maria Howell | krikya18.com | September 6, 2024

All NCAA student-athletes playing at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

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The 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup takes place from Aug. 31 to Sep. 22 in Colombia and features 50 NCAA student-athletes representing 14 countries on the biggest stage in youth women's soccer. These athletes from 35 member schools will take break from their collegiate seasons to compete in the 11th edition of the event.

Florida State sends six Seminoles to the tournament, including four competing for USA. Notre Dame and UCLA have the next highest representation with three student-athletes competing in Colombia.

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The FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup happens every two years — and for the first time has expanded to a 24-team field. Spain won the most recent championship at Costa Rica 2022. USA and Brazil have the most titles with three.

Here is a deeper look at the full list of all NCAA student-athletes competing in Colombia, including their country, school and position.

Countries at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup with the most NCAA players

# of NCAA student-Athletes Country
16 Canada
11 USA
5 Venezuela
4 Mexico
3 Brazil
2 Argentina, Costa Rica
1 Australia, Fiji, Germany, Ghana, Japan, Korea Republic, New Zealand

NCAA student-athletes competing in the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Players School Country Position
Mackenzie Gress Penn State United States GK
Teagan Wy California United States GK
Elise Evans Stanford United States DF
Heather Gilcrest Florida State United States DF
Leah Klenke Notre Dame United States DF
Yuna McCormack Virginia United States MF
Taylor Suarez Florida State United States MF
Maddie Dahlien North Carolina United States FW
Jordynn Dudley Florida State United States FW
Giana Riley Florida State United States FW
Pietra Tordin Princeton United States FW
Samantha Weiss Columbia Argentina MF
Anela Nigito CSU Bakersfield Argentina DF
Grace Wilson Maine Australia GK
GUTA UCF Brazil DK
Lara Dantas Florida State Brazil MF
Nanda Mayrink Barry (DII) Brazil GK
Sofia Cortes-Browne Arizona Canada GK
Faith Fenwick Boston College Canada GK
Mya Archibald Illinois Canada DF
Jadea Collin Wisconsin Canada DF
Clare Logan Notre Dame Canada DF
Zoe Markesini Princeton Canada DF
Janet Okeke NC State Canada DF
Ella Ottey Wisconsin Canada DF
Renee Watson Michigan State Canada DF
Kayla Briggs Providence Canada MF
Anaya Johnson UConn Canada MF
Florianne Jourde Southern Cal Canada MF
Sadie Waite Nebraska Canada MF
Annabelle Chukwu Notre Dame Canada FW
Ella McBride Providence Canada DF
Nyah Rose SMU Canada FW
Genesis Perez UCF Costa Rica GK
Montserrat Diaz Fort Hays State (DII) Costa Rica FW
Talei Moodie Cal State Fullerton Fiji DF
Miriam Hils California Germany DF
Jenna Sapong Auburn Ghana GK
Manaka Hayashi Santa Clara Japan MF
Alex Chang Yale Korea Republic DF
América Frias UCLA Mexico FW
Mariángela Medina UCLA Mexico GK
Valerie Vargas UCLA Mexico MF
Maribel Flores Southern Cal Mexico FW
Madeleine Iro High Point New Zealand GK
Gabriela Angulo Purdue Venezuela DF
Sabrina Araujo Northeastern Venezuela DF
Marianylea Jimenez Florida State Venezuela FW
Gabriela Gonzalez Georgia State Venezuela MF
Rebecca Vega Southern Miss Venezuela MF

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