What’s at stake in the 2025 Concacaf U-17 Women’s Qualifiers | OneFootball

MIAMI – A Concacaf W tournament kicks things off in the new year with the 2025 Concacaf U-17 Women’s Qualifiers on January 27.

The tournament will begin the qualification process to determine the four Concacaf nations participating in the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup later this year.

Tournament Format

With the FIFA U-17 World Cup becoming an annual event, Concacaf has changed its qualification process into two rounds. This will be the first Concacaf U-17 Women’s Qualifiers edition to be played under the new two-round format.

Round One will take place from January 27 to February 1. The 22 Member Associations ranked fifth and below will play in six groups, with the six group winners and the two best second-place finishers (eight total) advancing to the Final Round.

At the Final Round, from March 31 to April 6, the teams advancing from Round One will join the four top-ranked teams, the United States, Mexico, Canada, and Haiti, to compete for the U-17 Concacaf Women’s title and a spot at the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.

Groups

Concacaf conducted the official draw for Round One of the 2025 Concacaf U-17 Women’s Qualifiers on October 16.

The six groups for Round One are as follows:

Group A: Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Group B: Trinidad and Tobago, Honduras, Belize, and US Virgin Islands Group C: Panama, Cuba, Guyana, and Turks and Caicos Islands Group D: El Salvador, Guatemala, Curaçao, and Anguilla Group E: Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Saint Kitts and Nevis Group F: Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, and Grenada

Matches in Round One will be divided across four venues: Puerto Rico will host Group A, Trinidad and Tobago Group B, Nicaragua Group D and E, and Dominican Republic Group C and F.

Round One Matchups

The following are the Round One matchups. For a full schedule, click here.

Monday, January 27

·       Bermuda vs. Cayman Islands

·       Puerto Rico vs. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

·       Honduras vs. Belize

·       Trinidad and Tobago vs. US Virgin Islands

·       Cuba vs. Guyana

·       Panama vs. Turks and Caicos Islands

·       El Salvador vs. Anguilla

·       Guatemala vs. Curaçao

Tuesday, January 28

·       Grenada vs. Dominican Republic

·       Saint Kitts and Nevis vs. Nicaragua

Wednesday, January 29

·       Saint Vincent and the Grenadines vs. Bermuda

·       Cayman Islands vs. Puerto Rico

·       US Virgin Islands vs. Honduras

·       Belize vs. Trinidad and Tobago

·       Turks and Caicos Islands vs. Cuba

·       Guyana vs. Panama

·       Anguilla vs. Guatemala

·       Curaçao vs. El Salvador

Thursday, January 30

·       Costa Rica vs. Grenada

·       Jamaica vs. Saint Kitts and Nevis

Friday, January 31

·       Cayman Islands vs. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

·       Puerto Rico vs. Bermuda

·       Belize vs. US Virgin Islands

·       Trinidad and Tobago vs. Honduras

·       Guyana vs. Turks and Caicos Islands

·       Panama vs. Cuba

·       Curaçao vs. Anguilla

·       El Salvador vs. Guatemala

Saturday, February 1

·       Dominican Republic vs. Costa Rica

·       Nicaragua vs. Jamaica

Key Players

The Dominican Republic will seek to build on its FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup debut after hosting the 2024 edition, and midfielder Yuleinis Brito, who scored the lone goal for Las Quisqueyanas, will be one of the players who brings qualification and World Cup experience to this year’s squad.

Trinidad and Tobago will seek the help of 14-year-old rising star Rori Gittens as she progresses through her nation’s national team system. Makena Zukeran will be among the young names to follow for El Salvador’s squad as La Selecta seek to reach the final phase.

Alison Onodera scored two goals for Panama in the 2024 Concacaf Women's U-17 Championship and will seek to build on being the team’s top scorer with five goals at the UNCAF FIFA Forward U-16 tournament last month. She also featured for Santa Fe FC in the 2024/25 Concacaf W Champions Cup.

Isska Chaverri headlines a potent attack for Costa Rica, which also includes the likes of Fabiana Alfaro, and Verónica Solano, all scorers at the UNCAF FIFA Forward U-16 where the team finished as winners of the tournament.

Fans around Concacaf and the world will be watching to see great games, new names, and some of the best U-17 Women’s football to witness what teams will advance to the Final Round of the tournament in their hopes of playing at the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup.