NWSL: Washington Spirit’s Chloe Ricketts will join U-20 national team for Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship

May 28, 2025 52 Views NWSL

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Washington Spirit forward Chloe Ricketts has been called up to the U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team, U.S. Soccer announced recently. The team will compete in Group A at the Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship.

This season in the NWSL, the 18-year-old from Dexter, Michigan, has played in 11 matches for the Spirit, including two starts, and logged 288 minutes. She has not collected any points this season.

Ricketts and the U-20 team will take on Guyana, Puerto Rico and host nation Costa Rica in the group stage of the tournament. Should the U.S. finish in the top two of Group A, the side will advance the semifinal round which will take place on Friday, June 6. The tournament final is scheduled for Sunday, June 8. All tournament matches will be played at Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto in Alajuela, Costa Rica.

United States 2025 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship Group Stage Schedule:

vs Guyana U-20 | Friday, May 30 at 4 p.m. EDT
vs Puerto Rico U-20 | Sunday, June 1 at 4 p.m. EDT
vs Costa Rica U-20 | Tuesday, June 3 at 7 p.m. EDT

So far in 2025, Ricketts has appeared in eight total matches for the Spirit, providing a reliable attacking threat and helping the side capture the 2025 NWSL Challenge Cup title. Across Ricketts’ career thus far, the forward has appeared in 32 matches across all competitions, tallying a goal and an assist across over 1,000 minutes of action. Ricketts was most recently called up to a U.S. youth national team, the U-18 squad, earlier this spring.

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