The USYNT secures second place in Group E 

The USYNT will face Spain in Round of 16.

RABAT, Morocco – The 2026 U-17 Women’s World Cup Group Stage continued its action on Sunday, with the United States completing their Group E run with a 3-2 defeat against China PR at Mohammed VI Football Complex in Rabat, Morocco.

China PR started the goal count in the 7’ thanks to a right foot shot in the box by Yuxi Liu.

The goals kept coming in the second half, with star player Maddie Dimaria adding one more goal to her personal tally to even things out for the USYNT, scoring a header in the area in the 69’, reaching 11 goals so far in the tournament.

Jiayi Zhao took back the one goal advantage for China PR in the 71’ after sending a right foot shot to the back of the net. Yuxi Liu secured a brace in the 81’, adding the third goal for China PR.

After a great collective play in the last minutes of the match, Isa Ortiz managed to pull one back for the USYNT in the 90+7’.

With this result, the United States finished their Group Stage run in second place of Group E table with 2W-0D-1L, reaching six points and 25 goals in favour, with Maddie Dimaria leading the Golden Boot race.

They will face Spain in the Round of 16 on Thursday, October 29th at Mohammed VI Football Complex in Rabat.

Post-Match Data United States vs China PR

• USA have scored in eight consecutive matches at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup (41 goals), tying their best scoring streak in the tournament: eight matches between 2022 and 2024.
• USA’s Maddie Dimaria, the leading scorer at the 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup with 11 goals, has scored a total of 12 goals in the competition. Only DPR Korea’s Yu Jong-Hyang, with 13, has scored more since 2018. In addition, today's goal is her second against China, following one in 2025.
• USA had 72.2% possession against China. The U.S. team lost possession in only one of their last 10 matches in the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup: the 2024 third-place match against England, a 3-0 win (47.3%).