US U-17 Women Score Record 17-0 World Cup Win Over Samoa — SkimNews
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- USWNT U-17 beat Samoa 17-0 in their 2026 World Cup opener in Rabat, Morocco, surpassing the previous record of 16-0 set by Morocco against New Caledonia in last year's men's U-17 tournament; 10 different American players scored.
- Maddie DiMaria opened the scoring at 63 seconds and finished with six goals—the first player in competition history to score six in a single match, and the first at any FIFA finals since Erling Haaland's nine-goal performance at the 2019 U-20 World Cup.
- DiMaria also became the first player to score six in a FIFA women's World Cup match at any level, joining Michelle Akers (1991 vs. Chinese Taipei) and Alex Morgan (2019 vs. Thailand) as the only players previously to score five in a single World Cup game.
- The U.S. built a 9-0 halftime lead—tying Germany's 2010 tournament record for first-half goals—and totaled 58 shots over 90 minutes.
- Carolina Reyna (sister of USMNT midfielder Gio Reyna) and Loradana Paletta each added two goals, with Mia Corona, Grace Murray, Amari Manning, Deus Stanislaus, Isa Ortiz, Melia Brewer, and Gianna Hanf also scoring.
- Coach Ciara Crinion said she wasn't aware of the record mid-match and emphasized the team starts from 'square one' against Kenya on Thursday; Kenya dropped their Group E opener 3-0 to China PR.
Why it matters: The result rewrites the record book at a level FIFA tracks—DiMaria's six-goal haul joins Haaland's nine-goal U-20 performance as the only six-or-more goal outings at any FIFA finals, and 10 different scorers give coach Crinion's squad the depth it needs for Thursday's Group E matchup against Kenya, who were just beaten 3-0 by China PR.
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