The young USWNT put on a show, ousting U-17 Women’s World Cup favorite Spain 2-1 in Thursday’s Round of 16 to mark its first win over La Rojita since 2004.
Forward Maddie DiMaria led the charge, scoring the game-winner with her 12th World Cup goal — the most by any USWNT player at a World Cup.
DiMaria has tallied 24 goals across 22 U-17 appearances, tying former youth star Sunshine Fontes’s career high-mark.
The US now faces another frontrunner in two-time reigning U-17 Women's World Cup champion North Korea, with both teams shooting for the semis alongside Ghana, Japan, Brazil, China, Nigeria, and Venezuela.
The USWNT takes on DPR Korea on Sunday at 10 AM ET (FS1).
