The Samoa U-17 women’s team has begun its journey to compete in the prestigious Dallas Cup, where they will face some of the top 32 youth teams in each group from around the world, showcasing their skills on an international stage.
Dallas Cup runs from March 29 to April 5, 2026, featuring over 490 teams.
It is a huge tournament, and it’s the first time a national team from the Pacific islands has competed, so it will be a huge challenge. But our team need those challenges, because it will not be easy at the FIFA World Cup.
In September 2025, Samoa’s U-16 national team became the first Samoa team ever to qualify for a FIFA World Cup™, when they finished runners-up at the OFC U-16 Women’s Championship.
They took their place amongst the world’s best at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup™ 2025 in Morocco. The Samoa Under-17 women’s team is determined to be one of the best-prepared teams from Oceania to ever travel to a FIFA World Cup.
Coach Juan Chang Urrea and his charges last year wrote themselves in the history books by becoming the first team from Samoa to qualify for a FIFA World Cup, but they are not planning to just make up the numbers in Morocco in October last year.
The FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup has been expanded to 24 teams, and Samoa has benefited from Oceania being allocated two slots, after finishing runners-up to OFC champions New Zealand. Let’s continue to support these incredible athletes as they make history
