{"id":338584,"date":"2026-05-30T03:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T03:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/338584\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T03:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T03:29:16","slug":"bay-fc-forward-onyeka-gamero-set-to-join-u-s-u-20-womens-national-team-for-june-international-friendlies-bay-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/338584\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay FC Forward Onyeka Gamero Set to Join U.S. U-20 Women\u2019s National Team for June International Friendlies\u00a0| Bay FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN JOSE, Calif. (May\u00a029, 2026) \u2013\u00a0U.S. Soccer announced today that Bay FC\u00a0forward Onyeka Gamero<\/a> will join the U.S. U-20 Women\u2019s National Team for the upcoming June international window.\u00a0Running June 1 to June 9,\u00a0Gamero\u00a0and\u00a0the USA U-20\u2019s will take the pitch\u00a0in Spain\u00a0for a pair of friendlies\u00a0vs. France\u00a0as the squad continues preparations for the 2026 FIFA U-20 World Cup\u00a0in September.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gamero\u2019s selection marks her third to an international program this season after previously joining the U-20 squad for matches in March and April. She appeared in both of her squad\u2019s April contests vs. Brazil in Kansas City and Riverside, Mo.\u00a0alongside\u00a0fellow\u00a0Bay FC\u00a0forward\u00a0Alex Pfeiffer<\/a>.\u00a0The Cerritos, Calif.\u00a0native\u00a0has appeared in three matches for Bay FC this season, making her\u00a0club\u00a0debut March 28 at North Carolina.\u00a0She\u2019s\u00a0tallied two more appearances as a substitute since, coming off the bench April 25 at Gotham FC and May 10 against the Utah Royals.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In Spain, the USA will play France twice, on June 5 and June 8.\u00a0Gamero is one of\u00a011 professional players on the roster, including 10 from\u00a0NWSL clubs, and among ten players\u00a0to\u00a0have played in a FIFA World Cup for the\u00a0United States at the youth level.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Bay FC plays its final match ahead of the June international break this Friday as the club visits the Orlando Pride at\u00a0Inter&Co\u00a0Stadium. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. PT, and the match will broadcast\u00a0locally\u00a0on\u00a0Victory+<\/a>, Bay FC\u2019s official streaming partner. The club plays its next home match at PayPal Park July 18 against the North Carolina\u00a0Courage,\u00a0tickets\u00a0remain\u00a0available at\u00a0BayFC.com\/tickets<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

U.S. U-20 Women\u2019s National Team Training Camp Roster by Position (College\/Club; Hometown) International Training Camp and Matches \u2013 Jerez de la Frontera, Spain\u00a0<\/p>\n

Goalkeepers (2):\u00a0Caroline Birkel (Stanford; St. Louis, Mo.), Evan O\u2019Steen (Seattle Reign FC; Grapevine, Texas)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Defenders (7):\u00a0Aven Alvarez (UNC; New Hill, N.C.), Ella Bard (Louisville; Wadsworth, Ohio), Lizzie Boamah (Stanford; San Diego, Calif.), Emma Johnson (Penn State; Greenfield, Ind.), Zoe Matthews (SL Benfica, POR; Southlake, Texas), Hope Munson (UNC; Holladay, Utah), Katie Scott (Kansas City Current; Fairview, Pa.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Midfielders (5):\u00a0Kennedy Fuller (Angel City FC; Southlake, Texas), Ainsley McCammon (Seattle Reign FC; Bedford, Texas), Y-Lan Nguyen (Stanford; Fairfax, Va.),\u00a0Nyanya\u00a0Touray (Florida State; Silver Spring, Md.), Linda Ullmark (Houston Dash; Buffalo, N.Y.)\u00a0<\/p>\n

Forwards (6):\u00a0Emeri Adames (Seattle Reign FC; Red Oak, Texas), Kimmi Ascanio (San Diego Wave FC; Doral, Fla.), Melanie Barcenas (San Diego Wave FC; San Diego, Calif.), Alex Buck (Washington; Medina, Wash.), Onyeka Gamero (Bay FC; Cerritos, Calif.), Micayla Johnson (Chicago Stars FC; Troy, Mich.)\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN JOSE, Calif. (May\u00a029, 2026) \u2013\u00a0U.S. Soccer announced today that Bay FC\u00a0forward Onyeka Gamero will join the U.S.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338585,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-338584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}