10 years of NXGN: Jaedyn Shaw, Alyssa Thompson and where 2023's best women's football wonderkids are now

2023: Bartel was a key part of the Spain team that won the UEFA U19 Women's Championship, scoring the only goal in the semi-final win over the Netherlands.

2024: After struggling for first-team opportunities in one of the best squads in the world, the teenager left Barcelona in the summer, though joined a Chelsea team that also has plenty of competition for places. She took some time to come into the first-team frame, too, having featured for Spain's U20s in the World Cup that ran through September.

2025: Having made just two appearances for Chelsea in the first half of the 2024-24 season, Bartel left to join Liverpool on loan for the second half of the campaign.

2023: During a promising season on loan at Como, Beccari made her Italy debut in April and was named to her nation's World Cup squad just a few months later, starting all three group games.

2024: Spending the 2023-24 season on loan at Sassuolo, Beccari showed glimpses of her promising talent and earned herself a regular role at Juventus at the start of the next campaign as a result. She also grew in stature on the international stage, scoring her first senior goals for Italy.

2025: After a slow start to the 2024-25 season in terms of goals, with just one in all competitions before the winter break, Beccari will hope for better success in the build-up to the European Championships, where she'll hope to help Italy enjoy a memorable tournament.

2023: After struggling for game time in the U.S., Bugeja returned to Italy in the summer and joined Inter. With Malta, she had a fantastic year, finishing the inaugural Women's Nations League campaign as the second-top-scorer.

2024: Bugeja enjoyed a more fruitful 2024 as she looked to work towards rediscovering the goal-scoring form in Serie A that made her such a hot property in the game, netting three in the second half of her first Inter season.

2025: Bugeja has struggled for starts in the 2024-25 season though, and will hope that changes through 2025.

2023: Dudinha's opportunities with Sao Paulo grew significantly, with her starting 14 league games in 2023 and scoring three times.

2024: Dudinha played more games than ever before in Sao Paulo's first team in 2024, helping them finish runners-up in the league. For her country, she scored two vital goals to fire Brazil into the quarter-finals of the U20 World Cup, though they were then beaten by eventual champions North Korea. However, Dudinha's performances didn't go unnoticed further up, with her called up to the final two senior camps of the year and able to make her international debut in October, aged 19.

2025: Dudinha will hope she can continue to impress the national team staff throughout 2025, in the hopes of making Arthur Elias' squad for Copa America. Towards the end of the year, the teenager will get the chance to play in the Copa Libertadores for the first time, too, having helped Sao Paulo qualify for the competition.

2023: Fontaine ended her first full senior season with three goals to her name after being a regular starter at Fleury. In 2023-24, she became more of a super-sub - but a very effective one.

2024: Fontaine continued to feature regularly off the bench for Fleury and helped them reach an unlikely Coupe de France final. For France, she went to the U20 World Cup, starting two of their four games before a last 16 exit.

2025: Fontaine continues to battle for more starts at club level, having struggled to accumulate many in recent months.

2023: Injury limited Gaupset's involvement in Brann's 2023 season, but she was a key player as her team secured qualification for the quarter-finals of the Champions League, scoring a late equaliser against eight-time European champions Lyon.

2024: Gaupset had her best season yet for Brann, scoring seven goals and providing two assists as her side came up short in the title race, but at least sealed a Champions League place. There was an international debut for the teenager at the start of the year, too, and a first senior goal for her country in October.

2025: The talented midfielder will hope to stay in the picture with the senior national team as the European Championships approach, with her looking a sure bet to make the squad now. After that, it would not be a surprise to see talk of a big transfer circulate, though Gaupset told GOAL previously that she was in no rush to make the move overseas, with her aware that she has plenty to improve on while in Norway.

2023: Hamano's performances on loan at Hammarby helped the Swedish ide secure a first league title in 37 years and she also represented Japan at the World Cup, though injury hampered her ability to play more of a part in their run to the quarter-finals.

2024: Hamano primarily played in the youth teams after returning to Chelsea but slowly started to get more opportunities in the first team towards the end of the season, making some vital contributions as the Blues won another league title while ensuring she made Japan's Olympic squad.

2025: Hamano is now an important player for the English champions, despite a change of management before the 2024-25 season. She will hope that soon becomes the case for Japan, too, for whom she is still a regular but not a stalwart in the starting XI.

2023: Jhonson spent the 2023 season on loan with Corinthians U20 team, such was the competition for places among Brazil's best club, but impressed plenty.

2024: She was promoted to the first team ahead of the 2024 campaign but struggled for game time and has yet to make a real imprint on the first team.

2025: It might be that Jhonson needs to secure a loan, or transfer, elsewhere in order to kickstart her senior career as opportunities with Corinthians continue to be hard to come by for the young forward.

2023: Kunihira was a prolific goal-scorer throughout the year and helped the Kampala Queens win the league title.

2024: She embarked on a new challenge in 2024, joining Ceasiaa Queens in Tanzania.

2025: Kunihira continues to be an important player for club and country, though she will not feature for Uganda at the Women's Africa Cup of Nations this summer after they failed to qualify.

2023: Liaigre was a regular starter for Bordeaux and France's U19s throughout the 2023-24 season, helping her club to a comfortable mid-table finish.

2024: Amid financial turmoil, the following year was much more difficult for her club, though, with Bordeaux eventually relegated from the top-flight. Fortunately for Liaigre, she was able to find a new team at the end of the season, joining Paris FC.

2025: Liaigre has started to become a regular starter in the French capital and will hope to help her new team secure a Champions League spot in the next few weeks.

2023: Medina had a solid first season at Atletico Madrid, won the Copa de la Reina with the club, and then helped Spain win the U19 Euros.

2024: The defender continued to be a regular starter in the Spanish capital and was evidently developing with that game time in a strong team.

2025: After progressing through the Spain youth teams, Medina will hope the next step in her career can be to make the senior side, with her still a constant for Atletico.

2023: Moultrie's game time with the Portland Thorns grew dramatically in her third season in the NWSL and she ended the year by making her United States women's national team debut.

2024: Moultrie continued her well-documented progress in the NWSL, playing more than ever before and scoring five goals, the same number she had bagged in all of her three previous seasons combined, as Portland secured a playoff spot, but lost in the first round. On the international front, while the midfielder missed out on a place at the Olympics, she did rack up three more caps.

2025: Moultrie will be keen to keep on adding to that number throughout 2025, while also looking to play a key part in a more successful season for Portland.

2023: Rodriguez saw more minutes in the Colombian top-flight in 2023 than in her previous top seasons, helping America de Cali to finish as runners-up in the league.

2024: Rodriguez again saw her minutes in the league go up in 2024, though it was a disappointing one for her team, eliminated in the playoff semi-finals. For Colombia's U20s, she had a strong year, scoring seven goals in eight outings at the South American Championship as her nation finished third, as well as starting all five of their World Cup games.

2025: Having earned a call-up to Colombia's final senior camp of 2024, Rodriguez will hope to stay in the picture through 2025, ahead of Copa America.

2023: After a breakthrough 2022, Sabastine earned her big move abroad in the summer of 2023 when she joined Reims in the French top flight.

2024: The teenager struggled to make an impact in her new environment, making just two appearances, but signed for Galatasaray at the end of the year instead.

2025: Sabastine has only signed a one-year contract with the Turkish club so will hope to impress in order to secure a long-term future, whether it is with Gala or elsewhere.

2023: Soto was Mexico's star player as they won the U20 CONCACAF W Championship, scoring a late winner in the semi-finals against Canada before picking up the tournament's Golden Ball following La Tri's 2-1 win over the United States in the final.

2024: Soto's Pachuca could not get over the line in Liga MX Femenil, losing the semi-finals of the play-offs to Monterrey in both the Torneo Clausura and the Torneo Apertura. Elimination in the group stage of the CONCACAF W Champions Cup was disappointing, too. It was a more uplifting year on the international front, as Soto helped Mexico to the knockout stages of the U20 World Cup, beaten only in extra time by the U.S, and made her senior debut in October.

2025: Soto kicked off the New Year with the news that she has signed for Monterrey, winners of both Liga MX Femenil tournaments in 2024. Having only played for Pachuca, it'll be interesting to see how she fares in a new environment.

2023: After an excellent 2022 season, injury hampered Sprung's ability to kick on in her third full season with Rosengard, but she did come back to play significant minutes in the Champions League at the end of the year.

2024: Sprung was able to contribute more in 2024 as she helped Rosengard bounce back from a tough year of their own and win the Damallsvenskan title. She played 20 games and scored one goal, and also was involved with Sweden's U23 national team for the first time.

2025: Sprung will hope to start more games in 2025, after doing so just eight times the previous season.

2023: Caicedo signed for Real Madrid, played in the club's first major final and then was a key player for Colombia at the World Cup, scoring the Goal of the Tournament as they enjoyed a best-ever run to the quarter-finals.

2024: Caicedo's stock continued to rise in a year where she became an Olympian for the first time and her Colombia team came so close to eliminating Spain, the world champions, in the quarter-finals, only to lose on penalties.

2025: It's another big year for Caicedo, who looks set to play in a fourth senior major tournament in four years at the 2025 edition of Copa America. Club success remains on the cards too, with Real Madrid into the quarter-finals of the Women's Champions League for just the second time.

2023: After making her Japan debut the previous year, Fujino became a key player throughout 2023 and was part of the team that reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup. She also won the Empress's Cup with Tokyo Verdy Beleza.

2024: A huge year for Fujino saw her become an Olympian and secure a big move to Manchester City. She immediately became an integral member of the XI as well.

2025: As a prominent figure in Man City's attack, Fujino will hope to help the team enjoy a successful end to the 2024-25 season.

2023: Gomes became a regular at Ferroviaria throughout 2023 and scored 10 goals in 19 league appearances, a total only bettered by two other players. She also made her senior debut for Brazil, in a friendly against Germany.

2024: She kicked off the year as part of the Brazil squad that reached the Gold Cup final and then, in the summer, secured a move to the North Carolina Courage in the NWSL.

2025: After spending the final six months of 2024 getting used to her new surroundings, Gomes will hope to hit the ground running in her first full NWSL season. That would likely impress Brazil, too, and possibly secure the forward a place in their Copa America squad.

2023: A remarkable year saw Kaptein make her Netherlands senior debut, win two trophies with Twente, represent her country at the World Cup and earn a move to Chelsea, with her loaned back to Twente for the 2023-24 season.

2024: Kaptein was again an ever-present for Twente in her final season and ended her time there with a domestic treble. She continued that momentum into her first campaign with Chelsea, earning regular game time from the get-go.

2025: Kaptein will hope to help contribute to a similarly successful season at Chelsea over the next few months, with her also seemingly secure of a spot in the Netherlands' squad for the Euros this summer.

2023: Kett ended the 2022-23 season as a Bundesliga champion after enjoying a real breakthrough season at Bayern Munich, and she had a strong summer, too, helping Germany reach the U19 Euros final with three goals in her four appearances.

2024: Injuries plagued Kett through the end of the 2023-24 season and the start of 2024-25, limiting the impact she was able to make on Bayern's title-winning campaign.

2025: Kett will hope to fare better with her fitness through 2025.

2023: Lopez helped Spain reach the U17 Euros final and ended her first season with Barcelona as a treble winner, impressing for the Catalans in a handful of appearances around her youth national-team commitments.

2024: Lopez kicked off the year by making her senior debut for Spain, helping her country win the inaugural Women's Nations League title in her first camp. She started to get plenty more opportunities at Barcelona, helping them win an historic quadruple, and broke into the Spain senior team, to the extent that she was included in their Olympic squad.

2025: The talented teenager continues to take strides with club and country, with her likely to head to this summer's senior Euros with La Roja.

2023: Ngock was part of Cameroon's squad for their World Cup qualifiers at the start of the year, but sadly she couldn't help her country get over the line in a narrow loss to Portugal. She had a solid first season with Reims, though, starting 13 of her 20 appearances.

2024: Ngock continued to be an important player at club level and helped Reims claim an unlikely place in the final stages in the French top-flight after a restructure of the division. She was also key in Cameroon's run to the quarter-finals of the U20 World Cup.

2025: Ngock remains one of the first names on the teamsheet at Reims. Sadly, she won't be at this summer's Africa Cup of Nations, after Cameroon's failure to qualify.

2023: After a breakthrough rookie season, Shaw backed that up in 2023 by becoming a regular starter for a San Diego Wave side that won its first major title with the NWSL Shield. She doubled her goal tally from 2022 to help her team achieve that and made her USWNT debut, marking her second senior cap with a goal.

2024: Shaw started 2024 with a bang, scoring four goals in six games to win the Golden Ball at the Gold Cup, a tournament her performances helped the USWNT emerge victorious from. Sadly, injuries prevented her from having the same impact at the Olympics, though she was part of the squad that won gold.

2025: A new chapter beckons for Shaw in 2025 in the NWSL, after she was traded to the North Carolina Courage.

2023: Drafted first overall by Angel City, Thompson showed some real glimpses of her talent in her rookie year in the NWSL, scoring four times in 13 starts. She also went to the World Cup with the USWNT, aged just 18.

2024: After missing the Gold Cup due to injury, Thompson was not part of the Olympic roster but she did get another strong season in the NWSL under her belt, playing significantly more minutes and scoring more goals to earn call-ups for the USWNT in the fall.

2025: Thompson got another chance to impress Emma Hayes at the SheBelieves Cup and will hope for an even better third season in the NWSL.