Summer Yates

Born in Pasco, Washington, Yates played youth club for Pacific Northwest SC where she won a state championship. She prepped at Chiawana High School where she was named Mid-Columbia Conference Player of the Year and Gatorade Player of the Year for the state of Washington as a senior,[2] as well as a two-time 4A All-State First Team selection. Yates also played basketball and ran cross country.[3]

Yates was frequently called in to youth national team camps, beginning at under-14 level in 2014.[9] She participated in multiple exhibition tournaments, notably scoring a hattrick against Iran under-16s at the 2016 Torneo Femminile Delle Nazioni in Italy, the first meeting of the two nations in women's soccer at any age level.[10] In February 2017, she was called-up for the under-18 squad for a series of friendlies in England before being elevated to the under-19s later in the year to participate in the CFA Tournament in China.[11][12]

In February 2019, Yates was called-up to the under-20 squad for the invitational U20 La Manga Tournament.[13] In April 2019, she was one of five players from the under-20 pool to be named for the U23 La Manga Tournament.[14] In 2020, she was called up by Laura Harvey to the United States under-20 team to compete at the 2020 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. She appeared as a substiute in the opening match and scored one goal and one assist in a 9–0 victory over Cuba.[15] She started the next game against Honduras, scoring a further two goals and registering one assist as the United States won 11–0.[16] In total she made five appearances as the United States won the title for the sixth time.[17] Yates returned to the under-23 team in February 2022 for the Thorns Invitational.[18]

United States U20

• CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship: 2020[17]

• Summer Yates at Washington Huskies
• Summer Yates at Soccerway