Early life
Born in Pasco, Washington, [2] 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, [3] as well as a two-time 4A All-State First Team selection. Yates also played basketball and ran cross country. [4]
College career
Yates played five seasons of college soccer at the University of Washington between 2018 and 2022 while majoring in education, communities and organizations. [4] A starter in all five seasons, Yates made a total of 93 appearances for the Huskies (86 starts), ranking third all-time in program history for goals with 27 and fourth all-time for assists with 23. [4] [5] She was named All-Pac-12 First Team in each of her final three seasons and was NSCAA All-America Second Team for the 2020–21 season, the first Husky since Tina Frimpong in 2004 to be named All-American. [6]
International career
Yates was frequently called in to youth national team camps, beginning at under-14 level in 2014. [12] 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. [13] 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. [14] [15]
In February 2019, Yates was called up to the under-20 squad for the invitational U20 La Manga Tournament. [16] In April 2019, she was one of five players from the under-20 pool to be named for the U23 La Manga Tournament. [17] In 2020, she was called up by Laura Harvey to the United States under-20 team to compete at the 2020 CONCACAF U-20 Championship. She appeared as a substitute in the opening match and scored one goal and one assist in a 9–0 victory over Cuba. [18] She started the next game against Honduras, scoring a further two goals and registering one assist as the United States won 11–0. [19] In total she made five appearances as the United States won the title for the sixth time. [20] Yates returned to the under-23 team in February 2022 for the Thorns Invitational. [21]
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