Born in Virginia but living in Amsterdam, 17-year-old midfielder Lily Yohannes faced an identity crisis: Should she play for the Dutch or the U.S.?

This past April, Yohannes accepted a senior U.S. call-up for the first time, and in early June she made her debut at age 16. Last month, she committed to the U.S. program, coincidentally just in time for the Americans to play the Netherlands in the Hague in their last game of the year on Tuesday (2:45 p.m., TNT, truTV, Universo).

Lily Yohannes said she's trying to block out the noise amid negative reactions to her decision to play for the USWNT instead of the Netherlands.