Just as the US U20 Women’s Team will be heading out of the Home Depot Center after a week-long camp, the U18s will take their place as coach Dave Chesler is bringing in 24 players for the second gathering in as many months.

There will be 14 players back from the previous camp including Torri Allen, Kate Bennett, Courtney Smith, Samantha Johnson, Natalia Ledezma and Rachel Nuzzolese.

But this time the 18s will have Carson, California, all to themselves, as they shared a dual camp with the 17s in April – which made for a competitive environment.

This group is mostly made up of 1992s, which will make up the core of the player pool that will compete for spots on the USA’s 2012 FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup Team.

Rachel Quon will be around just as she was recently named the 2008-09 Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year. Quon, a 5-foot-3 defender, joins a list that includes last year’s winner Teresa Noyola, Amy Rodriguez and Aly Wagner, all of whom have captured this prestigious award.

The week’s events will include scrimmages against Pali Blues and Ajax as a host of the top prospects in the country get together once again.


U.S. U-18 WNT Training Camp Roster

GOALKEEPERS (3): Emily Lilliard (K.C. Comets; Overland Park, Kan.), Lindsey Luke (Slammers; Newport Beach, Calif.), Anna Sieloff (Vardar; Troy, Mich.)

DEFENDERS (7): Torri Allen (Mclean; Stafford, Va.), Julie Johnston (Sereno SC; Mesa, Ariz.), Mollie Pathman (Triangle FC; Durham, N.C.), Rachel Quon (Eclipse Select; Lake Forrest, Ill.), Kendall Romine (So Cal Blues; Coto de Caza, Calif.), Courtney Smith (Dallas Texans; Houston, Texas.), Carrie Whigham (Sereno SC; Phoenix, Ariz.)

MIDFIELDERS (6): Kathryn Bennett (Crossfire; Clyde Hill, Wash.), Alex Crown (Space Coast United; Orlando, Fla.), Juliann Jeffrey (Dallas Texans; Richardson, Texas), Mandy Laddish (Blue Valley Stars; Lee’s Summit, Mo.), Lauren Matheson (So Cal Blues; Mission Viejo, Calif.), Wendy Travis (CASL Spartan Elite; Cary, N.C.)

FORWARDS (8): Kelly Cobb (Cook Inlet Velocity; Chugiak, Alaska), Michelle Cruz (Slammers; Thousand Oaks, Calif.), Kylie Facinelli (So Cal Blues; Del Mar, Calif.), Samantha Johnson (Real So Cal; Palmdale, Calif.), Natalia Ledezma (Slammers; La Mirada, Calif.), Rachel Nuzzolese (Rockville Centre; Melville, N.Y.), Kealia Ohai (Utah Avalanche; Draper, Utah), Chioma Ubogagu (D’Feeters; Coppell, Texas)