Ellis Names Roster for Pre-World Cup Matches

U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team head coach Jill Ellis has named the 23 players for a two-week training camp taking place from May 8-23 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. and the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.

The team will play four international matches during the camp, spending May 8-15 at The HDC where they will face the New Zealand U-20 Women’s National Team twice (May 13 at 4 p.m. PT and May 15 at Noon PT) before traveling down to San Diego from May 16-23 for another week of training during which they will play the Mexico U-20 Women’s National Team twice at the OTC (May 20 and 22, both at 4 p.m. PT).

This U-20 camp will mark the second-to-last domestic event for the U.S. U-20s before leaving for Germany and the 2010 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, being held from July 13-Aug. 1 in Bochum, Bielefeld, Augsburg and Dresden. Ellis may add another player to the roster before the start of camp.

U.S. U20 WNT Roster By Position
GOALKEEPERS (3): Adrianna Franch (Oklahoma State; Salina, Kan.), Bryane Heaberlin (Clearwater Chargers; St. Petersburg, Fla.), Bianca Henninger (Santa Clara; Los Gatos, Calif.)

DEFENDERS (7): Sade Ayinde (Maryland; North Bellmore, N.Y.), Vicki DiMartino (Boston College; Massapequa, N.Y.), Crystal Dunn (North Carolina; Rockville Centre, N.Y.), Danielle Hubka (Maryland; Strongsville, Ohio), Kendall Johnson (Portland; Portland, Ore.), Toni Pressley (Florida State; Melbourne, Fla.), Rachel Quon (Stanford; Lake Forrest, Ill.)

MIDFIELDERS (9): Amber Brooks (North Carolina; New Hope, Pa.), Zakiya Bywaters (UCLA; Las Vegas, Nev.), Kayla Grimsley (South Carolina; Lakeland, Fla.), Kristie Mewis (Boston College; Hanson, Mass.), Samantha Mewis (Scorpion SC; Hanson, Mass.), Christine Nairn (Penn State; Bowie, Md.), Teresa Noyola (Stanford; Palo Alto, Calif.), Jenna Richmond (UCLA; Centreville, Va.), Casey Short (Florida State; Naperville, Ill.)

FORWARDS (4): Maya Hayes (Penn State; West Orange, N.J.), Sydney Leroux (UCLA; Pheonix, Ariz.), Tiffany McCarty (Florida State; Laurel, Md.), Courtney Verloo (Stanford; Tualatin, Ore.)