The recruiting race continues to heat up for the class of 2020.

Midfielder Samantha Kroeger, the No. 9 player from the 2020 IMG Academy Top 150, is one of the latest to make a verbal commitment. The World Class FC standout will stay in New Jersey after committing to Rutgers.

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Kroeger has been a fixture in the U.S. Under-16 Girl's National Team in 2017, and was called into U14 GNT camps at the tail end of 2016. She's impressed at ECNL Events in New Jersey and San Diego over the past year.

She's the sixth player to commit to join Rutgers in 2020, along with Emily Sapienza, Carly Sanders, Julianne Leskauskas, Rebecca Fluchel and Chloe Davis.

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