The U.S. under-20 women’s national team begins its three-game tour of England on Tuesday with a game against the Everton Ladies.
Coach Jillian Ellis, who was born in England, is working with a pool of players who will form the nucleus of the team that will attempt to qualify the USA for the 2008 U-20 Women’s World Cup that will be held at the end of next year in Chile.
The U-20s will also play the Leeds Ladies on May 10 and Blackburn Ladies on May 12.
U.S. U-20 WOMEN’S ROSTER:
GOALKEEPERS: Chantel Jones (Virginia); Alyssa Naeher (Penn State);
DEFENDERS: Kelly Henderson (Boston College), Nicole Ketchum (Texas A&M), Nikki Marshall (Colorado), Carly Peetz (Nebraska);
MIDFIELDERS: Kaley Fountain (Wake Forest), Ali Hawkins (UNC), Whitney Hooper (Texas A&M), Teresa Noyola (MVLA Mercury, Calif.), Kylie Wright (So Cal Blues, Calif.);
FORWARDS: Gina DiMartino (Boston College), Ashlee Elliott (Florida), Michelle Enyeart (Portland), Melissa Henderson (Dallas Texans), Alicia Jenkins (Stanford), Jessica McDonald (Phoenix College).