The U.S. U-17 girls national team will hold a training camp at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., from Oct. 12-19. Coach Erica Walsh has called in 22 players to the camp, almost all of whom have seen action for the U-17s this year.
Getting their first looks are defenders Colleen Flanagan (Downingtown, Pa.) and Nicole Moore (Virginia Beach, Va.), midfielder Emily Shibata (Walnut Creek, Calif.) and forward Kendra Chandhoke (Morrison, Colo.).
Forward Kelly OÆHara (Fayetville, Ga.) leads the U-17s in scoring this year with five goals. M Tobin Heath has three goals for the U-17s this year.
Several of the U-17s in this camp, all born in 1988, could be in the running for spots on head coach Tim SchulzÆ U.S. Under-20 national team that will attempt to qualify for the 2006 U-20 WomenÆs World Championship to be held next September in Russia. That tournament is for players born on or after Jan. 1, 1986.
U.S. U-17 Girls Roster:
Goalkeepers (2): Chantel Jones (Richmond, Va.), Alyssa Naeher (Seymour, Conn.).
Defenders (8): Kelly Eagan (St. James, N.Y.), Colleen Flanagan (Downingtown, Pa.), Megan Jesolva (La Mirada, Calif.), Meghan Klingenberg (Gibsonia, Pa.), Nicole Moore (Virginia Beach, Va.), Sara Murphy (Mendham, N.J.), Lauren Switzer (St. Charles, Ill.), Lauren Wilmoth (Garland, Texas).
Midfielders (6): Becky Edwards (Downingtown, Pa.), Melissa Hayes (Cave Creek, Ariz.), Ali Hawkins (Encinitas, Calif.), Tobin Heath (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Emily Shibata (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Kristin Stannard (Midlothian, Va.).
Forwards (6): Kendra Chandhoke (Morrison, Colo.), Rachel Givan (Ridgeland, Miss.), Alicia Jenkins (Diamond Springs, Calif.), Jessica McDonald (Glendale, Ariz.), Ashley Moore (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Kelley OÆHara (Fayetville, Ga.).