U.S. women's national team head coach April Heinrichs named 25 players who will train for five days in New Orleans in preparation to face South American champion Brazil on Sunday, July 13 at Tad Gormley Stadium (TV: ESPN, live, 3 pm).
The match will be the last action for the USA before Heinrichs chooses her 20-player team for the 2003 Women's World Cup.
A little more than half of the U.S. roster will arrive in New Orleans on Monday, July 7, and begin training on Tuesday. Players from the San Diego Spirit, Atlanta Beat, Philadelphia Charge and Washington Freedom all have mid-week WUSA matches on Wednesday, July 9, and will arrive in New Orleans on Thursday.
The squad consists of 21 WUSA players and four college players. Missing are three injured strikers — Danielle Fotopoulos, Shannon MacMillan and Heather O'Reilly.
U.S. TRAINING CAMP ROSTER:
Goalkeepers: LaKeysia Beene (San Jose CyberRays), Siri Mullinix (Washington Freedom), Jaime Pagliarulo (San Diego Spirit), Briana Scurry (Atlanta Beat).
Defenders: Thori Bryan (San Jose CyberRays), Kylie Bivens (Atlanta Beat), Brandi Chastain (San Jose CyberRays), Joy Fawcett (San Diego Spirit), Christie Pearce (New York Power), Cat Reddick (Univ. of North Carolina), Danielle Slaton (Carolina Courage), Kate Sobrero (Boston Breakers).
Midfielders: Lori Chalupny (Univ. of North Carolina), Lorrie Fair (Philadelphia Charge), Julie Foudy (San Diego Spirit), Angela Hucles (Boston Breakers), Kristine Lilly (Boston Breakers), Leslie Osborne (Santa Clara Univ.), Tiffany Roberts (Carolina Courage), Lindsay Tarpley (Univ. of North Carolina), Aly Wagner (San Diego Spirit).
Forwards: Mia Hamm (Washington Freedom), Tiffeny Milbrett (New York Power), Cindy Parlow (Atlanta Beat), Abby Wambach (Washington Freedom).