U.S. SOCCER: U.S. women's youth teams win against foreign opposition

The U.S. U-21 women's national team won its first two international matches under Coach Chris Petrucelli with 3-0 and 2-0 wins over a Mexican XI in Chula Vista, Calif.

Marcie Ward (Stanford, Alyssa Ramsey (North Carolina), Manya Makoski (Arizona State), Carli Lloyd (Rutgers) and Joanna Lohman (Penn State) scored.

The U-21s had lost to the WUSA's San Diego Spirit, 3-2, last Thursday.

The U.S. U-17s beat Germany's U-17s, 3-0, in Florida, and the U.S. U-16s tied the same German team, 1-1.

The U-17s got goals from Jennifer Redmond (Morristown, N.J.), Lindsay Bearn (Greer, S.C.) and Jamie Gilbert (Andover, Mass.). Tobin Heath (Basking Ridge, N.J.) scored for the U-16s.