The U.S. womenÆs national team program will hold its largest-ever training camp May 22-28 as the U.S. U-20 and U-21 womenÆs teams will hold concurrent events, each bringing 32-player rosters to the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
This will mark the first training camp for the U.S. Under-20 WomenÆs National Team since the move from U-19s after FIFA shifted the age group of its only youth world championship for women up a year. It will also give new U.S. U-20 head coach Tim Schulz a first look at his pool as he begins to form the team that will attempt to qualify for the 2006 U-20 WomenÆs World Championship to be held in Russia. Several of the players in camp with the U-21s are also age-eligible for the U-20s (which feature players born on or after Jan. 1, 1986).
UCLA coach Jillian Ellis, who coached the U.S. U-21s to the Nordic Cup title in 2000, will take the reins of the USAÆs oldest youth team from Greg Ryan, who moves aside to focus on the full national team. Ellis will coach the team in this camp, in another event in June and then at the Nordic Cup being held in mid-July in Sweden.
Eight veterans of the 2002 U.S. U-19 squad that won the world title are coming in with the U-21s, along with two other 2004 U-19s in forward Megan Rapinoe and defender Becky Sauerbrunn. Twelve members of last yearÆs Nordic Cup championship team will also be in camp, along with 2004 Olympians Lindsay Tarpley and Heather OÆReilly. Players born on or after January 1, 1984, are age-eligible for this yearÆs Nordic Cup, but Ellis is allowed four ''overage'' slots on her roster for players born on or after January 1, 1981
U-21 ROSTER:
Goalkeepers — Nicole Barnhart (Stanford Univ.), Erica Bohn (Notre Dame Univ.), Vanessa Phillips-Bosshart (Univ. of Tennessee).
Defenders — Jen Buczkowski (Notre Dame Univ.), Rachel Buehler (Stanford Univ.), Mary Castalanelli (UCLA), Kendall Fletcher (Univ. of North Carolina), Hayley Hunt (Stanford Univ.), Stephanie Lopez (Univ. of Portland), Jessica Maxwell (Univ. of North Carolina), Esmeraldo Negron (Princeton Univ.), Becky Sauerbrunn (Univ. of Virginia). Midfielders — Lori Chalupny (Univ. of North Carolina), Libby Guess (Univ. of North Carolina), Sarah Huffman (Univ. of Virginia), Lindsey Huie (Univ. of Portland), Carli Lloyd (Rutgers Univ.), Joanna Lohman (Penn State Univ.), Ali Krieger (Penn State Univ.), Manya Makoski (Arizona State Univ.), Jill Oakes (UCLA), Lindsay Tarpley (Univ. of North Carolina), Kacey White (Univ. of North Carolina), Kim Yokers (Univ. of California). Forwards — Danesha Adams (UCLA), Tina Frimpong (Univ. of Washington), Kristen Kracyzk (Univ. of Connecticut), Kelly Hammond (Univ. of Virginia), Heather OÆReilly (Univ. of North Carolina), Megan Rapinoe (Univ. of Portland), Kelly Schmedes (Univ. of Texas), Tiffany Weimer (Penn State Univ.).
U-20 ROSTER:
Goalkeepers — Kelsey Davis (SoCal United), Joanna Haig (Iowa State Univ.), Jamie Klages (PQ Premier SC, Calif.).
Defenders — Meagan Holmes (Bethesda Excel, Md.), Nikki Krzysik (World Class SC, N.J.), Stephanie Logterman (Warriors Black, Texas), Kasey Moore (Laguna Hills Eclipse, Calif.), Ashley Nick (Slammers, Calif.).
Midfielders — Yael Averbuch (World Class, N.J.), Lindsey Beam (UNC Charlotte), Brittany Bock (Windy City Pride, Ill), Kiki Bosio (Laguna Hills Eclipse, Calif.), Melissa Hornfeck (Monroe CC), Chioma Igwe (Univ. of California), Kelly Isleib (Utah Avalanche Black / Park City, Utah), Brittany Klein (Santa Clara Univ.), Caroline Lea (Univ. of California), Courtney Lewis (Laguna Hills Eclipse, Calif.), Alexa Orand (Slammers, Calif.), Amanda Poach (Bethesda Excel, Md.), Lorraine Quinn (Duke Univ.), Jen Redmond (Univ. of Virginia, N.J.), Hayley Siegel (Bethesda Excel, Md.).
Forwards — Kelsey Carpenter (Univ. of Texas ), Lauren Cheney (Carmel Heat, Ind.), Cydne Currie (Dallas Inter Blue), Tina DiMartino (Spirit, N.Y.), Elisabeth Eng (Eclipse Select, Ill.), Jaime Gilbert (Stars of Massachusetts), Christie McDonald (Lazers Elite, Ga.), Amy Rodriguez (Laguna Hills Eclipse, Calif.), Jessica Rostedt (Internationals, Ohio).