U.S. womenÆs national team coach Greg Ryan named 20 players who will compete in the Peace Queen Cup Oct. 28-Nov. 4 in South Korea. The eight-team tournament will be the last test for the Americans before November's Gold Cup that will serve as qualifying for the 2007 Women's World Cup in China.
Ryan called up one uncapped player: former North Carolina star Kacey White, who has been playing in Sweden with KIF Orebro.
The Americans, who are unbeaten (13-0-3) in 2006, will play Denmark, Australia and the Netherlands (a replacement for the late pullout of North Korea) in Group B. Group A features South Korea, Brazil, Italy and Canada.
U.S. ROSTER:
GOALKEEPERS: Briana Scurry (Dayton, Minn.), Hope Solo (Richland, Wash.);
DEFENDERS: Lori Chalupny (St. Louis, Mo.), Tina Frimpong (Vancouver, Wash.), Amy LePeilbet (Crystal Lake, Ill.), Kate Markgraf (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Heather Mitts (Cincinnati, Ohio), Christie Rampone (Point Pleasant, N.J.), Cat Whitehill (Birmingham, Ala.);
MIDFIELDERS: Angela Hucles (Virginia Beach, Va.), Joanna Lohman (Silver Spring, Md.), Carli Lloyd (Delran, N.J.), Marci Miller (St. Charles, Ill.), Leslie Osborne (Brookfield, Wis.), Aly Wagner (San Jose, Calif.);
FORWARDS: Natasha Kai (Kahuku, Hawaii), Kristine Lilly (Wilton, Conn.), Lindsay Tarpley (Kalamazoo, Mich.), Abby Wambach (Rochester, N.Y.), Kacey White (Arlington, Texas).