U.S. Under-20 womenÆs national team coach Tim Schulz named the 20 players who he will take to the CONCACAF WomenÆs U-20 Final Qualifying Tournament, being held in Mexico Jan. 18-27. The top three finishers in the tournament will advance to the U-20 world championship being held in Russia Aug. 16-Sept. 2, 2006.

The roster features five players who are sophomores in college, 13 who are in their freshman years and two high school seniors in forwards Lauren Cheney and Kelley OÆHara, the youngest player on the squad at 17.

Forwards Amy Rodriguez and Jessica Rostedt, both of whom led their college teams in scoring as freshman, are holdovers from the 2004 U-19 tournament in Thailand. The other Thailand veterans are defenders Stephanie Lopez and Stephanie Logterman, both of whom played every minute of that tournament, defenders Meagan Holmes and Nikki Krzysik, and goalkeeper Kelsey Davis.

Lopez and Rodriguez earned her first cap with the full U.S. womenÆs national team at the Algarve Cup in Portugal last year. Lopez made the roster for the USAÆs trip to the Four Nations Tournament Jan. 18-22 in China, and will join the U-20s in Mexico immediately after the completion of that competition.

ôWe have a lot of diversity on the team,ö said Schulz. ôI like that we have the air-game covered, and we have creativity covered, and we have utility players that can play in a multitude positions. We also have great camaraderie. ItÆs a tightknit group already.ö

The USA was drawn into Group B at CONCACAF Qualifying and will open the tournament on Jan. 19 against Jamaica. The Americans will face Surinam on Jan. 21 and finish Group B play on Jan. 23 against El Salvador. All the U.S. first round matches are being held in Cordoba at Rafael Murillo Vidal Stadium and will kick off at 2:30 p.m. local time/3:30 p.m. ET.

The Group A matches, featuring host Mexico, Canada, Trinidad & Tobago and Panama, will be played in Veracruz at Luis Pirata Fuentes Stadium. The first and second place finishers in the groups after first-round play will meet in the semifinals in Veracruz on Jan. 25. The championship game and consolation match, which will determine the final spot in Russia, will also take place in Veracruz on Jan. 27.

U.S. U-20 womenÆs roster:

GOALKEEPERS: Kelsey Davis (UCLA) Val Henderson (UCLA)

DEFENDERS: Carrie Dew (Notre Dame), Meagan Holmes (USC), Nikki Kryzsik (Virginia), Stephanie Logterman (Texas), Stephanie Lopez (Portand), Kasey Moore (Texas), Sara Wagenfuhr (Florida State);

MIDFIELDERS: Danesha Adams (UCLA), Jordan Angeli (Santa Clara), Lindsay Beam (Charlotte), Brittany Bock (Notre Dame), Tina DiMartino (UCLA), Allie Long (Penn State), Amanda Poach (Santa Clara);

FORWARDS: Lauren Cheney (Carmel, Ind., Utd.), Kelley OÆHara (PTC Lazers, Ga.), Amy Rodriguez (USC), Jessica Rostedt (USC).