The U.S. under-21 women's national team is in Vancouver, B.C., this week for two matches before dropping down to Seattle for a third. The camp will be the last for the U-21s before regrouping in mid-July for a short camp before traveling to Sweden for the 2005 Nordic Cup. U.S. head coach Jillian Ellis will name the 2005 U.S. Under-21 Nordic Cup Team in early July. The roster will consist of players born on or after Jan. 1, 1984, but she will be allowed four ôoverageö players, meaning players born on or after January 1, 1981. The USA will be going for its seventh straight title at the Nordic Cup, which features all of the top U-21 teams in Europe. Five players on the roster will have one day at home before traveling to join the senior national team in Charlottesville as the USA begins preparations for the match against Canada on June 26 in Virginia Beach, Va. (live on ESPN2 at 3 p.m. ET). Those players are goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart, midfielders Lori Chalupny and Lindsay Tarpley and forwards Amy Rodriguez and Heather OÆReilly.
U.S. Roster:
Goalkeepers — Nicole Barnhart (Stanford), Erica Bohn (Notre Dame).
Defenders — Jen Buczkowski (Notre Dame), Rachel Buehler (Stanford), Mary Castelanelli (UCLA), Kendall Fletcher (North Carolina), Hayley Hunt (Stanford), Stephanie Lopez (Portland), Jessica Maxwell (North Carolina).
Midfielders — Lori Chalupny (North Carolina), Sarah Huffman (Virginia), Ali Krieger (Penn State), Carli Lloyd (Rutgers), Manya Makoski (Arizona State), Jill Oakes (UCLA), Lindsay Tarpley (North Carolina).
Forwards — Danesha Adams (UCLA), Lauren Cheney (Carmel Heat), Heather OÆReilly (North Carolina), Megan Rapinoe (Portland), Amy Rodriguez (Laguna Hills Eclipse), Kelly Schmedes (Texas).