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Coming of Age: My Youth National Team Experience PERSPECTIVE Samantha Mewis As a member of the U.S. 2008 U-17 and 2010 U-20 Women’s World Cup teams, played alongside her older sister Kristie, making the duo the first pair of sisters to 6 represent the at a Women’s World Cup at any level. Mewis writes about the ups and downs of her youth national team experience and how they’ve impacted her relationship with her sister. Contents

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE 4

GROUP OVERVIEWS 11

U.S. U-20 WORLD CUP ROSTER IN DEPTH 31

U.S. U-20 CONCACAF QUALIFYING ROSTER IN DEPTH 45 CANADA2014

GROUP A GROUP B AUGUST 5 vs. Ghana Germany vs. United States Finland vs. Korea DPR China PR vs. AUGUST 8 Canada vs. Finland Germany vs. China PR Ghana vs. Korea DPR United States vs. Brazil AUGUST 12 Korea DPR vs. Canada Brazil vs. Germany Ghana vs. Finland United States vs. China

GROUP C GROUP D AUGUST 6 vs. Korea Republic New Zealand vs. Paraguay vs. Nigeria vs. Costa Rica AUGUST 9 England vs. Mexico New Zealand vs. France Korea Republic vs. Nigeria Paraguay vs. Costa Rica AUGUST 13 Nigeria vs. England Costa Rica vs. New Zealand Korea Republic vs. Mexico Paraguay vs. France

QUARTERFINALS AUGUST 16 1A vs. 2B 1B vs. 2A

AUGUST 17 1C vs. 2D 1D vs. 2C CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH SEMIFINALS AUGUST 24 AUGUST 20 W (1A/2B) vs. W (1C/2D) W (SF1) vs. W (SF2) W (1B/2A) vs. W (1D/2C)

THIRD PLACE AUGUST 24 L (SF1) vs. L (SF2)

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QUARTERFINALS QUARTERFINALS

SEMIFINALS SEMIFINALS

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

THIRD PLACE MATCH

U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 5 Perspectives 2010-2012 photo by Caroline Charruyer Samantha Mewis Position: Midfielder College: UCLA DOB: Oct. 9, 1992 Hometown: Hanson, Mass. YNT appearances: U-14, U-17 (including 2008 CONCACAF Qualifiers and World Cup), U-20 (including CONCACAF Qualifiers and World Cup in 2010 and 2012), U-23 First cap: March 7, 2014 - USA vs. Sweden () Accolades, career highlights: NCAA Championship winner in 2013. Named to the Pac-12 Coming All-Freshman Team. No. 1 recruit in the nation in 2011. Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year in 2010 and 2011. NSCAA National Player of the Year in 2010.

by Samantha Mewis of Age At 21 years old, adulthood is approaching faster than I ever expected. As I reflect on the major events of my life so far, it would be remiss of me to pretend that I had a normal adolescent experience. Instead of anxiously awaiting my youth national my driver’s test at age 15, I was doing things like traveling across the world to compete in a world championship. team experience Soccer, and more specifically, my experience with the U.S. Youth National

6 | U20WWC.OURGAMEMAG.COM Perspectives 2010-2012 photo by Caroline Charruyer Kristen Mewis Position: Midfielder College: Boston College DOB: Feb. 25, 1991 Hometown: Hanson, Mass. YNT appearances: U-15, U-16, U-17 (including 2008 CONCACAF Qualifiers and World Cup), U-20 (including 2010 CONCACAF Qualifiers and World Cup), U-23 First cap: Feb. 9, 2013 - USA vs. Scotland Accolades, career highlights: Finished her NCAA career as BC’s all-time leading scorer. BC’s Senior Female 13-hour road trip to Virginia for a club could be a reality until Kristie received Scholar Athlete and All-ACC first tournament, soccer has always brought her first call-in with the Under-15 age team in 2012. Named to the All- our family together in a way that nothing group. Our family was overjoyed, as ACC Freshmen Team in 2009. else has. national recognition was something Earned the Bronze Ball at the We grew up in a small town in most people in our town could hardly 2008 U-17 World Cup. Massachusetts and began playing comprehend. A few years later, I recreational soccer with our father received a call-in as well, and it was the trying desperately to coach both age start of a whirlwind experience that has Teams, has impacted my development as groups so that he might instill some sort led to where I am today. a player and as a person unlike anything of possession style in each of us. Soon else in my life. enough, we joined Scorpions Soccer Learning Curve: I remember watching the U.S. Club and began playing at a higher level. U-17 and U-20 World Cups Women’s National Team play on TV Years passed and we each competed U.S. Soccer’s youth national team when I was six or seven years old. My with a fervent desire to win and excel program is run as a feeder system to the older sister, Kristie, and I watched their individually. Soccer was the number senior team. The program is designed journey through the 1999 Women’s one priority, and it quickly overtook around two FIFA youth championships, World Cup with intense interest. After things like church and holiday parties the U-17 Women’s World Cup and that, we both began pursuing soccer as our parents selflessly supported the the U-20 Women’s World Cup. Teams with a passion that couldn’t be deterred pursuit of our dreams. go through two-year cycles that lead by anything in our paths. Whether it None of us realized that participating them into the tournaments, including was a family game in the backyard or a with the U.S. Youth National Teams CONCACAF qualifying, which usually

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I was exposed to some of the unique challenges that sports like soccer present, including the struggle for a starting position, direct competition with my own sister, and the gut-wrenching loss of a world championship.

takes place six months prior to the like soccer present, including the struggle World Wup. Age-appropriate players for a starting position, direct competition are called into camps for a try-out with my own sister, and the gut- process that doesn’t end until just wrenching loss of a world championship. weeks before the tournament, making These situations forced me to develop as the environment competitive and nerve- a player, sharpen skills on the field, form racking all the way through. emotional connections with teammates, Kristie and I were both selected and deal with a difficult sibling rivalry. to play in the 2008 U-17 qualifying Still, I hungered for more, and chased tournament in Trinidad & Tobago, down the next opportunity fervently. during which we qualified for the Almost immediately after the U-17 U-17 Women’s World Cup in New Women’s World Cup, training camps Zealand. We witnessed some eye- for the 2010 U-20 cycle began. Once opening conditions in Trinidad and again, Kristie and I were both selected also some of the sheer beauty of New for the qualifying tournament, this time Zealand. Traveling the world at such in Guatemala, and again we both made a young age is often one of the most the Women’s World Cup team for the overlooked aspects of competing for tournament in Germany. I struggled the youth national teams. To consider with my self-confidence when I didn’t the worldly experiences beyond play more than 10 minutes throughout soccer that I have been exposed to the entire tournament. Accepting a role is overwhelming. I’ve seen the giant as a reserve was completely new to me Christ the Redeemer statue in Brazil, and was something that really jarred my spent time in five different Japanese perception of myself as a soccer player. cities, and visited the Panama Canal. Even my relationship with Kristie was On the field, our team lost in the U-17 rocky. Being in such close contact in Women’s World Cup Final to North an extremely competitive environment Korea in an overtime heartbreaker. I felt forced us to distance ourselves from an immediate attraction to international one another emotionally. We both got soccer during that cycle, which ultimately into the habit of avoiding one another pushed me to continue pursuing soccer during camp, which carried over at such a high level. I was exposed to into our personal lives as well. Our some of the unique challenges that sports relationship as sisters had been strained

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Accepting a role as a reserve was completely new to me and was something that really jarred my perception of myself as a soccer player.

for a few years, but it was considerably to the coaches. It got to the point where tense during this cycle. every mistake I made was a mental The team went on to lose to Nigeria hurdle, and this self-fulfilling prophecy in the quarterfinals of the tournament, took away from the way I was capable of a complete disappointment when playing. I constantly compared myself compared to our high expectations. to the other players in my position, Suddenly, the days of playing youth measuring myself against others and soccer with my sister were over. concerning myself with circumstances beyond my control. It took me almost The Journey to a World the whole two-year cycle to come to Championship terms with the fact that my role on the Still age-eligible for the U-20s, I team didn’t define my soccer ability; entered into a new cycle in 2012. My instead, it was a temporary position personal journey began with adapting for me to fill on a team that had the to a national team life that did not potential to make history. I finally include my sister. This feat proved recognized the opportunity that I had easier than I imagined, as the overall to play for my country with some of experience shared by the group of girls my best friends and simply adjusted during that cycle was unlike anything I my attitude. I became the supportive, have encountered in my soccer career. energetic, and selfless reserve that the Our commitment to one another and to team required me to be. the tournament is ultimately what led us When we won that final game against to lift the 2012 U-20 Women’s World Germany, I was completely overcome Cup trophy in Tokyo, Japan, defeating with relief, gratitude, and a sense of Germany in the title game. accomplishment. All three of the cycles It was a great challenge for me to I participated in were finally worth accept that I was a reserve yet again. the sacrifices and hardships when my I came into the cycle intending to be teammates and I celebrated our victory. a starter and a leader, and considering Being a reserve had nothing to do with my youth World Cup experience, many it, as it finally occurred to me that being people expected the same thing. But a contributing member of a winning as a reserve, I put a lot of pressure on team overshadows individual glory myself during practice to prove myself or success.

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Playing with the U.S. Youth National Teams has almost singlehandedly shaped the kind of player, person, and sister that I am today. photos courtesy of Samantha Mewis

Looking Ahead: My Hopeful Future With travels. As different as we are from one another U.S. Soccer in personality, our familial bond has been made For me, playing with the U.S. Youth National Teams stronger by everything that our soccer careers have has almost singlehandedly shaped the kind of player, put us through. I now find myself calling her on the person, and sister that I am today. I learned how to phone to chat and asking for her advice about almost embrace a role, even if it is one that I didn’t expect, or everything, including my recent experiences with the necessarily want. I was forced to give up selfish desires full national team. At the Algarve Cup in March, I for the greater good of the team, and I have a U-20 was honored to get my first cap with the senior team Women’s World Cup first place medal to show for it. against Sweden. Kristie and I subbed onto the field I sacrificed a lot socially to pursue my passion, side by side. That moment was clarifying for me, as missing out on things that typical teenagers would it really demonstrated the full circle that our soccer consider instrumental to their adolescence. But careers have been through. perhaps most importantly, I discovered how to have With adulthood looming ahead and my youth a healthy relationship with Kristie that goes beyond national team experience slowly fading away, I can just soccer. As we both get older, I think we find it only hope that my years of preparation will lead me easier to communicate as sisters. There is something to my ultimate goal of an established and successful intangible to be said for the experiences that we career on the full national team, hopefully alongside have shared together on the soccer field and in our my sister. ■

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U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 11 GROUP A canada · ghana · finland · korea dpr

MATCH SCHEDULE

AUGUST 5 Canada vs. Ghana Finland vs. Korea DPR QUARTERFINALS AUGUST 8 Canada vs. Finland AUGUST 16 Ghana vs. Korea DPR 1A vs. 2B AUGUST 12 Korea DPR vs. Canada 1B vs 2A Ghana vs. Finland

Previously in the U-20 Women’s World Cup... Finland Ghana Korea DPR G DNQ

Canada G DNQ QF G QF DNQ DNQ 2012 DNQ 2012 2nd 2010 G DNQ G 2010 1st 2008 G DNQ 2008 DNQ DNQ 2006 2006 QF DNQ DNQ 2004 DNQ 2004 2nd 2002 2002 12 | U20WWC.OURGAMEMAG.COM Canada Ghana Host Nation Region: CONCACAF Region: CAF Last time out: 2012 - finished Last time out: 2012 - finished third in group fourth in group Best finish:2002 - finished Best finish:2010 - finished first in group, took second place third in group overall with a loss to the US Advanced from group: has Advanced from group: 2002, not yet advanced from the group 2004 stage

Finland Korea DPR

Region: UEFA Region: AFC Last time out: 2006 - finished Last time out: 2012 - finished fourth in group first in group, knocked out in quarterfinals by the US Best finish:2006 Best finish:2006 - finished first Advanced from group: has in group, took first place overall not yet advanced from the group with a win over China PR stage Advanced from group: 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012

U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 13 Canada Ghana

Goalkeepers Goalkeepers 1 (Clemson University) 1 Beatrice Ntiwaa Nketia 18 Marie-Joëlle Vandal (Dynamo (Hasaacas Ladies) de Québec) 16 V ictoria Agyei Antwi (Fabulous Ladies) 21 Rylee Foster (Woodbridge SC) 21 Rose Teye Baah (Samira Ladies) Defenders Defenders 2 Sura Yekka (Brams United) 2 Rebecca Asante (Reformers) 3 Kinley McNicoll (University of Wisconsin) 3 Grace Adams (Reformers) 4 Kylie Davis (Comètes de Laval) 4 Cynthia Boakye Yiadom 5 (Ottawa Fury FC) (Fabulous Ladies) 6 Rebecca (Duke University) 6 Ellen Coleman (Lady Strikers) 12 (Glen Shields) 15 Faustina Ampah (Blessed Ladies) 13 (Ohio State University) 17 Edem Atovor (Lady Strikers) 15 Jordane Carvery (Glen Shields) 19 Rita Darko (Mawuena Ladies) Midfielders Midfielders 7 Ashley Campbell ( Lady Lynx) 10 Alice Kusi (Fabulous Ladies) 8 (London NorWest SC) 13 Jennifer Cudjoe (Hasaacas Ladies) 10 (Ottawa Fury FC) 14 Priscilla Okyere (Fabulous Ladies) 14 Vanessa Grégoire (Comètes de Laval) 18 Rasheeda Abdul-Rahman (Lepo Ladies) 16 Sarah Kinzner (Calgary Foothills) 20 Fatima Alhassan (Hasaacas Ladies) 20 Emma Fletcher (Louisiana State University) Forwards 5 Veronica Appiah (Hasaacas Ladies) Forwards 7 Sherifatu Sumaila (Lepo Ladies) 9 () 8 Wasila Diwura-Soale (Hasaacas Ladies) 11 (Texas Tech University) 9 Alice Eva Danso (Police Ladies) 17 Amandine Pierre-Louis (Comètes 11 Alberta Asante (La Ladies) de Laval) 12 Christiana Boateng (Inter Royals) 19 Valérie Sanderson (Comètes de Laval) Head Coach Head Coach Bashir Hayford Andrew Olivieri

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Goalkeepers Goalkeepers 1 Vera Varis (FC Honka) 1 Kim Chol Ok (April 25 SC) 12 Krista Moisio (Nice Futis) 18 Rim Yong Hwa (Sobaeksu SC) 21 Pauliina Tähtinen (Pallokissat) 21 Jang Yong Sim (Wolmido SC) Defenders Defenders 2 Tia Hälinen (FC Honka) 2 Song Kyong Hui (Sobaeksu SC) 3 Emma Koivisto (FC Honka) 3 Choe Sol Gyong (Rimyongsu) 4 Tiia Peltonen (PK-35 Vantaa) 4 Choe Yong Mi (Pyongyang City SC) 5 Katarina Naumanen (Pallokissat) 6 Kim Hyang Mi (Kalmaegi SC) 14 Paula Auvinen (Pallokissat) 12 Jon So Yon (April 25 SC) 15 Natalia Kuikka (Merilappi United) 14 Ri Kum Suk (Sobaeksu SC) 15 Ri Un Yong (Sobaeksu SC) Midfielders 7 Sini Laaksonen (TPS) Midfielders 8 Iina Salmi (HJK) 5 Kang Ok Gum (Amrokgang SC) 10 Emilia Iskanius (Åland United) 7 Choe Yun Gyong (April 25 SC) 14 Nora Heroum (Åland United) 8 Rim Se Ok (Amrokgang SC) 16 Ria Öling (TPS) 9 Ri Hyang Sim (Amrokgang SC) 20 Julia Tunturi (TPS) 11 Kim Phyong Hwa (Hwangryongsan) 19 Tia-Maria Jaakonsaari (PK-35 Vantaa) 13 Kim Mi Gyong (Sobaeksu SC) 13 Erika Winter (Pallokissat) 17 Choe Un Hwa (Ponghwasan SC) Forwards Forwards 9 Juliette Kemppi (Åland United) 10 Ri Un Sim (April 25 SC) 11 Adelina Engman (Åland United) 15 Jo Ryon Hwa (Wolmido SC) 17 Jenny Danielsson (FC Honka) 19 Ri Kyong Hyang (April 25 SC) 15 Sanni Franssi (PK-35 Vantaa) 20 Kim So Hyang (Sobaeksu SC) Head Coach Head Coach Marianne Miettinen Hwang Yong Bong

U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 15 GROUP B germany · united states · china pr · brazil

MATCH SCHEDULE

AUGUST 5 Germany vs. United States China PR vs. Brazil QUARTERFINALS AUGUST 8 Germany vs. China PR AUGUST 16 United States vs. Brazil 1A vs. 2B AUGUST 12 Brazil vs. Germany 1B vs 2A United States vs. China

Previously in the U-20 Women’s World Cup... China PR United States

1st G Brazil

Germany QF DNQ G 2nd G 1st 1st G 2012 2012 QF 2010 3rd 4th 2nd 2010 3rd 2008 QF 2nd 2008 3rd 4th 2006 1st DNQ 2006 1st 2004 4th 3rd 2004 2002 2002 16 | U20WWC.OURGAMEMAG.COM Germany United States Defending World Champion Region: UEFA Region: CONCACAF (Champion) Last time out: 2012 - finished first in group, took second place Last time out: 2012 - finished overall with a semifinal win over second in group, took first place Japan and a final loss to the US overall with a final win over Germany Best finish:2010 - finished first in group, took first place overall Best finish:2008 - finished first with a final win over Nigeria; in group, took first place overall 2004 - finished first in group, took with a final win over Korea DPR; first place overall with a final win 2002, 2012 - took first place over China overall Advanced from group: 2002, Advanced from group: 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012

China PR Brazil

Region: AFC Region: CONMEBOL Last time out: 2012 - finished Last time out: 2012 - finished third in group third in group Best finish:2006 - finished Best finish:2006 - finished first first in group, took second place in group, took third place overall overall with a semifinal win over with a penalty kick shootout win the US in a penalty kick shootout over the US and final loss to Korea DPR; Advanced from group: 2002, 2004 - finished second in group 2004, 2006, 2008 and second overall with a semifinal win over Brazil and a final loss to Germany Advanced from group: 2004, 2006

U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 17 Germany United States

Goalkeepers Goalkeepers 1 Meike Kämper (MSV Duisburg) 1 (UCLA) 12 Merle Frohms (VfL Wolfsburg) 18 (Stanford) 21 Anna Klink (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 21 Rosemary Chandler (Penn State) Defenders Defenders 2 Manjou Wilde (SC Freiburg) 2 Christina Gibbons (Duke) 3 Felicitas Rauch (1. FFC 3 Cari Roccaro (Notre Dame) Turbine Potsdam) 4 Brittany Basinger (Penn State) 4 Margarita Gidion (SGS Essen) 16 Stephanie Amack (Stanford) 5 Franziska Jaser (NC State University) 19 Kaleigh Riehl (BRYC) 8 Rebecca Knaak (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 20 (Notre Dame) 14 Marie Christin Becker (Harvard University) Midfielders 15 Wibke Meister (1. FFC 5 (Wisconsin) Turbine Potsdam) 6 Taylor Racioppi (PDA) 11 (UConn) Midfielders 12 (Real Colorado) 6 (VfL Wolfsburg) 13 Carlyn Baldwin (Tennessee) 7 Kathrin Schermuly (Eintracht Wetzlar) 14 Nickolette Driesse (Florida State) 11 Theresa Panfil (Bayer 04 Leverkusen) 17 Andi Sullivan (Bethesda SC) 13 Sara Däbritz (SC Freiburg) 16 Maria- Forwards (VfL Wolfsburg) 7 Savannah Jordan (Florida) 17 Jenny Gaugigl (FC Bayern München) 8 Summer Green (North Carolina) 19 Rieke Dieckmann (SV Meppen) 9 (Virginia) 10 (PSG) Forwards 15 (Harvard) 9 Pauline-Marie Bremer (1. FFC Turbine Potsdam) Head Coach 10 (SGS Essen) Michelle French 18 (University of South Florida) 20 Madeline Gier (SGS Essen) Head Coach Maren Meinert

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Goalkeepers Goalkeepers 1 Lu Feifei (Jiangsu Huatai) 1 Nicole Nascimento de Medeiros (Team 20 Li Mengyu (Henan Steel) Chicago Brasil) 21 Nan Yang (Zhejiang Hangzhou Xizi) 12 Leticia Izidoro Lima da Silva (Sao Jose) 21 Leticia Bussato (Sao Jose) Defenders 2 Yao Lingwei (Jiangsu Huatai) Defenders 3 Zhong Xiudong (Guangdon Haiyin) 2 Leticia Santos de Oliveira (Sao Jose) 4 Zhao Yingying (Dalian Shide) 3 Thaynara Da Conceição Ferraz (CR 5 Lyu Siqi (Army Club) Vasco da Gama) 12 Li Xiang (Changchun Huaxin) 4 (Centro Olimpico) 13 Li Mengwen (Jiangsu Huatai) 6 (Kindermann) 13 Nágela Oliveira de Andrade (Ferroviaria) Midfielders 14 Caroline Dos Santos Gomes 6 Lei Jiahui (Henan Steel) (no club affiliation) 7 Liu Yanqui (Wuhan Jiangda Univ.) 8 Dong Jiabao (Henan Steel) Midfielders 10 Tang Jiali (Shanghai Women) 5 Gabi Morais da Rocha (Sao Jose) 11 Zhang Zhu (Beijing Baxy) 8 Djenifer Beckker (Kindermann) 14 Tan Ruyin (Guangdong FC) 15 Gabi Lira (Centro Olimpico) 15 Shi Tianlun (Shanghai Women) 16 Tipa Vieira Baptista (Centro Olimpico) 16 Zhao Xinzhai (Jiangsu Huatai) 17 Zhu Beiyan (Shanghai Women) Forwards 7 Duda Francelino da Silva Forwards (Sao Francisco) 9 Zhang Chen (Beijing Baxy) 9 Byanca Alves de Araujo (Foz Cataratas) 18 Wang Shuang (Wuhan Jiangda Univ.) 10 Andressa Cavalari Machry 19 Xiao Yuyi (Shanghai Women) (Kindermann) 11 Patricia da Silva Sochor (Foz Cataratas) Head Coach 17 Nene Landres da Penha Santos Wang Jun (Ferroviaria) 18 Carol Martins Rodrigues (NJCAA) 19 Rafaela Silva Pereira (Ferroviaria) 20 Gabrielle Jordão Portilho (Kindermann) Head Coach Dorival Bueno

U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 19 GROUP C england · korea republic · mexico · nigeria

MATCH SCHEDULE

AUGUST 6 England vs. Korea Republic Mexico vs. Nigeria QUARTERFINALS AUGUST 9 England vs. Mexico AUGUST 17 Korea Republic vs. Nigeria 1C vs. 2D AUGUST 13 Nigeria vs. England 1D vs 2C Korea Republic vs. Mexico

Previously in the U-20 Women’s World Cup... Mexico Korea Republic QF QF Nigeria England 3rd QF 4th DNQ 2nd G DNQ G 2012 2012 QF QF DNQ G 2010 2010 QF 2008 DNQ G DNQ 2008 QF 2006 2006 DNQ G DNQ 2004 G G 2004 2002 2002 20 | U20WWC.OURGAMEMAG.COM England Korea Republic

Region: UEFA Region: AFC (Champion) Last time out: 2010 - finished Last time out: 2012 - finished fourth in group second in group, knocked out in quarterfinals by Japan Best finish:2002, 2008 - finished second in group, knocked Best finish:2010 - finished out in quarterfinals by Canada second in group, placed third (2002) and the US (2008) overall with a win over Colombia Advanced from group: 2002, Advanced from group: 2010, 2008 2012

Mexico Nigeria

Region: CONCACAF Region: CAF Last time out: 2012 - finished Last time out: 2012 - finished second in group, knocked out in first in group, took fourth place quarterfinals by Nigeria overall with a loss to host Japan Best finish:2010 - finished Best finish:2010 - finished first in group, knocked out in second in group, took second quarterfinals by Korea Republic place overall with a semifinal win over Colombia and a final loss to Advanced from group: 2010, host Germany 2012 Advanced from group: 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012

U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 21 England Korea Republic

Goalkeepers Goalkeepers 1 Lizzie Durack (Everton) 1 Min Yukyeong (Hanyang 13 Megan Walsh (Everton) Women’s Univ.) 21 Caitlin Leach (Aston Villa) 18 Yoo Gaeun (Ulsan College) 21 Oh Eunah (Jeonbuk KSPO WFC) Defenders 2 Martha Harris (Liverpool) Defenders 5 (Birmingham City) 2 Ahn Hyein (Uiduk Univ.) 6 Meaghan Sargeant (Birmingham City) 3 Kim Duri (Ulsan College) 12 Paige Williams (Everton) 4 Kim Uri (Ulsan College) 15 Ellie Stewart (Liverpool) 5 Lee Subin (Hanyang Women’s Univ.) 16 Gabrielle George (Everton) 6 Hong Hyeiji (Hyundai Info-Tech HS) 16 Ha Eunhye (Yeoju Univ.) Midfielders 17 Kim Hyeyeong (Ulsan College) 4 Sherry McCue (Aston Villa) 8 Jess Sigsworth (Doncaster Midfielders Rovers Belles) 8 Lee Sodam (Ulsan College) 10 Katie Zelem (Liverpool) 9 Choe Yuri (Ulsan College) 14 Jade Bailey (Arsenal) 11 Kim Inji (Hanyang Women’s Univ.) 19 Abbey-Leigh Stringer (Aston Villa) 12 Lee Nara (Yeoju Univ.) 20 (Arsenal) 13 Oh Yeonhee (Uiduk Univ.) 15 Park Yeeun (Dongsan Information Forwards Industry HS) 3 Hannah Blundell (Chelsea) 20 Kim Soyi (Hanyang Women’s Univ.) 7 (Everton) 9 (Sunderland) Forwards 11 Mel Lawley (Birmingham City) 7 Jang Selgi (Gangwon 17 Natasha Flint (Manchester City) Provincial College) 18 Jess Carter (Birmingham City) 10 Lee Geummin (Ulsan College) 14 Jeon Hansol (Yeoju Univ.) Head Coach 19 Namgung Yeji (Hyundai Info-Tech HS) Mo Marley Head Coach Jong Songchon

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Goalkeepers Goalkeepers 1 Cisneros 1 Sandra Chiihii (Ibom Angels) 12 Natividad 16 Ibijoke Sangonuga (Inneh Queens) 21 Ana Gabriela Paz Molina 21 Chiudo Ehiudo (Delta Queens) Defenders Defenders 2 Clarissa Robles Quezada 2 Ebere Okoye (Nasarawa Amazons) 3 Estefanía Fuentes del Razo 3 Jiroro Idike (Delta Queens) 4 Paulina Solís Echeverría 5 Maryam Ibrahim (Nasarawa Amazons) 5 Mariel Gutiérrez Velasco 6 Sarah Nnodim (Delta Queens) 13 Rodríguez 15 Ugo Njoku (Rivers Angels) 14 Casas 17 Victoria Aidelomon (Pelican Stars) 15 Mariana Cadena Calvillo 18 Gladys Abasi (Ibom Angels) 20 Jaqueline Rodríguez Carrillo Midfielders Midfielders 4 (Rivers Angels) 6 Castillo 9 Patience Okaeme (Delta Queens) 8 López 10 Halimatu Ayinde (Delta Queens) 16 Claudia López Guerrero 11 Yetunde Adeboyejo (Bayelsa Queens) 17 Amanda Pérez Murillo 14 Osarenoma Igbinovia (Inneh Queens) Forwards Forwards 7 Tanya Samarzich Ruíz 7 Loveth Ayila (Makwada Babes) 9 Luz Duarte Moroyoqui 8 (Oklahoma State 10 Carolina Jaramillo Quintero University) 11 Muro 12 Uchenna Kanu (Pelican Stars) 18 Taylor Alvarado Dysart 13 Yetunde Aluko (Sunshine Queens) 19 Jenny Chiu Amparan 19 Chinwendu Ihezuo (Pelican Stars) 20 (Rivers Angels) Head Coach Christopher Cuellar Head Coach Peter Dedevbo

U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 23 GROUP D new zealand · paraguay · france · costa rica

MATCH SCHEDULE

AUGUST 6 New Zealand vs. Paraguay France vs. Costa Rica QUARTERFINALS AUGUST 9 New Zealand vs. France AUGUST 17 Paraguay vs. Costa Rica 1C vs. 2D AUGUST 13 Costa Rica vs. New Zealand 1D vs 2C Paraguay vs. France

Previously in the U-20 Women’s World Cup... France Paraguay Costa Rica DNQ DNQ

New Zealand DNQ G DNQ G 4th G G DNQ 2012 2012 DNQ G DNQ QF 2010 2010 DNQ 2008 G DNQ 2008 DNQ DNQ 2006 2006 DNQ G DNQ DNQ 2004 2004 DNQ 2002 2002 24 | U20WWC.OURGAMEMAG.COM New Zealand Paraguay

Region: OFC Region: CONMEBOL Last time out: 2012 - finished Advanced from group: has third in group never qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup before Best finish:2010, 2012 - finished third in group Advanced from group: has not yet advanced from the group stage

France Costa Rica

Region: UEFA (Champion) Region: CONCACAF Last time out: 2010 - finished Last time out: 2010 - finished third in group fourth in group Best finish:2008 - finished Best finish:2010 second in group, took fourth place Advanced from group: has overall with a loss to Germany not yet advanced from the group Advanced from group: 2006, stage 2008

U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 25 New Zealand Paraguay

Goalkeepers Goalkeepers 1 Lily Alfeld (Mainland Football) 1 Cristina Recalde (Universidad 20 Corina Brown (Capital Football) Autonoma de Asuncion) 21 Ronisa Lipi (Capital Football) 12 Alicia Bobadilla (Club Sportivo Limpeno) 21 Natasha Martinez (Club Olimpia) Defenders 2 CJ Bott (Capital Football) Defenders 5 Emily Jensen (Mainland Football) 2 Jennifer Mora (Club Cerro Porteno) 6 Meikayla Moore (Mainland Football) 3 Laurie Cristaldo (Universidad Autonoma 15 Megan Robertson (Capital Football) de Asuncion) 16 Ashleigh Ward (Mainland Football) 4 Rosalie Godoy (Universidad Autonoma de Asuncion) Midfielders 5 Tania Riso (12 de Octubre) 3 Megan Lee (Northern Football) 13 Belen Benitez (Club Sportivo Limpeno) 4 Evie Millynn (Capital Football) 16 Sady Salinas (Universidad Autonoma 7 Hannah Carlsen (Northern Football) de Asuncion) 8 (Auckland Football) 13 Isabella Coombes (Waikato Bay of Midfielders Plenty Football) 6 Soledad Garay (Universidad Autonoma 14 (Northern Football) de Asuncion) 7 Karen Hemosilla (Club Cerro Porteno) Forwards 8 Fanny Godoy (Universidad Autonoma 9 Martine Puketapu (Auckland Football) de Asuncion) 10 (Capital Football) 14 Fabiola Ayala (Club Olimpia) 11 Briar Palmer (Capital Football) 18 Maribel Portillo (Club Olimpia) 12 Stephanie Skilton (Auckland Football) 19 Leda Portillo (Club Olimpia) 17 (Northern Football) 20 Fabiola Delvalle (Club 18 Belinda van Noorden Sportivo Limpeno) (Mainland Football) 19 Tayla O’Brien (Northern Football) Forwards 9 Mirta Pico (Club Sportivo Limpeno) Head Coach 10 Tania Espinola (Universidad Autonoma Aaron McFarland de Asuncion) 11 Jessica Martinez (Club Olimpia) 15 Veronica Kurtz (Club Cerro Porteno) 17 Silvana Romero (Club Olimpia) Head Coach Julio Gomez

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Goalkeepers Goalkeepers 1 Romane Bruneau (La Roche/Yon) 1 Noelia Bermúdez (Flores Heredia) 16 Solene Durand ( HSC) 13 Mariela Vásquez (Arenal Coronado) 21 Deborah Garcia (Rodez Aveyron) 18 María Gloria Pardo (Deportivo Saprissa) Defenders 2 Eve Perisset (FCF ) Defenders 3 Charlene Gorce () 2 Yesmi Rodríguez (UD Moravia) 4 Aissatou Tounkara (FCF Juvisy) 3 Noelle Sanz (Alabama University) 5 Greidge Mbock Bathy (En 5 María Paula Coto (UCEM Alajuela) Avant Guingamp) 6 Fabiola Villalobos 12 Aurelie Gagnet (Kansas) (Arenal Coronado) 13 Marine Dafeur (Henin Beaumont) 8 Mariana Benavides (Flores Heredia) 14 Charlotte Saint Sans (Arras FCF) 14 Anyi Barrantes (UCEM Alajuela) 21 María José Morales (UD Moravia) Midfielders 6 Aminata Diallo (Arras FCF) Midfielders 8 (Montpellier) 4 Viviana Chinchilla (UCEM Alajuela) 10 (Montpellier HSC) 10 Gloriana Villalobos 15 Margaux Bueno (En Avant Guingamp) (Deportivo Saprissa) 15 Michelle Rodriguez Forwards (UCEM Alajuela) 7 (FCF Juvisy) 16 Mayra Almazán (PDA Slammers) 9 Ouleymata Sarr ( Saint-Germain FC) Forwards 11 Lindsey Thomas (Montpellier HSC) 7 Melissa Herrera 17 Faustine Robert (En Avant Guingamp) (Deportivo Saprissa) 18 (En Avant Guingamp) 9 Michelle Montero (UCEM Alajuela) 19 Mylaine Tarrieu (FCF 11 Katheryn Arroyo Arias Olympique Lyonnais) (UCEM Alajuela) 20 Fanny Hoarau (Vendenheim) 12 Kimberly Lázaro (Deportivo Saprissa) Head Coach 17 Jazmín Elizondo Villalobos Giles Eyquem (UD Moravia) 19 Sofía Varela Espinoza (Fortuna de Desamparados) 20 Krista Chavarría Hernández (Arenal Coronado) Head Coach Garabet Avedessian

U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 27 WHO IS WINNING IN THE FINAL ROUND all-time top finishers

UNITED STATES GERMANY KOREA DPR CHINA PR

1 Bronze, 1 Fourth Place 1 Silver, 2 Bronze 2 Silver 2 Silver

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11 countries in 6 tournaments

Germany France Korea DPR Canada China PR

Japan United States

Colombia Korea Republic Brazil Nigeria

1. United States 4. Nigeria 6. Korea Republic Rankings determined by 3G, 0S, 1B, 1F 0G, 1S, 0B, 1F 0G, 0S, 1B, 0F assigning point values to the top four placement Germany Brazil Japan spots and calculating 2G, 1S, 2B, 0F 0G, 0S, 1B, 2F 0G, 0S, 1B, 0F each nation’s points from final four finishes across 2. Korea DPR 5. Canada 7. Colombia all six U-19/20 WWCs. 1G, 1S, 0B, 0F 0G, 1S, 0B, 0F 0G, 0S, 0B, 1F

3. China PR France 0G, 2S, 0B, 0F 0G, 0S, 0B, 1F

U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 29 U-20 WOMEN’S WORLD CUP WINNERS IN ALL MATCHES top 10 across all-time rankings 6 tournaments for 2014 participants

2014 All-time Team (W-D-L) 1. United States* 6. China PR 26-5-3 10-3-5 1 1 UNITED STATES (26-5-3) 34 matches 18 matches 6 appearances 4 appearances 2 2 GERMANY (24-3-7) 2. Germany* 7. Japan 24-3-7 9-3-5 3 3 BRAZIL (13-8-7) 34 matches 17 matches 6 appearances 4 appearances 4 4 KOREA DPR (15-0-5)

3. Brazil* 8. Canada 5 5 NIGERIA (10-8-9) 13-8-7 9-2-8 28 matches 19 matches 6 6 CHINA (10-3-5) 6 appearances 5 appearances 7 8 CANADA (9-2-8) 4. Korea DPR 9. France 15-0-5 7-1-8 FRANCE (7-1-8) 20 matches 16 matches 8 9 4 appearances 4 appearances 9 10 KOREA REPUBLIC (7-0-6) 5. Nigeria* 10. Korea Republic 10-8-9 7-0-6 10 11 MEXICO (4-2-11) 27 matches 13 matches 6 appearances 3 appearances 11 13 ENGLAND (2-4-5) 12 15 NEW ZEALAND (2-3-7) 13 19 GHANA (1-1-4) Rankings based on each team’s win- draw-loss record across all U-19/20 14 25 COSTA RICA (0-0-3) WWC tournaments.

*Only four teams have appeared in all 15 26 FINLAND (0-0-3) six editions of the tournament. Costa Rica leads Finland on goals scored. Paraguay omitted as 2014 is its first tournament participation.

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U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 31 U.S. U-20 ROSTER WHERE ARE THEY FROM? 12 home states and 12 colleges

HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS Rose Chandler (Penn State, 2014) Andi Sullivan (Stanford, 2014) Carlyn Baldwin (Tennessee, 2014) PROFESSIONAL PLAYER Kaleigh Riehl (Penn State, 2015) Lindsey Horan (Paris Saint-Germain) Taylor Racioppi (Duke, 2015)

Mallory Pugh (UCLA, 2016)

STANFORD + NOTRE DAME 2 players each

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Duke

H.S. H.S. Notre Dame Stanford

Stanford UCLA Penn State GOALKEEPERS DEFENDERS

Florida State Virginia PSG

H.S. UConn

North Carolina Florida Wisconsin

Harvard MIDFIELDERS FORWARDS

U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 33 Katelyn Rowland

1 Position: Goalkeeper At CONCACAF Qualifiers College: UCLA Position: Goalkeeper DOB (Age): March 16, 1994 (20) Jersey No.: 1 Hometown: Vacaville, Calif. Games Started/Played: 4/4 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 360 U-15, U-17, U-18 Notes: Served as the US’ go- Accolades, career highlights: to keeper in the CONCACAF NCAA Championship winner in tournament. Made 3 saves in 2013. Led the Pac-12 in shutouts group play (1 vs. Costa Rica, 2 vs. in 2012. Named to the All-Pac-12 Jamaica) and 2 in the knockout First Team in 2013 and Pac-12 All- rounds (both in the final match Freshman Team in 2011. against Mexico), totaling 5 saves in all four shutouts. Overall, the opposition recorded only 14 shots against the US. Won the Golden Glove as the tournament’s most outstanding goalkeeper.

Christina Gibbons

2 Position: Defender At CONCACAF Qualifiers College: Duke Notes: Was added to the team DOB (Age): Dec. 30, 1994 (19) after U-20 World Cup Qualifying. Hometown: Raleigh, N.C. Previous YNT appearances: U-20 Accolades, career highlights: Started in every match during her freshman season at Duke. Named to the All-ACC freshman team.

34 | U20WWC.OURGAMEMAG.COM Cari Roccaro

Position: Defender At CONCACAF Qualifiers 3 College: Notre Dame Position: Defender/Midfielder DOB (Age): July 18, 1994 (20) Jersey No.: 3 Hometown: East Islip, N.Y. Games Started/Played: 5/5 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 450 U-14, U-17 (including 2010 Notes: Captained in the opening CONCACAF Qualifiers), U-18, match. Started and played in every U-20 (including 2012 CONCACAF match of the tournament. The only Qualifiers and World Cup) US player to play every minute of Accolades, career highlights: every game in qualifiers. Soccer America First Team MVP and All-ACC First Team in 2013. FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup Champion, Soccer America National Freshman of the Year, and Big East Rookie of the Year in 2012.

Brittany Basinger

Position: Defender At CONCACAF Qualifiers 4 College: Penn State Position: Defender DOB (Age): June 30, 1995 (19) Jersey No.: 4 Hometown: Purcellville, Va. Games Started/Played: 3/3 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 241 U-14, U-17 (including 2012 Notes: Started in every game of CONCACAF Qualifiers and World group play. Scored one goal in the Cup) match versus Guatemala. Accolades, career highlights: Started in every match during her freshman season at Penn State. Named to the All-Big Ten freshman team.

U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 35 Rose Lavelle

5 Position: Midfielder At CONCACAF Qualifiers College: Wisconsin Position: Midfielder DOB (Age): May 14, 1995 (19) Jersey No.: 17 Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio Games Started/Played: 4/4 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 309 U-18 Notes: Started in all four games Accolades, career highlights: that she played at the tournament, Started in every match and named resting in the closing match of group Big Ten Freshman of the Year in play. Named ussoccer.com’s Woman 2013. of the Match versus Jamaica and Mexico. Received the Golden Ball as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.

Taylor Racioppi

6 Position: Midfielder At CONCACAF Qualifiers College: Duke (committed to Notes: Was added to the team attend 2015) after U-20 World Cup Qualifying. DOB (Age): Feb 26, 1997 (17) Hometown: Neptune, NJ Previous YNT appearances: U-15, U17 (including 2014 World Cup Qualifying), U-18 Accolades, career highlights: Considered one of the top five recruits in 2015.

36 | U20WWC.OURGAMEMAG.COM Savannah Jordan

Position: Forward At CONCACAF Qualifiers 7 College: Florida Position: Forward DOB (Age): Jan. 24, 1995 (19) Jersey No.: 13 Hometown: Fayetteville, Ga. Games Started/Played: 5/5 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 342 U-14, U-17 Notes: Tallied one goal in each Accolades, career highlights: game of the tournament, ranking National Rookie of the Year and second among the top goal-scorers SEC Offensive Player of the Year of the tournament behind US in 2013 after leading the team and teammate McKenzie Meehan and conference in goals scored Mexico’s Tanya Samarzich.

Summer Green

Position: Forward At CONCACAF Qualifiers 8 College: University of North Position: Forward Carolina Jersey No.: 5 DOB (Age): May 2, 1995 (19) Games Started/Played: 3/4 Hometown: Milford, Mich. Minutes Played: 246 Previous YNT appearances: Notes: Came into the game as a U-14, U-17 (including 2012 substitute against Costa Rica and CONCACAF Qualifiers and World started in the following match versus Cup) Jamaica as well as the knockout Accolades, career highlights: rounds. Recorded a goal and assist NCAA Championship winner and against Costa Rica, and one assist named to the ACC All-Freshman in each match against Trinidad & Team in 2012. Graduated from high Tobago and Mexico. school a year early to begin her NCAA career.

U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 37 Makenzy Doniak

9 Position: Forward At CONCACAF Qualifiers College: University of Virginia Position: Forward DOB (Age): Feb. 25, 1994 (20) Jersey No.: 6 Hometown: Chino Hills, Calif. Games Started/Played: 1/1 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 55 U-15, U-17, U-18, U-20 Notes: Injured hand in the opening Accolades, career highlights: match against Costa Rica and Started in all 26 games and tied for missed remainder of the tournament. ACC scoring lead in 2013, recieving Tallied an assist prior to injury. top conference and national honors. Returned to U-20 camps in April. Named to the ACC All-Freshman Team in 2012.

Lindsey Horan

10 Position: Forward At CONCACAF Qualifiers Club: Paris Saint-Germain Position: Forward DOB (Age): May 26, 1994 (20) Jersey No.: 9 Hometown: Golden, Colo. Games Started/Played: 2/2 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 180 U-15, U-17 (including 2010 Notes: Recorded a hat trick in CONCACAF Qualifiers), U-20 the first half of the opening match (including 2012 CONCACAF and added an assist in the second, Qualifiers) earning ussoccer.com’s Woman First cap: March 8, 2013 - USA vs. of the Match honors for the game China (Algarve Cup) against Costa Rica. Played the full Accolades, career highlights: 90 in the first two games of group First American female soccer player play and rested in the third before to forgo NCAA eligibility to play returning to PSG. professionally.

38 | U20WWC.OURGAMEMAG.COM Rachel Hill

Position: Midfielder At CONCACAF Qualifiers 11 College: University of Connecticut Position: Midfielder DOB (Age): Feb. 17, 1995 (19) Jersey No.: 14 Hometown: Rollinsford, N.H. Games Started/Played: 4/5 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 364 U-14 Notes: Came in as a substitute Accolades, career highlights: in the opening match of group play Started in every match and named to and started every match after that. the American Athletic Conference’s Recorded a goal and four assists First Team All-Conference and All- versus Guatemala, as well as an Rookie Team in 2013. assist versus Trinidad & Tobago. Named ussoccer.com’s Woman of the Match versus Guatemala. Replaces injured forward McKenzie Meehan on the World Cup roster.

Mallory Pugh

Position: Midfielder At CONCACAF Qualifiers 12 College: UCLA (committed to Notes: Was added to the team attend in 2016) after U-20 World Cup Qualifying. DOB (Age): March 29, 1998 (16) Hometown: Highlands Ranch, Colo. Previous YNT appearances: U-14, U-15, U17 (including 2014 World Cup Qualifying) Accolades, career highlights: Youngest player to ever be named to a US U-20 Women’s World Cup roster (at the start of the tournament, she will be 16 years and 98 days old.)

U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 39 Carlyn Baldwin

13 Position: Midfielder At CONCACAF Qualifiers College: Tennessee (committed to Notes: Was added to the team attend 2014) after U-20 World Cup Qualifying. DOB (Age): March 17, 1996 (18) Hometown: Oakton, Va. Previous YNT appearances: U-18 Accolades, career highlights: USYS National League champion in 2013.

Nickolette Driesse

14 Position: Midfielder At CONCACAF Qualifiers College: Florida State Notes: Was added to the team DOB (Age): Nov. 8, 1994 (19) after U-20 World Cup Qualifying. Hometown: Wayne, N.J. Previous YNT appearances: U-18 Accolades, career highlights: Named to the All-ACC Freshman Team in 2013

40 | U20WWC.OURGAMEMAG.COM Margaret Purce

Position: Forward At CONCACAF Qualifiers 15 College: Harvard Position: Forward DOB (Age): Sept. 18, 1995 (18) Jersey No.: 15 Hometown: Silver Spring, Md. Games Started/Played: 1/4 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 174 U-17 (including 2012 CONCACAF Notes: Started and scored a goal Qualifiers and World Cup) against Guatemala in group play. Accolades, career highlights: Recorded an assist against Jamaica First Ivy League player to be named and a goal against Mexico. to a U.S. U-20 World Cup roster. Named Ivy League Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year in 2013, notably the first freshman to earn Ivy League PotY honors.

Stephanie Amack

Position: Defender At CONCACAF Qualifiers 16 College: Stanford Position: Defender DOB (Age): Dec. 23, 1994 (19) Jersey No.: 16 Hometown: Pleasanton, Calif. Games Started/Played: 3/5 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 351 U-14, U-15, U-17, U-18, U-20 Notes: Played more of a defensive (including 2012 CONCACAF midfield role than defender. Came Qualifiers and World Cup) into the game as a substitute in early Accolades, career highlights: group play versus Costa Rica and Youngest member of the US U-20 Jamaica, then started and played squad in 2012, when the US won the the full 90 in the remaining matches. FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup. Scored one goal against Guatemala and two against Trinidad & Tobago; recorded an assist in the match against Mexico.

U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 41 Andi Sullivan

17 Position: Midfielder At CONCACAF Qualifiers College: Stanford (committed to Position: Midfielder attend 2014) Jersey No.: 19 DOB (Age): Dec. 20, 1995 (18) Games Started/Played: 4/4 Hometown: Lorton, Va. Minutes Played: 360 Previous YNT appearances: Notes: Captained in group play U-15, U-17 (including 2012 against Jamaica and in the final CONCACAF Qualifiers and World against Mexico. Assisted on the Cup) opening goal of the tournament Accolades, career highlights: for the US against Costa Rica, No. 1 recruit in 2014. Named recorded a goal against Guatemala, NSCAA National Youth Player of the added two assists against Trinidad Year in 2013. & Tobago, and scored the game- winning goal against Mexico. Named ussoccer.com’s Woman of the Match for the game against Trinidad & Tobago.

Jane Campbell

18 Position: Goalkeeper At CONCACAF Qualifiers College: Stanford Position: Goalkeeper DOB (Age): Feb. 17, 1995 (19) Jersey No.: 18 Hometown: Kennesaw, Ga. Games Started/Played: 1/1 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 90 U-14, U-15, U-17 (including 2012 Notes: Played the full 90 in CONCACAF Qualifiers and World the final game of group play, Cup), U-23, USWNT vs. Guatemala. Guatemala was Accolades, career highlights: overwhelmed 10-0 by the US and Youngest goalkeeper ever called recorded zero shots of its own; thus into a full U.S. national team camp. Campbell made no saves in the Named NSCAA Youth Girls Player of tournament but recorded a clean the Year in 2011. sheet.

42 | U20WWC.OURGAMEMAG.COM Kaleigh Riehl

Position: Defender At CONCACAF Qualifiers 19 College: Penn State (committed to Notes: Was added to the team attend 2015) after U-20 World Cup Qualifying. DOB (Age): Oct. 21, 1996 (17) Hometown: Fairfax Station, VA Previous YNT appearances: U-18 Accolades, career highlights: Top ten ranked recruit in the nation for 2015.

Katie Naughton

Position: Defender At CONCACAF Qualifiers 20 College: Notre Dame Position: Defender DOB (Age): Feb. 15, 1994 (20) Jersey No.: 20 Hometown: Elk Grove Village, Ill. Games Started/Played: 5/5 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 410 U-15, U-17, U-18 Notes: Started and played in Accolades, career highlights: all five matches, subbing only in Notre Dame team captain in 2013. the closing match of group play. Big East All-Rookie Team and Captained in the matchup against Notre Dame Team Most Valuable Guatemala. Provided an assist on Freshman in 2012. the opening goal versus Trinidad & Tobago.

U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 43 Rose Chandler

21 Position: Goalkeeper At CONCACAF Qualifiers College: Penn State (committed to Notes: Was added to the team attend 2014) after U-20 World Cup Qualifying. DOB (Age): Sept. 24, 1996 (17) Hometown: Atlanta, Ga. Previous YNT appearances: U-18 Accolades, career highlights: Graduated from high school a year early to begin her NCAA career in Fall 2014

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U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 45 U.S. U-20 ROSTER WHERE ARE THEY FROM? 12 home states and 11 colleges

STANFORD

1 PROFESSIONAL Lindsey Horan (Paris Saint-Germain)

1 HIGH SCHOOL Andi Sullivan (Bethesda SC) PENN STATE + UCLA* NOTRE DAME *2013 DI National Champions

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UCLA

Penn State

Stanford UCLA Stanford

Notre Dame

GOALKEEPERS DEFENDERS

North Carolina Wisconsin PSG UConn H.S. Florida

Virginia

Notre Dame Penn State Boston College

Harvard MIDFIELDERS FORWARDS

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U.S. ROSTER U.S. COACHING STAFF Goalkeepers Head Coach: Michelle French Technical Director: April Heinrichs Katelyn Rowland (UCLA; Vacaville, Calif.) 1 Assistant Coach: Erica Walsh Jane Campbell (Stanford; Kennesaw, Ga.) 18 Goalkeeper Coach: Philip Wheddon Defenders Fitness Coach: Ryan Alexander

2 Maddie Bauer (Stanford; Newport Beach, Calif.) 4 Brittany Basinger (Penn State; Purcellville, Va.) 8 Lauren Kaskie (UCLA; Las Vegas, Nev.) 10 Laura Liedle (Stanford; , Calif.) 16 Stephanie Amack (Stanford; Pleasanton, Calif.) 20 Katie Naughton (Notre Dame; Elk Grove Village, Ill.) Midfielders

3 Cari Roccaro (Notre Dame; East Islip, N.Y.) 7 (Notre Dame; Milford, N.H.) 12 (Penn State; Novi, Mich.) 14 Rachel Hill (UConn; Rollinsford, N.H.) 17 Rose Lavelle (Wisconsin; Cincinnati, Ohio) 19 Andi Sullivan (Bethesda SC; Lorton, Va.) Forwards

5 Summer Green (North Carolina; Milford, Mich.) 6 Makenzy Doniak (Virginia; Chino Hills, Calif.) 9 Lindsey Horan (Paris Saint-Germain; Golden, Colo.) 11 McKenzie Meehan (Boston College; Scituate, R.I.) 13 Savannah Jordan (Florida; Fayetteville, Ga.) 15 Margaret Purce (Harvard; Silver Spring, Md.)

48 | U20WWC.OURGAMEMAG.COM Maddie Bauer

Position: Defender At CONCACAF Qualifiers College: Stanford Position: Defender DOB (Age): March 23, 1995 Jersey No.: 2 Hometown: Newport Beach, Calif. Games Started/Played: 1/2 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 88 U-14, U-15, U-17 (including 2012 Notes: Started in the opening CONCACAF Qualifiers and World match and came into the game as a Cup) substitute versus Guatemala. Accolades, career highlights: Started in all but one match during her freshman season at Stanford. Named to Top Drawer Soccer’s Freshman Best XI first team. Co- captain of the 2012 U-17 World Cup team.

Lauren Kaskie

Position: Defender At CONCACAF Qualifiers College: UCLA Position: Defender DOB (Age): Sept. 18, 1995 Jersey No.: 8 Hometown: Las Vegas, Nev. Games Started/Played: 0/1 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 32 U-14, U-15, U-17 (including 2012 Notes: Saw minutes versus CONCACAF Qualifiers and World Guatemala as a substitute. Cup) Accolades, career highlights: NCAA Championship winner in 2013. Named the 2011 Nevada Gatorade Girls’ Soccer Player of the Year.

U-20 WWC PREVIEW | AUGUST 2014 | 49 Morgan Andrews

Position: Midfielder At CONCACAF Qualifiers College: Notre Dame Position: Midfielder DOB (Age): March 25, 1995 Jersey No.: 7 Hometown: Milford, N.H. Games Started/Played: 3/5 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 305 U-14, U-15, U-17 (including 2012 Notes: Started in all group play CONCACAF Qualifiers and World matches and appeared as a Cup), U-23 substitute in the knockout rounds. Accolades, career highlights: Tallied an assist in each match of Named ACC Freshman of the Year, group play. All-ACC Second Team, and ACC All-Freshman Team in 2013. Named 2013 Gatorade National High School Athlete of the Year. Captained the US U-17s at CONCACAF Qualifiers and at the World Cup in 2012. Took part in U-23 camp in October 2011 at the age of 16.

Laura Liedle

Position: Defender At CONCACAF Qualifiers College: Stanford Position: Defender DOB (Age): March 11, 1994 Jersey No.: 10 Hometown: San Diego, Calif. Games Started/Played: 3/3 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 270 U-14, U-17 (including 2010 Notes: Did not see minutes in the CONCACAF Qualifiers), U-18 opening games of group play, but Accolades, career highlights: started and played the full 90 versus Named to Top Drawer Soccer’s Guatemala and in the knockout Freshmen Team of the Season rounds. and the Pac-12 All-Freshman team in 2012. Won ECNL’s U-17 championship in 2011.

50 | U20WWC.OURGAMEMAG.COM McKenzie Meehan

Position: Defender At CONCACAF Qualifiers College: Boston College Position: Forward DOB (Age): Dec. 25, 1994 Jersey No.: 11 Hometown: Scituate, R.I. Games Started/Played: 3/4 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 262 U-18 Notes: Co-winner of the Accolades, career highlights: tournament’s Golden Boot award Led the ACC in goals and game- for most goals scored, sharing winning goals while setting a Boston the honor with Mexico’s Tanya College single-season record in Samarzich with six goals apiece. scoring. Named to the All-ACC Scored once against Jamaica, then Freshman team in 2012. Rhode tallied three goals and an assist Island Gatorade Player of the Year in against Guatemala and two goals 2010 and 2011 and an assist against Trinidad & Tobago. Named to U.S. U-20 World Cup roster but was replaced due to injury.

Mallory Weber

Position: Forward At CONCACAF Qualifiers College: Penn State Position: Midfielder DOB (Age): April 4, 1994 Jersey No.: 12 Hometown: Novi, Mich. Games Started/Played: 0/3 Previous YNT appearances: Minutes Played: 111 U-20 Notes: Did not receive minutes in Accolades, career highlights: the opening matches of group play, Named to the All-Big Ten first team and served as a substitute through in 2013 and All-Big Ten freshman the close of the tournament. Tallied team in 2012. two goals and an assist versus Guatemala and one goal versus Trinidad & Tobago.

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U.S. RESULTS Group Play Semifinal

Jan 9. USA 6-0 Costa Rica Jan 17. USA 6-0 Trinidad & Tobago 13’ Lindsey Horan (Andi Sullivan) 13’ McKenzie Meehan (Katie Naughton) 24’ Lindsey Horan (Makenzy Doniak) 27’ Savannah Jordan (Rachel Hill) 45’+ Lindsey Horan (Morgan Andrews) 33’ Stephanie Amack (Andi Sullivan) 61’ Summer Green (Lindsey Horan) 39’ Stephanie Amack (Andi Sullivan) 81’ Savannah Jordan (Summer Green) 65’ McKenzie Meehan (Summer Green) 86’ CRC Own Goal (Mariana Benavidez) 86’ Mallory Weber (McKenzie Meehan) Jan 11. USA 3-0 Jamaica Final 31’ Savannah Jordan (Morgan Andrews) Jan 19. USA 4-0 Mexico 40’ Andi Sullivan (penalty kick) 9’ Andi Sullivan 82’ McKenzie Meehan (Margaret Purce) 59’ Savannah Jordan (Stephanie Amack) Jan 11. USA 10-0 Guatemala 68’ Margaret Purce (Summer Green) 8’ McKenzie Meehan (Rachel Hill) 90’ MEX Own Goal (Estefania Fuentes) 22’ Stephanie Amack (Morgan Andrews) 31’ Brittany Basinger (Rachel Hill) 39’ Savannah Jordan (penalty kick) 48’ Rachel Hill (penalty kick) 54’ Margaret Purce 57’ McKenzie Meehan (Mallory Weber) 61’ Mallory Weber (Rachel Hill) 67’ Mallory Weber (McKenzie Meehan) 74’ McKenzie Meehan (Rachel Hill)

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