June 26, 2001
U.S. Under-19 National Team roster named by Head Coach Tracey Leone
The two
youth national teams will meet on June 30 in Toronto at 4:30 p.m. ET in
a preliminary to the Independence Day Series clash between the full national
teams of the USA and Canada which kicks off at 7 p.m. ET. The two U-19s
teams will meet again at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough on July 2 with
a kickoff at 1 p.m. ET. The full national teams travel to Minnesota to
play their second match on July 3 at the National Sports Center in Blaine.
The U-19 matches are good preparation for the first FIFA Under-19 Women's
World Championship to be held from Aug. 17-Sept. 2, 2002, in Canada. The
U.S. Team will get some important experience in Canada. Canada has already
qualified for the tournament as the host, but the USA must qualify at
a date and venue to be determined.
Leone has a squad which features defender Amy Steadman, midfielders Sara Randolph and Lori Chalupny, and forward Kristen Weiss who all earned caps with the full U.S. National Team at the Algarve Cup in Portugal last March. in Randolph was the youngest member of the USA's 2000 Olympic Residency Camp. Two players, midfielder Jill Oaks and defender Keeley Dowling, trained with the U.S. Under-21 National Team last week in San Diego at head coach Jerry's Smith's pre-Nordic Cup camp. Dowling, who is representative of an extremely athletic U-19 team, has a vertical jump of 29 inches, putting her in the top percentile of full national team players. The U 19s have a talented goalkeeper in the acrobatic Ashlyn Harris, the youngest member of the team at 15-years-old.
United states
under-19 women'S national team roster
Player Pos. Ht. DOB Hometown Club /High School
Ballweg, Jessica D 5-5 3-10-83 Metuchen, N.J. MCorPDA Dynamo/Union Catholic HS
Bingham, Kim GK 5-710-23-84San Ramon, Calif.Pleasanton Rage/California HS
Boland, Mary F 5-9 1-1-83 Hudson, Ohio Internationals/Hudson HS
Chalupny, Lori M 5-2 1-29-84 Chesterfield, Mo. JB Marine/Nerinex Hall
Cooper, Brittany M 5-6 6-18-84 Albuquerque, N.M. Striker Fire/El Dorado HS
Dowling, Keeley D 5-8 2-17-83 Carmel, Ind. Carmel Cosmos/Carmel HS
Ebner, Stephanie D 5-4 2-5-84 Taylorsville, Utah Utah FC/Taylorsville HS
Harris, Ashlyn GK 5-9 10-19-85 Satellite Beach, Fla. Seminole Ice/Satellite HS
Hunt, Hayley D 5-7 2-28-84 San Marino, Calif. Santa Anita Strikers/Pasadena Poly HS
Graham, Allison M 5-3 8-20-84 Fayetteville, Ga. Lightning '84 White/Starr's Mill HS
Kakadelas, Megan F 5-9 7-26-83 Carlsbad, Calif. San Diego Surf/La Costa Canyon HS
Oakes, Jill M 5-4 7-18-84 West Hills, Calif. Valley United/Birmingham HS
Osborne, Leslie D 5-7 5-27-83 Menomonee Falls, Wisc. Eclipse Select/Catholic HS
Randolph, Sara M 5-5 2-27-83 Cincinnati, Ohio Hammer FC/Sycamoretts HS
Steadman, Amy D 5-2 9-8-84 Brevard, N.C. Greensboro Twisters/Brevard HS
Tarpley, Lindsay F 5-6 9-22-83 Kalamazoo, Mich. Michigan Hawks/Portage Central
Wilson, Kelly F 5-6 2-11-83 Odessa, Tex. Dallas Sting/Permian HS
Weiss, Kristen F 5-3 5-1-84 Brecksville, Ohio Internationals/Walsh Jesuit HS
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