January 18, 2005

Training camp roster for U.S. U-16 National Team pool at Home Depot Center

The twenty-four player pool will train from January 22nd. through January 29th. at the U.S. Soccer Training facility in Carson, California

U.S, U-16 National Team Head Coach Sue Patberg

U.S. Under-16 National Team pool

Balogun, Wendy- GK from Bowie, Maryland

Kussmann, Jorden -GK from Lakewood, Washington

Weiss, Nicole-GK from Redding, Connecticut

Barnes, Lauren -D from Upland, California from

Cerrone, Hannah-D from Wappingers Falls, New York

Dienes, Kate-D from Issaquah, Washington

Raegan, Chelsea-D from Raritan, New Jersey

Reynolds, Mary Rachel-D from Alpharetta, Georgia

Richards, Kacey-D from Williamstown, New Jersey

Miller, Gretchen-D from Fairport, New York

Anderson, Skyy-M from Cambridge, Massachusetts

Barg, Courtney-M from Plano, Texas

Esbrook, Emily-M from Novi, Michigan

Farrelly, Sinead-M from Havertown, Pennsylvania

Ludemann, CJ-M from Holtsville, New York

McKetty, McKenna Louise-M from Sacramento, California

Noguiera, Casey-M from Cedarburg, Wisconsin

Noyola, Teresa-M from Palo Alto, California

Salazar, Sara-M from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Caldwell, Amy-F from Braintree, Massachusetts

D¹Agostino, Bianca-F from Longmeadow, Massachusetts

Heyboer, Laura-F from Hudsonville, Michigan

Knowlton, Brooke-F from Rexford, New York

Toney, Danielle-F from Northville, Michigan

U.S. Olympic Team arrives in Greece

The squad arrived today and will spend a few days at the Athlete's Village. The temperature there is normal for this time of the year, low humidity and in the mid nineties Fahrenheit.

Their team media has sent the following first impressions.

U.S. captain Julie Foudy at her third Olympics.

It's awesome. The USOC did a great job of putting together the ACG for our athletes, although I lost a game of UNO there this afternoon. The Athlete's Village is great. We went to the cafeteria and there are lots of desserts, tons of chopped fruit, and more desserts. They even have ice cream to-go and I think it's open 24 hours. What more could you want? You see people everywhere walking around in their national team gear. Some of the rookies had no idea it was this big. They asked me if the Olympic experience got old. I told them it never gets old, first time or third time around.

U.S. forward Abby Wambach at her first Olympics.

It's overwhelming. It feels good to finally be here and feel what it's like. We have had so many different things and visions in our minds, but nothing compares to the reality of being here. It is thrilling to see so many different athletes and feel how much hard work everyone has put in to get here.

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