April 10, 2003

U.S. National Team Head Coach April Heinrichs names 24 player pool for Nigeria match

They will train for four days before facing Nigeria at RFK Stadium in Washington D.C.

Heinrichs called the 20 players in the team that won the Algarve Cup, and Jena Kluegel, Abby Wambach, Thori Bryan and LaKeysia Beene have been added. Heinrichs needs to pick 18 players for the match.

Comments by U.S. National Team Head Coach Heinrichs

This will be our ninth game against a World Cup opponent this year. Nigeria is an athletic foe that poses tremendous physical adjustments for our players and team. They have speed and quickness and their tackling presence is frightening. We have been working to get a game with Nigeria for two years as we haven't seen them since the Olympics. It's a wonderful pre-World Cup match-up for us because historically we've seen that CONCACAF teams often get put in the same group with African countries, so Nigeria could very well be one of our opponents in the World Cup.

United States National Team Pool

1 Scurry, Briana

2 Fair, Lorrie

3 Pearce, Christie

4 Reddick, Cat

5 Roberts, Tiffany

6 Chastain, Brandi

7 Kluegel, Jena

8 MacMillan, Shannon

9 Hamm, Mia

10 Wagner, Aly

11 Foudy, Julie

12 Parlow, Cindy

13 Lilly, Kristine

14 Fawcett, Joy

15 Sobrero, Kate

16 Milbrett, Tiffeny

17 Slaton, Danielle

18 Mullinix, Siri

19 Hucles, Angela

20 Tarpley, Lindsay

21 Bryan, Thori

22 Wambach, Abby

23 O'Reilly, Heather

24 Beene, LaKeysia