Coach Jitka Klimkova is overseeing a 24-player U.S. U-19 women’s national team squad in a May 16-23 camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif.
All the playersare eligible for the team that will attempt to qualify for the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
Eighteen of the players were born in 1997 and six born in 1996, the age cutoff year forthe 2018 U-20 Women’s World Cup.
Klimkova’s staff will includes U.S. Soccer Youth Women’s Technical Director April Heinrichs, Women’s Head DevelopmentCoach April Kater and Women’s Development Coaches Mark Carr and Tricia Taliaferro.
U.S. U-19women’s national team
GOALKEEPERS (3): Ella Dederick (Washington State; Camarillo, Calif.), Devon Kerr (Glen Shields FC; Barrie, Ontario), Lauren Rood (CrossfirePremier; Camas, Wash.).
DEFENDERS (8): Schuyler DeBree (PDA; Fair Haven, N.J.), Indigo Gibson (California; Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.), Ally Haran (Michigan Hawks; Linden,Mich,), Shannon Horgan (Clemson; Long Beach, N.Y.), Ellie Jean (Oakwood SC; Coventry, Conn.), Parker Roberts (KC Metro Dynamos; Leawood, Kans.), Amanda Visco (PDA; Manalapan, N.J.), Michelle Xiao(Gretna Prima; Omaha, Neb.).
MIDFIELDERS (6): Dorian Bailey (Sporting Blue Valley; Mission, Kans.), Alyssa Baumbick (Internationals SC; Avon Lake, Ohio), Alissa Gorzak (EclipseSelect; Naperville, Ill.), Michaela Kovacs (Grand Rapids Crew; Hudsonville, Mich.), Carrie Lawrence (Florida Krush; Orlando, Fla.), Briana Solis (Florida Krush; Orlando, Fla.).
FORWARDS(7): Michaela Abam (West Virginia; Sugar Land, Texas), Hana Kerner (Match Fit; Upper Saddle River, N.J.), Madeline McCracken (Richmond United; Lynch Station, Va.), Taylor Otto (CASL; Apex,N.C.), Zoe Redei (Eclipse Select; Highland Park, Ill.), Kelly Sweeney (Vardar; Bloomfield Heights, Mich.), Alleandra Watt (Pride SC; Colorado Springs, Colo.).