U.S. U-19 women’s national team coach Jitka Klimkova has taken a 20-player squad to New Zealand for a June 8-20 training camp that will include two games against NewZealand’s U-20 national team.
Eleven of the U.S. players are collegians while nine are youth club players. Fourteen were born in 1997, four in 1996, and two in 1998.
GOALKEEPERS (2): Samantha Leshnak (UNC; Liberty Township, Ohio), Lauren Rood (Crossfire; Camas, Wash.).
DEFENDERS (8): Holly Daugirda (Utah Avalanche; Salt Lake City, Utah), Tierna Davidson (Stanford; Menlo Park, Calif.), Stefani Doyle (Dallas Sting; Lewisville, Texas), Shannon Horgan(Clemson; Long Beach, N.Y.), Ann Marie Jaworski (Shattuck St. Mary’s; Grinnell, Iowa), Michaela Kovacs (Michigan State; Hudsonville, Mich.), Jacey Pederson (PSV Union; Palo Alto, Calif.), Ally Prisock(USC; Fontana, Calif.).
MIDFIELDERS (5): Breanna Dewaal (Utah Celtic FC; Sandy, Utah), Jordan DiBiasi (Stanford; Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Kayla Hill (TCU; Highlands Ranch,Colo.), Shannon Simon (Washington; Torrance, Calif.), Ella Stevens (GSA; Grayson, Ga.)
FORWARDS (5): Elizabeth Braby (BYU; Murray, Utah), Mallory Eubanks (Mississippi State;Lexington, Ky.), Marissa Everett (Oregon; Canyon Lake, Calif.), Cecilia Gee (Lamorinda United; Orinda, Calif.), Cyera Hintzen (Dallas Sting; Richardson, Texas).