Coach Michelle French’s U.S. U-20 women’s national team, which is preparing for the 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup in November, opened play at the U-23 La MangaTournament in Spain with a 1-1 tie with Sweden’s U-23s and a 1-0 win over England’s U-23s.
Texas A&M’s Ally Watt scored the ganmewinner against England,assisted by Penn State’s Kaleigh Riehl. Watt’s Texas A&M’s teammate Mikaela Harvey scored against Sweden.
March 4 in La Manga, Spain
USA 1England 0. Goal: Watt (Riehl) 87.
USA — Murphy, Elliston (Jean, 90), Jacobs (Otto, 58), 22- Riehl, Ogle Roberts, 67), Dibiasi, Harvey, Peterson ( Hedge, 67), Racioppi(Watt, 46), Scarpa (Fox, 61).
England –– Earps, Blundell, Williams, Mccue, Mannion, Bright, Lipka, Carter (England, 70), Parris, Galton (Sigsworth, 88), McManus.
March 2 in La Manga, Spain
USA 1 Sweden 1. Goals: Harvey (Hedge) 44; Göthberg 51.
USA — Chandler; Elliston, Cook, Riehl, Jean (Fox, 61); Ogle, Demelo (Roberts, 46), Harvey; Hedge (Asom, 70),Racioppi (Watt, 61), Scarpa (Xiao, 46).
Sweden — Musovic; Aronsson, Ekholm (Johansson, 46), Björn, Löfkvist, De Jong (Nilsson, 61), Almkvist (Andersson, 77), Oskarsson (Andersson, 61),Göthberg, Jansson (Karlsson, 70), Grabus (Welin, 46).
The 2016 U-20 Women’s World Cup takes place Nov. 13-Dec. 3 in Papua New Guinea.
U.S. U-20women’s national team
GOALKEEPERS (2): Rose Chandler (Penn State; Atlanta, Ga.), Casey Murphy (Rutgers; Bridgewater, N.J.).
DEFENDERS (9):Alana Cook (Stanford; Far Hills, N.J.), Maddie Elliston* (Penn State; Omaha, Neb.), Emily Fox (FC Virginia; Ashburn, Va.), Natalie Jacobs (Notre Dame; Coto de Caza, Calif.), Ellie Jean (Penn State;Coventry, Conn.), Tegan McGrady (Stanford; San Jose, Calif.), Taylor Otto (North Carolina; Apex, N.C.), Kaleigh Riehl (Penn State; Fairfax Station, Va.), Michelle Xiao* (Stanford; Omaha, Neb.).
MIDFIELDERS (7): Savannah DeMelo (Beach FC; Bellflower, Calif.), Jordan Dibiasi (Stanford; Littleton, Colo.), Kelcie Hedge (Washington; Post Falls, Idaho), Emily Ogle (Penn State;Strongsville, Ohio), Courtney Petersen* (Virginia; Canton, Mich.), Parker Roberts (Kansas; Leawood, Kan.), Mikaela Harvey (Texas A&M; Liberty Hill, Texas).
FORWARDS (4): MimiAsom (Princeton; Fairview, Texas), Taylor Racioppi (Duke; Ocean Township, N.J.), Jessie Scarpa (North Carolina; Lakeland, Fla.), Ally Watt (Texas A&M; Colorado Springs, Colo.).