January 9, 2024 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) – Kansas City Current News Release
KANSAS CITY – (From U.S. Soccer) U.S. Under-20 Women’s Youth National Team head coach Tracey Kevins has named a 24-player roster for the team’s first training camp of the year, taking place from January 15-22 at Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, Calif.
The camp marks the first steps toward the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, to be held in Colombia in September, for which the USA qualified last June at the Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship in the Dominican Republic.
Players born on or after Jan. 1, 2004, are age-eligible for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. For this camp, Kevins selected 16 players born in 2004, six born in 2005 and two born in 2006, those being defender Nicki Fraser and midfielder Claire Hutton, who recently captained the U.S. U-19 WYNT to a bronze medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Chile. From this roster, defenders Fraser and Gisele Thompson and midfielder Lauren Martinho were also on that Pan Am squad.
The training camp roster features three professional players, 18 college players and three youth club players. The three pros – Thompson (Angel City FC) and midfielders Riley Jackson (North Carolina Courage) and Hutton (Kansas City Current) — will all be looking to make their NWSL debuts this spring.
U.S. U-20 Women’s Youth National Team
January Training Camp Roster by Position (College or Club; Hometown)
Goalkeepers (3): Mackenzie Gress (Penn State; Lyndhurst, N.J.), Jordan Nytes (Colorado; Aurora, Colo.), Teagan Wy (California; Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.)
Defenders (7): Elise Evans (Stanford; Redwood City, Calif.), Gracie Falla (South Carolina; Hattiesburg, Miss.), Nicki Fraser (Real Colorado National; Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Heather Gilchrist (Florida State; Boulder, Colo.), Savannah King (North Carolina; West Hills, Calif.), Leah Klenke (Notre Dame; Houston, Texas), Gisele Thompson (Angel City FC; Studio City, Calif.)
Midfielders (7): Sam Courtwright (Texas Tech; Dallas, Texas), Danielle Davis (Clemson; Port Washington, N.Y.), Shae Harvey (Stanford; Hermosa Beach, Calif.), Claire Hutton (Kansas City Current; Bethlehem, N.Y.), Riley Jackson (North Carolina Courage; Roswell, Georgia), Ally Lemos (UCLA; Glendora, Calif.), Lauren Martinho (North Carolina Courage Academy; Cary, N.C.)
Forwards (7): Madeline Dahlien (North Carolina; Edina, Minn.), Jordynn Dudley (Florida State; Milton, Ga.), Kat Rader (Duke; Stuart, Fla.), Giana Riley (Gonzaga;…