DURHAM – Duke women’s soccer incoming freshman Lauren Martinho was one of 24 players that received the call from U.S. Under-20 Women’s Youth National Team head coach Tracey Kevins recently for training camp in Southern California.
Martinho and the U.S. squad will play a pair of international matches against Korea Republic during training camp in preparation for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in the fall in Colombia.
The USA will face South Korea, which will also be participating in the upcoming World Cup, on Friday, May 31 and Monday, June 3. Both matches will take place at the Dignity Health Sports Park Track & Field Stadium and both games will kick off at 6 p.m. ET. Admission to the matches is free and open to the public.
Players born on or after Jan. 1, 2004, are age-eligible for the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. For this trip, Kevins selected 13 players born in 2004, seven born in 2005 and four born in 2006.
The training camp, which will take place during the FIFA international break, features a roster with seven professional players, 13 college players and four youth club players.
The U.S. U-20 WYNT has played four international matches so far this year, defeating Colombia in a pair of games by 1-0 scores in February, drawing Germany 0-0 in Germany in April and defeating Canada, 3-1, in Germany on that same trip.
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