July 1, 2024 – National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL)
Kansas City Current News Release
Kansas City Current midfielder Claire Hutton
(Kansas City Current)
KANSAS CITY – Kansas City Current midfielder Claire Hutton was named to her second U-20 U.S. Women’s National Team roster today by head coach Tracey Kevins. The U-20 USWNT will gather in Athens, Georgia for camp July 8-16 with two matches scheduled against the U-20 Mexican National Team during the camp.
Hutton was part of the U-20 USWNT roster for the previous camp at the beginning of June. She played the full 90 minutes in helping the U.S. to victory in the first of two matches against the Korea Republic.
One of the most dynamic rookies in the NWSL this season, Hutton has started in all but one game this season and is second in the league with 54 tackles. She is among the top 5 rookies in Minutes Played (1270) and Chances Created from Open Play (9).
From US Soccer:
U.S. Under-20 Women’s Youth National Team head coach Tracey Kevins has named a 24-player roster for the team’s training camp in Athens, Georgia, that will include two international matches against Mexico.
This will be the final training camp for the U.S. U-20s before Kevins chooses a 21-player roster to represent the USA at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup which will be held from Aug. 31-September 22 in four venues in Colombia.
The USA will open the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup on Sunday, Sept. 1 against reigning FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup champions Spain before facing Morocco on Wednesday, Sept. 4 and finishing the group stage vs. Paraguay on Saturday, Sept. 7 against Paraguay. The U.S. will play its first and second group games at Pascual Guerrero Stadium in Cali, Colombia and its third group game at El Techo Stadium in the capital of Bogotá.
This will be the first FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup featuring 24 nations and the 11th overall. The USA has played in every FIFA tournament at this age level.
During the training camp in Athens, Ga., the USA will twice face fellow U-20 WWC qualifier Mexico, with both matches taking place at the Jack Turner Soccer Complex on the campus of the University of Georgia. The teams will meet on Saturday, July 13 and Tuesday, July 16, with both games kicking off at 6:30 p.m. ET. The matched are 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 14 players born in 2004, five born in 2005 and five born in…