Pia calls 25 for January camp
Tuesday, 13 January 09, 09:03 PM · Comments(1)
Pia Sundhage has called up 25 players to begin the 2009 action for the US WNT. After a great year in 2008, Pia has called in some new talent, while other players will look to establish themselves on the player pool.
All 18 Olympic gold medalists are back to kick off the new year, except for defender Kate Markgraf, who will take the year off as she is pregnant with her second child, and midfielder Aly Wagner. Abby Wambach will see her first action since breaking her leg in July. Natasha Kai will also be back in action after missing the last leg of the Achieve Your Gold Tour due to illness.
Amy Rodriguez and Lauren Cheney will be back with the USA after finishing their stellar college soccer careers at USC and UCLA, respectively, along with Tobin Heath, the youngest player at the Olympics, who won the College Cup with the University of North Carolina in 2008.
Tina Ellertson is also back with the team, only this time she has been switched from defender to forward. She played that position during the last two games of the post-Olympic tour to fill in for forwards Natasha Kai, Amy Rodriguez, and Lauren Cheney.
Angie Woznuk, Kendalll Fletcher, and Jill Oakes, all members of the US team that won the 2002 U-19 FIFA Women's World Cup, have been called up. Angie Woznuk has 6 caps and scored one goal at the Four Nations tournament in 2008. Jill Oakes earned her first and only cap at the Algarve Cup in 2005. The only uncapped player is Kendall Fletcher, who went undefeated with the Pali Blues of the W-League. Another player who gets back in action from knee injuries is Megan Rapinoe, one of the top collegiate players at the University of Portland, who has 4 caps and 2 goals with the national team. Tina DiMartino, one of the top college players at UCLA will also be back at camp. She has just one cap, earned at the Four Nations tournament in 2008.
The players will compete for a spot on the 18-player roster for the Algarve Cup which runs from March 4-11 in southern Portugal.
GK (2): Nicole Barnhart, Hope Solo
D (8): Rachel Buehler, Lori Chalupny, Stephanie Cox, Marian Dlamy, Kendall Fletcher, Heather Mitts, Jill Oakes, Christie Rampone
M (8): Shannon Boxx, Tina DiMartino, Tobin Heath, Carli Lloyd, Heather O'Reilly, Lindsay Tarpley, Kacey White, Angie Woznuk
F (7): Lauren Cheney, Tina Ellertson, Angela Hucles, Natasha Kai, Megan Rapinoe, Amy Rodriguez, Abby Wambach
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It's always an extremely healthy sign to see new players in the national team. The coach is actually paying attention not just with the present state of players, but the future crop of players too.