Oct. 7, 2016
CHICAGO - Five members of the Penn State women's soccer team are currently attending a training camp with the U.S. U-20 Women's National Team in Lakewood Ranch, Florida. The 20-member training camp, which runs from Oct. 1-12, is the final event before the 2016 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup for the U.S. U-20 WNT.
Rose Chandler (Atlanta, Ga.), Maddie Elliston (Omaha, Neb.), Ellie Jean (Coventry, Conn.), Emily Ogle (Strongsville, Ohio) and Kaleigh Riehl (Fairfax Station, Va.) are currently in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, training with the U.S. U-20 WNT.
Penn State women's soccer has been well-represented throughout the 2016 calendar year on the U.S. U-20 WNT as Chandler, Elliston, Ogle and Riehl will be making their sixth appearance at a U.S. U-20 WNT domestic training camp. The four Nittany Lions attended U.S. U-20 training camps in Carson, California (January), Lakewood Ranch, Florida (April), Efland, North Carolina (June), Chula Vista, California (July) and Carson, California (September). The upcoming camp marks Jean's fifth domestic training camp in 2016 with the U.S. U-20 WNT.
The Nittany Lion quintet also took part in the La Manga Tournament in La Manga, Spain, in March and traveled to Papua New Guinea for a training camp and a pair of matches, May 21-June 1.
The training camp includes a pair of matches against Venezuela, on Friday, Oct. 7, at the Premier Sports Complex in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, and on Monday, Oct. 10, at the Omni Resort at Champions Gate in Orlando, Florida.
Head coach Michelle French will announce the 21-member U.S. U-20 WNT roster for the 2016 FIFA Under-20 Women's World Cup following the conclusion of the training camp.
U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team Roster by Position:
GOALKEEPERS (3): Rose Chandler (Penn State; Atlanta, Ga.), Brooke Heinsohn (New England FC; Norfolk, Mass.), Casey Murphy (Rutgers; Bridgewater, N.J.)
DEFENDERS (7): Maddie Elliston (Penn State; Omaha, Neb.), Emily Fox (FC Virginia; Ashburn, Va.), Sabrina Flores (Notre Dame; Livingston, N.J.), Ellie Jean (Penn State; Coventry, Conn.), Natalie Jacobs (Notre Dame; Coto de Caza, Calif.), Taylor Otto (UNC; Apex, N.C.), Kaleigh Riehl (Penn State; Fairfax Station, Va.)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Marley Canales (UCLA; San Diego, Calif.), Katie Cousins (Tennessee; Forest, Va.), Savannah DeMelo (Beach FC; Bellflower, Calif.), Kelcie Hedge (Washington; Post Falls, Idaho), Emily Ogle (Penn State; Strongsville, Ohio), Courtney Petersen (Virginia; Canton, Mich.), Parker Roberts (Florida; Leawood, Kansas)
FORWARDS (3): Mallory Pugh (Real Colorado; Highlands Ranch, Colo.), Jessie Scarpa (North Carolina; Lakeland, Fla.), Ally Watt (Texas A&M; Colorado Springs, Colo.)