CHICAGO, Ill. - Freshman goalkeeper Julia Dohle has been named to the U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team by head coach Laura Harvey on Thursday. Dohle and the 20-player roster will represent the United States at the 2020 Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship. The USA heads to the Dominican Republic for the tournament held Feb. 22-March 8.
The United States begins the tournament on Friday, Feb. 22 against Cuba in Group C play. Group C play continues against Dominican Republic on Feb. 24 and Feb. 26 against Honduras.
Dohle is one of two goalkeepers on the roster for the U-20 team for the Concacaf U-20 Championships. Dohle and forward Alexa Spaanstra have appeared in the most U-20 WNT camps this cycle at six each. Dohle helped the U-17 USWNT win its second-straight Concacaf Women's U-17 Championships in 2018 in Nicaragua.
Dohle, a freshman from Scarsdale, New York, was the No. 2 goalkeeper in the class of 2019 by TopDrawerSoccer. Dohle has been participated with the national team on the U-15, U-17 and U-20 levels.
The 2020 Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship introduces a new qualifying format that will feature 20 teams -- 16 divided into four groups of four, and four who have already advanced to the Round of 16 via pre-tournament qualifying.
The top three finishers in the four groups will advance to the Round of 16 and join the four teams already qualified for the knockout round. From there, the teams will play a single-elimination tournament with the top two finishers qualifying for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.
In years prior, the Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship has qualified three teams to the U-20 Women's World Cup, but Concacaf countries Costa Rica and Panama have both been granted automatic bids to the tournament as co-hosts, reducing the number of berths for the Confederation.
2020 Concacaf Women's U-20 Championship
USA -- Group C Schedule
Date Match Kickoff (ET) Venue
Feb. 22 USA vs. Cuba 4:00 p.m. Estadio Olimpico Felix Sanchez;
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Feb. 24 USA vs. Dom. Republic 4:00 p.m. Estadio Olimpico Felix Sanchez;
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Feb. 26 USA vs. Honduras 7:00 p.m. Estadio Olimpico Felix Sanchez;
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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Group C |
Group D |
Group E |
Group F |
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USA |
Mexico |
Canada |
Haiti |
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Honduras |
Guyana* |
Jamaica |
Trinidad and Tobago |
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Dominican Republic |
Nicaragua |
Guatemala |
Saint Kitts and Nevis** |
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Cuba |
Puerto Rico |
El Salvador |
Cayman Islands |
Qualifying Group A **Won Qualifying Group B
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Advanced to Round of 16 via Pre-Qualifying |
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Saint Lucia |
Second in qualifying Group A |
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Bermuda |
Third in qualifying Group A |
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Grenada |
Second in qualifying Group B |
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Barbados |
Third in qualifying Group B |