Defender Brittany Taylor and midfielder Lorraine Quinn -- both graduates of the ENYYSA ODP program -- are heading to Germany. They will be traveling with the U.S. Women's Under-23 team to Germany to train and play several matches against the German U-23 and a women's Bundesliga team from May 16-24.

Taylor, who attends the University of Connecticut, hails from Campbell Hall, N.Y. Quinn, who is from Farmingdale, attends Duke University.

The U-23 team will play a friendly in Crailsheim against TSV Crailsheim May 20, followed by a game with the German U-23 side in Wangen May 22 and will finish with another as yet-to-be confirmed scrimmage May 24.

U.S. coach Bill Irwin will bring 18 players to Germany as he continues to prepare the team for the Nordic Cup in Sweden from July 15-21. The U-23 team is coming off a training camp in Portland, Ore. where it trounced the University of Portland, 7-1.

The roster:

Goalkeepers (2): Cori Alexander (Portland), Val Henderson (UCLA). Defenders (6): Marisa Abegg (Stanford), Nikki Krzysik (Virginia), Casey Moore (Texas), Becky Sauerbrunn (Virginia), Brittany Taylor (Connecticut), Elise Weber (Notre Dame). Midfielders (4): Yael Averbuch (North Carolina), Kiki Bosio (Santa Clara), Brittany Klein (Santa Clara), Lorraine Quinn (Duke). Forwards (6): Ameera Abdullah (Florida), Amanda Cinalli (Notre Dame), Kerri Hanks (Notre Dame), Katie Larkin (BYU), Allison Mallams (Marquette), Ella Masar (Illinois).