ENYYSA's Ayinde, DiMartino, Dunn In U-20 WNT Training Camp
5/8/10

Three Eastern New York players were named to the U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team’s two-week training camp for the U-20 World Cup at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif. and the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista from May 8-23. They are: defender Sade Ayinde (Univ. of Maryland/North Bellmore, N.Y.); defender Vicki DiMartino (Boston College/Massapequa, N.Y.); defender Crystal Dunn (Univ. of North Carolina/Rockville Centre, N.Y.). All three players participated in ENYYSA ODP.

U-23 coach Jillian Ellis selected 23 players for the camp.

The team will play four international matches, spending May 8-15 at The HDC where they will face the New Zealand U-20 Women’s National Team twice (May 13 at 7 p.m. ET and May 15 at 3 p.m. ET) before traveling down to San Diego from May 16-23 for another week of training during which it will play the Mexico U-20 Women’s National Team twice at the OTC (May 20 and 22, both at 7 p.m. ET).

This U-20 camp will mark the second-to-last domestic event for the U.S. U-20s before leaving for Germany and the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, being held from July 13-Aug. 1 in Bochum, Bielefeld, Augsburg and Dresden. Ellis may add another player to the roster before the start of camp.

The U.S. camp training camp roster:

Goalkeepers (3): Adrianna Franch (Oklahoma State; Salina, Kan.), Bryane Heaberlin (Clearwater Chargers; St. Petersburg, Fla.), Bianca Henninger (Santa Clara; Los Gatos, Calif.)

Defenders (7): Sade Ayinde (Maryland; North Bellmore, N.Y.), Vicki DiMartino (Boston College; Massapequa, N.Y.), Crystal Dunn (North Carolina*; Rockville Centre, N.Y.), Danille Hubka (Maryland; Strongsville, Ohio), Kendall Johnson (Portland; Portland, Ore.), Toni Pressley (Florida State; Melbourne, Fla.), Rachel Quon (Stanford; Lake Forrest, Ill.)

Midfielders (9): Amber Brooks (North Carolina; New Hope, Pa.), Zakiya Bywaters (UCLA; Las Vegas, Nev.), Kayla Grimsley (South Carolina; Lakeland, Fla.), Kristie Mewis (Boston College; Hanson, Mass.), Samantha Mewis (Scorpion SC; Hanson, Mass.), Christine Nairn (Penn State; Bowie, Md.), Teresa Noyola (Stanford; Palo Alto, Calif.), Jenna Richmond (UCLA*; Centreville, Va.), Casey Short (Florida State; Naperville, Ill.)

Forwards (4): Maya Hayes (Penn State*; West Orange, N.J.), Sydney Leroux (UCLA; Phoenix, Ariz.), Tiffany McCarty (Florida State; Laurel, Md.), Courtney Verloo (Stanford; Tualatin, Ore.)

* High school senior, committed to college for the 2010 school year
 


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